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Post Office grafts and altered bids exposed in Senate report
A Senate committee's dramatic investigation reveals that major mail contracts were awarded via altered bids and increased allowances. The report details Reeside and other contractors, book-entry erasures, bank drafts, and hidden cash deposits, urging structural reform and independent controls in the Post Office Department.
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General Post Office
Senate
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Congress
Department
American Congress
Lyour Committee
Jims
Jane
United States
J. F. Robinson
J. & B. Bennett
W. Tillow
Reeside
Tagerstown
McConnellsburg
Bedford
Washington
Cumberland
Blair’s Gap
Baltimore
Chambersburg
Slaymaker
New York
O.b.brown
Brown
Ek. Porter
Post Office
Jas
Western Bank of Philadelphia
North Western Bank
Post Office Department
Stockton
O. B. Brown
Beeside
Keeside
R. C. Stockton
Yeur
C. K. Gardiner
Barre
Union
Patromige
Tme