The Nation - News from May 31, 1985
The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Louis O. Giuffrida, improperly used his free mail privilege to send Christmas cards last year to members of Congress, a General Accounting Office report said. “We think the holiday greeting letter was a violation of our long-standing rule against sending Christmas cards with appropriated funds, and consequently an improper use of (franked) mail,” said the report, sent to Rep. Fortney H. (Pete) Stark Jr. (D-Oakland). Stark asked Giuffrida March 25 to reimburse the Treasury for the unspecified cost of the mailing.
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