In the United States in 1929, as a result of the Great Depression, hundreds of thousands of people were fired from work and needed assistance. Like mushrooms after the rain, various volunteer organizations arose.
Among such organizations was the Organization for Help in Need in the state of Atlanta.
The Annual Meeting for 1929 approved the report on the activities of the organization. They sent a letter to the governor asking for funding for next year. have received.
The committee did a huge job. The members of the committee organized charitable concerts, walked around apartments, gathered donations on the streets, wrote letters to rich people, spoke on the radio, published ads.
The annual financial report of the organization was perfectly prepared. It took into account everything – rental of premises, transport, communications, journeys, advertising, wages, premiums. Without clothes and shells, the donations were collected.
Only in the Ministry of Finance noticed a funny detail - the graphs "spending on aid to the needy" were not in the report...
The accounting balance sheet of the organization was reduced to one cent.

Mary White