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B-152795, NOV. 6, 1964

B-152795 Nov 06, 1964
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GILBERT WHICH WERE FORWARDED HERE BY YOUR INDORSEMENTS. AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE OUR OFFICE HAS ISSUED SETTLEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF SEVERAL CLAIMS INVOLVING CIVILIAN GUARDS AND FORMER CIVILIAN GUARDS AT YOUR INSTALLATION AND AT THE U.S. IN THOSE CASES EACH EMPLOYEE FURNISHED EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD WORKED OVERTIME AS REQUIRED BY REGULATION AND THAT EVIDENCE WAS FORWARDED TO US WITH COMPUTATIONS OF THE AMOUNTS DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN OUR OFFICE LETTER OF JUNE 2. WHEN SIMILAR EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE ACTUAL WORKDAY OF THE FORMER EMPLOYEES WHOSE CLAIMS WE ARE RETURNING HAS BEEN PRESENTED YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO COMPUTE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME COMPENSATION DUE AND SETTLE THE CLAIMS DIRECTLY WITHOUT FURTHER REFERENCE TO OUR OFFICE.

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B-152795, NOV. 6, 1964

TO COMMANDER, LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA:

WE RETURN HEREWITH THE CLAIMS OF MESSRS. JESSE M. HAMBRICK, GEORGE THORNTON AND CLEOL M. GILBERT WHICH WERE FORWARDED HERE BY YOUR INDORSEMENTS, REFERENCES SER: 800-319; -320; AND -321, RESPECTIVELY, DATED OCTOBER 2, 1964.

AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE OUR OFFICE HAS ISSUED SETTLEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF SEVERAL CLAIMS INVOLVING CIVILIAN GUARDS AND FORMER CIVILIAN GUARDS AT YOUR INSTALLATION AND AT THE U.S. NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. IN THOSE CASES EACH EMPLOYEE FURNISHED EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD WORKED OVERTIME AS REQUIRED BY REGULATION AND THAT EVIDENCE WAS FORWARDED TO US WITH COMPUTATIONS OF THE AMOUNTS DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN OUR OFFICE LETTER OF JUNE 2, 1964, B-152795, TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE U.S. NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH, AS SUPPLEMENTED BY OUR LETTER OF AUGUST 28, 1964, TO THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OFFICER AT THE NAVAL STATION. WE ENCLOSE COPIES OF THOSE LETTERS FOR YOUR READY REFERENCE. WHEN SIMILAR EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE ACTUAL WORKDAY OF THE FORMER EMPLOYEES WHOSE CLAIMS WE ARE RETURNING HAS BEEN PRESENTED YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO COMPUTE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME COMPENSATION DUE AND SETTLE THE CLAIMS DIRECTLY WITHOUT FURTHER REFERENCE TO OUR OFFICE.

OTHER SIMILAR CIVILIAN GUARD CLAIMS MAY BE SETTLED DIRECTLY BY YOU, HOWEVER, THOSE INVOLVING A DOUBTFUL QUESTION OF LAW OR FACT SHOULD BE REFERRED HERE FOR SETTLEMENT AND THOSE WHICH HAVE ACCRUED SO LONG AGO THAT THE 10-YEAR LIMITATION OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, 54 STAT. 1061, 31 U.S.C. 71A, MAY BE INVOLVED SHOULD BE FORWARDED HERE FOR RECORDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 4 CAO 2025.10. IN THAT CONNECTION THE CLAIMS OF MESSRS. HAMBRICK, THORNTON AND GILBERT WERE RECEIVED HERE ON OCTOBER 5, 1964, AND THEREFORE ANY PART OF THOSE CLAIMS WHICH ACCRUED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 5, 1954, MAY BE PAID IF OTHERWISE ALLOWABLE WHEREAS NO PART WHICH ACCRUED BEFORE THAT DATE MAY BE ALLOWED.

CONGRESSMAN RICHARD T. HANNA HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE CLAIM OF MR. JAMES W. MCMANAMAN, 11591 SAMUEL DRIVE, GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA, A FORMER CIVILIAN GUARD AT YOUR INSTALLATION. WE ASSUME THAT HIS CLAIM IS ONE WHICH YOU HAVE RETAINED. WE ARE TODAY INFORMING THE CONGRESSMAN THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO SETTLE THE CLAIM DIRECTLY, AND THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED YOU TO INFORM HIM WHEN ACTION ON THE CLAIM IS COMPLETED. FOR PURPOSES OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, MR. MCMANAMAN'S CLAIM--- WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO IN HIS LETTER OF OCTOBER 16, 1964, TRANSMITTED HERE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN'S LETTER DATED OCTOBER 21 AND RECEIVED HERE ON OCTOBER 22, 1964--- WILL BE CONSIDERED AS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE OCTOBER 22, 1964.

WE ARE TODAY INFORMING THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE U.S. NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH, OF THE AUTHORITY GIVEN IN THIS LETTER AND ARE AUTHORIZING HIM TO SETTLE SIMILAR CIVILIAN GUARD CLAIMS WHICH COME WITHIN HIS JURISDICTION.

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