Ramsey had taken them home to work on during her vacation. Five days later. but before Mrs. Ramsey returned to work. Hardeman and Mansfield produced the records after having gone through them in another section of the CAF office suite. Reporters discovered the recordsifting process when they went to ask questions about another subject. Many purchases for the migrant program were made from rather large petty cash funds maintained in each of the five regions. One regional director received $1.798 in petty cash funds during a fivemonth period. Some regions attempted to keep petty cash balances of $250 and $300.