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B-125607, NOV. 10, 1955

B-125607 Nov 10, 1955
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 7. GLENN IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE COMMUTED RATES IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10507 ARE PREDICATED UPON THE TARIFFS OF EASTERN STATES WHICH DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SHIPMENTS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE THE TARIFF RATES ARE HIGHER. WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE TARIFFS UPON WHICH THE COMMUTED RATES WERE PREDICATED. IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOUR AGENCY. IS IN A BETTER POSITION TO CALL THIS MATTER TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET.

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B-125607, NOV. 10, 1955

TO MR. B. L. DOUGLAS, AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 7, 1955, REFERENCE F5023-F, TRANSMITTING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR OFFICE A LETTER FROM MR. MARLOW GLENN. MR. GLENN QUESTIONS THE COMMUTED RATE USED IN REIMBURSING HIM FOR TRANSPORTATION OF HIS HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, TO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, INCIDENT TO A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.

IN THE LETTER FROM MR. GLENN IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE COMMUTED RATES IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10507 ARE PREDICATED UPON THE TARIFFS OF EASTERN STATES WHICH DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SHIPMENTS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE THE TARIFF RATES ARE HIGHER. IN VIEW THEREOF YOU SUGGEST THE MATTER BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PROPER AGENCY FOR A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT OF THE COMMUTED RATES SPECIFIED IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.

WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE TARIFFS UPON WHICH THE COMMUTED RATES WERE PREDICATED. IN VIEW THEREOF, AND SINCE THE QUESTION IN REGARD THERETO HAS BEEN RAISED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF YOUR AGENCY, IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOUR AGENCY, RATHER THAN OUR OFFICE, IS IN A BETTER POSITION TO CALL THIS MATTER TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, THE AGENCY WHICH ORDINARILY PREPARES THE MATERIAL SIMILAR TO THAT CONTAINED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10507.

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