B-130425, MAY 16, 1958

THAT DECISION SUSTAINED SETTLEMENTS WHICH WERE MADE IN OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION ON NOTICES OF OVERPAYMENT (FORMS 1003) WHICH REQUESTED REFUND BY UNION FREIGHTWAYS (UNION TRANSFER CO.) $1. IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF OUR OCTOBER 9TH DECISION WE SAID THAT THE RECORD IN THE CASE WAS BEING RETURNED TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION FOR COLLECTION OF THE OVERPAYMENTS. THE DIVISION INITIATED PROCEDURES WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE COLLECTION OF OVERPAYMENTS BY SETOFF FROM CURRENT REVENUES OTHERWISE DUE CARRIERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. YOU STATE THAT YOU ARE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIS OF OUR DECISION. IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT BILLS OF LADING CONCERNED ARE NOT MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEGOTIATED CONTRACT PRICE.