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324 **** Hcustsn Shroniela ThursdaY, Aug" 31, '1989reenrd* shawed ransfers cf money

io at least fnur cther arcor:nts' S;ln'

dovatr said.

Morga said ihe torrndation aP-proveC' onlv $10.0{}0 worth of lhemonev from the account -- a corpo'rate grant from Exxnn,

He saiil that m*.rnet' t*as spent forbrochures: travel t'xperses for board

***i*tu, o{fice spate and cierica!service* for llte fcundation pr,est-

Aentl ane gift fountain pens for. LU-LAC's Contorate Business .A'dvisory

Council. compantes that rr:ntributcto the grouP'

Morga said that since the rlirector*no *?otn the che('ks rvasn't on ihe

Uoi.O it the lime. LULAC's nationalboard is responsibl.e ftlr f'!te nloney

spent there"

"It's x vendetta stemming fromsome personal conflicts between Mr',r" l,riu and some of our collcagues"'trIorga said.

Addett Gadinez: "TheY're trving ttimake themselvcs iooh better at' t'hr:

exDens(' nf othcrs. Wc hlrve J nil'tiunal Presider,t and athcrs rthothrive on publicity iind waril 10 b(r-

smirt'h peopit' rr lto i t' ht'tn produt''Ittt' :f li-,i ir':,;'16' +''11 i');irr '"il'

1,,:,; ri :'ji',' l-", i. ,'': ' i .'1'r : '' lrl'

iroce$s. [iodtnez sarn

''lt s rronie t'hat Jn '-'rganllai lon

rrai rieiends httman lightt and dcats

-+-ith ollDresslon tvoitlsl forget wttat

hev're iuppo*ed to tio and go t'ltt,ano

lang soure p'''ople {r.om a trui ''i1' nlgrr

roon." Godiner' satrt

Sandovai and ci*r l'ara said ihey

."i-oui,ted due {:rrocess t'o {oundalion

ii;;;;;;. ;;;slnt inc thcm wi th arle-

ilti;il;t'. June ruteeting here'

A reorganizeti foundatia* theru*["0 ini't,rne to arque its case

-atlULeC. monthh'rnetting' held sal'

;rd".;l; ut t'as'o' De Lara el first

ieiuseo. but then reiented

Invitatitlns to sPeak went aut tor""nOuiion directors five davs before

ii*'rr""iirs. he said' hut the direc-

iors deciined.

The LULAe national board' meet-l"nln Uipatn. then voted 36-5 to ask

ro? itt" i*tig"alions' dt' Lara said'

II resigniitions aren t forthconting'itrc t-oundatiun wiil h+ cast r:f{ from

i,i 'r,nC, and :r new organizalion $'illhe iormed. dr' !.ara .iaid, wilh nl(lrF

nversieht fronr lht: national (]rqanl-

ioi,on"in,i a ltt'Q;d+' mt'nrbe'shi;

And. hn lritltrj' 'r ('{}F\ rri 526i"'''.r'l s report rtlll br :'i'nl tii ih(' lH>

Ey HOY EHAGGHouston Chronicle

SAN ANTONiC! * War has been

declared bet'r{reen a l{ispanic rightsorgantzation and an offshoot group

thit stands aecused of kecPing. AA.OOO in a series of secret bank

arcount$ around town., The League of i-lnited Latin Amer'rran Citizins national board Wednes',jiv a*teU the l0 directors oJ the

XfiLAe Found*tion tc quit.

"tros'e de L*ra of Sat Antonio' LU-'i.l,C;i rr*tirinai president' said the

toriA. ,rr*posed of forme'r nationali.t,i,.rC priridents. has frve daYs

l.nrn ppp,'ipt nf a registertql letter toquit'

1{ thet"don't. htl saiit' l,tiLAC witri

ask the'Int,ernal Revenrte Service toterrninate the fnundation's lax-ex-smFl statut and rerntve ils sponsor-

shiP.

Thtr gr,rrtp. sct llp to lun'.'tion as a

rharitihle ;rrtn '."1 {htl iargc:' group'

iruteaei har betome a sci:ial ciuli forf,rimer pr*sitlcnLs said Ruben San'

*rorit. ti,e flamho';ant $an Anl'onio

atlsrnel'rqho hefi*+ti the prohre'

I"oundation chairman liduardoIiorea. meanlthilt'. denred thc alit-earions' savtnq de Lara and Sandov-

atr s alleAltitlns and ultimatum are a

eroundtess Part of a vendetta thatviolates LULAC bYlaws'

tinns.$andoval also hinted LTILAC

misht Dursue criminal charges

"gfintt board memtlers found culpa'

ble for the missing monev'LUIAC" a 140'000-rnember na-

tional group that suPPorts causes

and prdgrams beneficial to the His-

orri[ .o**unit1'. first gct wind ofIuspecteri irregu]arilies in Iottnda-

ii-on tunOs a year ago, Sarricvai said'irtrite ttre two groups sparred ver-bally nver sPending'

The foundatian, established intsii. accepts corporate gnant's and'

iccordingi.r its charter' is dt'signedio fund ieientitrc and educatronaiprograms.'

.qinuai audits showed no financialirresularities until an aecount at'

Ptaia National Bank in San Antoniowas uncovered in unrelated PaPer-w*rk, Sandoval said'

Bank reeords, outlined and sum-

marized in $andoval's report'shawed:

x The aceount was set uP bY afclundation tiireetar, but severaimonths hefore he was r:fficially pari0f the foundation and after he *-as

replaced as LULAC national presi-dent.

D A $1,503 rheek was tlrawn on theactount and marje out for a scholar-shro. although the check doesn't in-clude the nime of t'he student or theschool.

, He also threatened a iawsuit $andoval, who noted that scholar-Bgainst the parent organization- ancl shin checks normally are written$Sndovai foi defamalion and legal veiv specifically to avoid misuse ofin:alpractice- funts, said the iheck rras made out

, Mnrga and Hector #odiner' an- to "cash'"

other "founrlation nftO-, T-:Tll.l. f A $1,b00 was check made out for

said thev will not resign t h"}i.:_11tfl o*iiru'i"irtees. ostensihly to pro-the aliegatioss have besmirched the fir"" u'B.oitrr* iorthe foundati"n -group and are scaring olf donors tri ifrii pamphlet had been ap"

sandovai and de Lara saitl it is proved and paid for months befare.

n*cess*ry' s Eleven checks. totaiing $3,6'{3."11e di<j thi$ to rure a prohlem were rvritten tr: "cash" by a founda-

that's becn festering for .tears' a tinn directnr.probit'm ni) on(r lranir-d to tacklei)e.alrip il was q0 .,";;.;".;;;'ii s $i?'0n0 was drarvn f'om the ar'

hecss:arr-. ,u,e'ti rrisrnanii;iil'i;-;" "o!li io .pa-t". Ameriran Express

rlation,'' said $andr:vai.";"il;;- cr-edit cart! htll-s'

pilert a:100'page renarl'oniir-."filtil" I':uriher ther:king of Plaza Bank

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