B-86001 (U), I-17000-2576, JUN. 30, 1955
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 16. THE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF APRIL 19. RECONSIDERATION OF THE MATTER IS REQUESTED IN VIEW OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ENCLOSURES. THE GIST OF HIS TESTIMONY IS THAT HE BELIEVED HE WAS THE CHIEF SUPPORT OF HIS PARENTS BECAUSE OF THE MONTHLY AMOUNT HE REMITTED TO HIS MOTHER. 500 WAS USED BY THE MOTHER FOR THE SUPPORT OF HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND. THE REPORT ALSO DISCLOSED THAT MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES OF THE PARENTS WAS PROVIDED BY ANOTHER SON. NEITHER PARENT WAS IN FACT DEPENDENT ON MR. WILL BE APPRECIATED. NO DETERMINATION IS MADE AS TO THE DEPENDENCY STATUS OF THE PARENTS AFTER JULY 31.
B-86001 (U), I-17000-2576, JUN. 30, 1955
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 16, 1954, WITH ENCLOSURES, FROM THE CHIEF OF FINANCE, CONCERNING INCREASED RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE AND SAVED TOTAL COMPENSATION PAYMENTS MADE TO TADASHI URIU, FORMER WARRANT OFFICER JUNIOR GRADE, W-2135972 (NOW MASTER SERGEANT, RA 19063346), AS FOR AN OFFICER WITH DEPENDENTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 8, 1947, TO MARCH 17, 1952. THE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF APRIL 19, 1954.
RECONSIDERATION OF THE MATTER IS REQUESTED IN VIEW OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ENCLOSURES, INCLUDING TRANSCRIPTS OF MR. URIU'S TESTIMONY TAKEN BEFORE AN OFFICER OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT ON JULY 23 AND SEPTEMBER 16, 1954. THE GIST OF HIS TESTIMONY IS THAT HE BELIEVED HE WAS THE CHIEF SUPPORT OF HIS PARENTS BECAUSE OF THE MONTHLY AMOUNT HE REMITTED TO HIS MOTHER.
THE INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT BEGINNING WITH THE MONTH OF MARCH 1948 MR. URIU HAD IN EFFECT AN ALLOTMENT OF HIS PAY IN THE AMOUNT OF $200 A MONTH IN FAVOR OF HIS MOTHER. HOWEVER, OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE ALLOTMENT, OR $8,000, ONLY ABOUT $2,500 WAS USED BY THE MOTHER FOR THE SUPPORT OF HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND. THE REPORT ALSO DISCLOSED THAT MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES OF THE PARENTS WAS PROVIDED BY ANOTHER SON. HENCE, NEITHER PARENT WAS IN FACT DEPENDENT ON MR. URIU FOR CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 8, 1947, TO JULY 31, 1950.
FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WITH A VIEW TOWARD RECOVERY OF THE IMPROPER PAYMENTS NOT ALREADY COLLECTED, AND INFORMATION AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF ANY FURTHER COLLECTIONS, WILL BE APPRECIATED.
IN VIEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1950, 64 STAT. 795, NO DETERMINATION IS MADE AS TO THE DEPENDENCY STATUS OF THE PARENTS AFTER JULY 31, 1950. SEE DECISION DATED JANUARY 11, 1951, 30 COMP. GEN. 282.
THE ENCLOSURES WITH THE LETTER OF NOVEMBER 16, 1954, ARE RETURNED.