Mr. LISHMAN. I would also like to have incorporated in the record a registration ticket and the notation that it was for a $40 daily twin room in the Americana in San Juan, which was obtained from records of the Movers' and Warehousemen's Association.

Mr. Moss. Is there objection to the request?

Mr. LISHMAN. Accompanying that is the bill which was paid for by the association.

Mr. Moss. Is there objection? Hearing none, the items will be included in the record at this point.

(The documents referred to follow :)

Mr. LISHMAN. I would like to also have included in the record correspondence between the Warehousemen's Association of America and the Americana Hotel showing that the charges for Mr. and Mrs. Garson were included in the bill that was paid for by the Association. Mr. Moss. Is there objection to the request?

Hearing none, it will be included in the record at this point. (The documents referred to follow :)

MOVERS' & WAREHOUSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.,

Mr. AMILCAR SILVA,
Comptroller, Americana Hotel,

San Juan, P.R.

June 6, 1969.

DEAR MR. SILVA: This will refer to your letter of May 17, 1969, which is intended as an explanation of the several matters which have been called to your attention under various dates by letters from this office.

I am not satisfied with the answers and adjustments made under the circumstances. I shall attempt for the final time to justify my position in settlement

of the several items on our bill which I have questioned and to which I am taking issue:

1. At no time was I given to understand that reference to a complimentary "rum swizzle" party only included “free rum" which probably costs your hotel all of fifty-nine cents per bottle; I did speak to Mr. Gold about an additional half hour consumption period including hot and cold hors d'oeuvres for which we agreed gladly to pay on the per bottle use.

2. Again, at no time did I instruct Mr. Gold or any one else to purchase a floral centerpiece for the luncheon table during our "daughters" luncheon. I did, however, ask Mr. Gold to use colorful tablecloths and other accessories to beautify and enhance the young ladies in whose honor the luncheon was given. Again, no authorization or instruction was given to your people for purchase of flowers.

3. The credit to our account for the use of the pickup car for our V.I.P.'s is accepted.

4. No verbal approval or otherwise was made to Mr. Gold or anyone else for an additional gratuity to Mr. Bernini. I do recall Mr. Gold asking me about giving a “tip” to "his staff" and I simply told him that I would talk to him later. I left before having an opportunity to discuss the matter, which I thought at the time was grossly improper since we were all subjected to a 15% gratuity on our individual accounts including the master;

5. I am happy to know that you have agreed to adjust Commissioner Hearn's charges from double occupancy to single; and

6. I want to call your attention to still another account which requires an adjustment. On March 30, Mr. Charles L. Thompson (his bill is copied and enclosed herewith) paid his account in the amount of $393.60 which included room charges for three persons in a room ($54.60 per day). At a later date (April 2, 1969) he received a bill for charges for his daughter, Miss C. Thompson for the same period of time that she was sharing accommodations with her parents. The copies of the bills speak for themselves. Either the charges for the third person in the room with Mr. and Mrs. Thompson should not have appeared on their bill or the bill mailed to Miss C. Thompson on April 2, 1969 should not have included room occupancy charges.

As stated at the outset, I am not at all satisfied with your explanations; however, I do want to clear up the account and am therefore enclosing herewith this Association's check No. 1329 in the amount of $11,293.35.

You will note, I have deducted the above items 2 through 5 from the total bill, and am withholding payment of the charges for the cocktail party in question until a mutually satisfactory adjustment can be made.

As a further breakdown of the above total I am showing on a separate sheet those items on the master account which are covered thereby and in addition those individual folios of guests for whom charges were transferred to the master account.

1 Item so marked has been withheld payment pending adjustment. • Items so marked have been deducted.

* Paid by check with letter dated April 22, 1969 from C. F. Genovese.

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CITY & STATE

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SIGNATURE

GUEST

Mr. LISHMAN. Now, Mr. Garson, the records of the Commission also reflect you attended the annual conference of the Motor Carrier Lawyers Association held in Detroit, Mich., from May 1 to May 4, 1968.

Is that correct?

Mr. GARSON. I think so. I can't tell at this time, but I assume--I think that those were the correct dates.

Mr. LISHMAN. Your voucher for this trip sets forth that you left Washington on May 1, and left Detroit returning to Washington on May 3, and for which you claimed a per diem of 234 days amounting to $44.

I would like to have a copy of this voucher included in the record at this point.