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Editorial
August 25, 1911
Ripley County Democrat
Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri
What is this article about?
Editorial questions why the State Department required artist Albert Rosenthal to receipt for $2,450 for a portrait of Justice Day when he received only $850, suggesting the $1,600 difference was smuggled from an undisclosed emergency fund, despite no evidence of embezzlement by the former chief clerk, as indicated by Secretaries Knox and Root.
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The attitude of Secretaries Knox and Root indicate that a former chief clerk of the department of state did not pocket the difference between the $850 that Albert Rosenthal got for his painting of Justice Day and the $2,450 he had to receipt for. But why should the department have required him to receipt for the larger sum? It has an emergency fund, the application of which it is not obliged to disclose; why, then, should it have smuggled an item of $1,600 into the payment for a portrait?
The attitude of Secretaries Knox and Root indicate that a former chief clerk of the department of state did not pocket the difference between the $850 that Albert Rosenthal got for his painting of Justice Day and the $2,450 he had to receipt for. But why should the department have required him to receipt for the larger sum? It has an emergency fund, the application of which it is not obliged to disclose; why, then, should it have smuggled an item of $1,600 into the payment for a portrait?
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
State Department
Portrait Payment
Emergency Fund
Knox
Root
Rosenthal
Embezzlement
What entities or persons were involved?
Secretaries Knox And Root
Albert Rosenthal
Justice Day
Department Of State
Former Chief Clerk
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Questioning State Department Portrait Payment Procedures
Stance / Tone
Critical Inquiry Into Fiscal Handling
Key Figures
Secretaries Knox And Root
Albert Rosenthal
Justice Day
Department Of State
Former Chief Clerk
Key Arguments
Attitude Of Knox And Root Suggests No Embezzlement By Chief Clerk
Discrepancy Between $850 Paid And $2,450 Receipted
Department Required Receipt For Larger Sum Unnecessarily
Emergency Fund Exists For Undisclosed Uses
Questioning Smuggling $1,600 Into Portrait Payment