| Show tELLING ASKS hEW EW AUDIT IN FUND DISPUTE t t I ird and Dependable Check Requested by Attorney j for Official ERRORS CITED t tary of State Refuses Demanded Demanded Settlement Settlement After reviewing arguments in Secretary s 's answer to the demand for tor return of funds State Auditor Andersen said that another nother audit w would uld not be made It Charging there were mistakes in previous audit a request for a aid aird ird id and dependable audit o of ac ac- of oC Secretary of State Milton Welling was made upon State Autor Autor Au Au- tor Julius C. C Andersen Tuesday by Van Dam Jr attorney for lor Mr ding clUng The request was made in an an an- why Mr Van Dam to a demand iy 2 by Mr Andersen for an counting and settlement of of Mr Welling's Wellings office lims urns is is' due the state The answer ianswer informed Mr Ander- Ander rf rj the demand will not be complied th and charged i mistakes in the audit made by C. C Preston Allen public accountant after an state audit had claimed 60 11 1 is due the state Takes Exception lon The initial initia audit was made last br buary ar by Alvin X Keddington and Trell tt U IL Adams deputy state tate auditor W Welling took exception exception- to the ret re- re rt t arid add il as a result th the oda state te board examiners xam ners ordered the Meanwhile Mr Adams audited the te road ad commission station at nta C Clara ara and rep reported rt a sum of In truck capacity increase fe sees fees 5 d been remitted to the secretary of ofte's ofte's t tes te's s 's office but did not not reach the te treasurer rhe Fie claimed another sum was du due the state stale and on onne onne onne ne 8 Mr Andersen demanded ac ac- inting of from Mr Well Well- J. J Extension n Granted t t the expiration of a day 20 period answer another 20 days was giving the secretary to July to answer I II am making answer on Mr WellI's WellIs Well Well- I's Is s 's s behalf Mr Van Dam wrote the Your requisition will not complied with and I am confident i len n you consider reasons as herein L ded ed you w will agree such a n In should not be complied with but I contrary should be with with- awn and a further and dependable I dit it made f for r the purpose of deter- deter 1 ning ln what if It any demand may be made on Mr Welling I- I Claims Audit Valueless One large item claimed due Utah shown hown in the Allen audit relates transfer fees It Is apparent Mr len was not advised as to what was by Utah laws with respect tr transfer fees and therefore finds find find- tS s made b by him do not rest upon proper foundation and can be of no nolue lue tue in determining what if any ilm should be made on Mr Well Well- ti For Tor r your our information there is at at- Continued on Pace Twelve WELLING ASKS ANOTHER AUDIT Secretary of State Refuses Demanded Settlement Alleges Errors Continued from corn Page Pace One hereto a memorandum referring referring refer refer- ring ting to transfer fees charges a against the sc secretary of ot state in the Allen audit It has not been possible to examine all items reported but erroneous premises on which Mr Allen acted are arc clearly reflected in such memorandum Cites Alleged Allerd Errors Erron We Wc have taken at random 63 items listed as M charges s in m the Allen audit A check shows in m 62 instances Mr Allen was mistaken In only one was wa i he correct in making a 1 charge n against a Mr Welling Because of manifest t errors already already al al- al ready discovered in the Allen suit Mr Welling dc declines l ne to make any admission admission ad ad- mission of liability with respect to any items covered in the report until he le shall have had an opportunity to tomake tomake tomake make a further che check k against his records rec rec- We respectfully request an audit be made upon the basis first to de dc- determine I termine the amount of fees which should have h been en collected ted according to law and the amount Mr Welling actually paid to the state treasury Defends Honesty In a statement Mr Welling defended defended defended de de- de- de fended honesty of ot the Allen audit audil I have stated times and I now repeat that the Allen audit was an entirely honest effort to find the truth he said Such errors as are an pointed out in my attorneys attorney's answer er will inhere in any appraisement o of record which Is essentially technical and not easily understood I have an entirely different feeling feeling feel feel- ing about the K Keddington audit H He gave us nothing Into which we could get our teeth His report is infinitely more im Imperfect and unjust than th the Allen report Mr Andersen said he would present present pre pre- sent the letter to John A. A Malia state stat bank commissioner who directed Mr Allen to make the at the order or or- der of the board of examiners |
