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B-114873 1 (1970-08-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTROCTED - No to be released outside ithe General k- /44/J/ Accouniting Ofice excelpt on the basis of specific aproval by the Offfice of Legislaive Laioa, a recovd of wh;,h is kept .~ ~ by the Distribution See-Hen, FURD05CaitiOnS Branch, OAS COMP2TROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON-2548 , 0 RELEASED B-114873 AUG 5-1970 Dear Mr. Clay: On February 4, 1970, you, together with Congressmen Robert N. C. Nix, Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Augustus F. Hawkins, John Conyers, Jr., Adam C. Powell,. and Louis Stokes, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, requested our Office to examine into the activities of the Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture, in connection with the financ- ing of recreational facilities such as golf courses for associations, with emphasis on certain specific questions. During a meeting on March 3, 1970, with you, Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr., and staff members of three of the other Congress- men, it was agreed that (i) our review would include not only golf facili- ties but also all other types of recreational facilities financed by the Farmers Home Administration, such as swimming pools, tennis courts, recreation centers, and water sports, and (2) separate statistics of the same nature as requested in your letter for golf courses would be pro- vided on each type of recreation facility. In accordance with other agree- ments reached at this meeting, we have obtained a substantial amount of statistical data related to the association recreation loan program through our analyses of questionnaires and through other information available at the National Headquarters Office of the Farmers Home Administration. In August 1969 the Farmers Home Administration initiated a review of its association recreation loan program and required each of its county supervisors to complete a questionnaire for each association which had received a loan for the construction of recreational facilities from incep- tion of the program in September 1962 through August 1, 1969. The com- pleted questionnaires, for the most part, represented the most recent information available on loans made under this program. As of June 1, 1970, the Farmers Home Administration had not issued a report on the results of its review of the association recreation loan program. We also reviewed (I) the policies and procedures under which the Farmers Home Administration administers the association recreation loan program, (2) pertinent legislation relating to the civil rights aspect of the program, and (3) an internal audit report of the Office of the Inspec- tor General, Department of Agriculture, on its review of the association recreation loan program. VIVA Lj

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