OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF VENDING MACHINES BY EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND THE USE OF 'PROFITS' REALIZED THEREFROM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00882R000300030008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 12, 1955
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2001
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SUBJECT: Ownership and Operation of Vending Machines by
Employee Groups and the Use of "Profits"
Realized Therefrom.
REFERENCE: Agency Notice 20-660-7, Employee Services,
Vending Machine Proceeds
1. It has been suggested that vending machines (soft drinks,
cigarettes, candy, etc.) located in the buildings of the Agency, and
not owned or operated by stands or "snack bars" serviced by blind
persons, be owned and/or operated by the Potomac Recreation Associ-
ation and that the "profits" accruing therefrom be used to support
employee recreation activities.
2. Based on Comptroller General Decision No. B-11281+0, 17 Novem-
ber 1952 (32 CG 282) it is assumed that an appropriate association
of Agency employees could own vending machines and use the "profits"
therefrom for employee welfare and/or recreational services.
3. This Office requests (1) an opinion concerning the assump-
tion made in paragraph 2, above, especially as it might be affected
by any subsequent decisions or interpretations, and (2) whether the
current charter of the Potomac Recreation Association empowers it to
undertake such activity and use the "profit" for its.employee welfare
and recreational activities.
Harrison G. Reynolds
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