B-107016, JUN. 2, 1955
Highlights
SECRETO: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 23. A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO IS OFFICIALLY DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN BELEAGUERED OR BESIEGED BY THE ENEMY IS ENTITLED. FOR THE PERIOD HE IS OFFICIALLY DETERMINED TO BE IN SUCH STATUS. TO THE SAME PAY HE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HE CONTINUED TO WORK AS USUAL AND BEEN PAID FOR THAT PERIOD. THAT YOUR FATHER WAS BELEAGUERED FROM JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 9. THAT HE LAST WAS PAID IN FULL TO INCLUDE MARCH 18. WAS DUE PAY UNDER THE MISSING PERSONS ACT. IS FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE. THERE IS NO PROPER BASIS ON WHICH ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED BY US AND THE ACTION TAKEN MUST BE SUSTAINED.
B-107016, JUN. 2, 1955
TO MISS ADORATION C. SECRETO:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 23, 1955, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR AN AMOUNT BELIEVED TO BE DUE THE ESTATE OF YOUR FATHER, LIBORIO S. SECRETO, DECEASED, FORMER CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
UNDER THE MISSING PERSONS ACT, 56 STAT. 143, AS AMENDED, 50 U.S.C. 1001- 1018, A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO IS OFFICIALLY DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN BELEAGUERED OR BESIEGED BY THE ENEMY IS ENTITLED, FOR THE PERIOD HE IS OFFICIALLY DETERMINED TO BE IN SUCH STATUS, TO THE SAME PAY HE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HE CONTINUED TO WORK AS USUAL AND BEEN PAID FOR THAT PERIOD. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY DETERMINED, AS SET FORTH IN OUR LETTER OF JANUARY 8, 1952, TO YOU, THAT YOUR FATHER WAS BELEAGUERED FROM JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 9, 1942, THAT HE LAST WAS PAID IN FULL TO INCLUDE MARCH 18, 1942, AND WAS DUE PAY UNDER THE MISSING PERSONS ACT, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 19 TO APRIL 9, 1942, IN THE SUM OF $38. SUCH DETERMINATION, AS TO THE PERIOD OF ENTITLEMENT AND AMOUNT DUE, UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE ACT, 50 U.S.C. APP. 1009, IS FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE.
ACCORDINGLY, AND SINCE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THAT AMOUNT, THERE IS NO PROPER BASIS ON WHICH ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED BY US AND THE ACTION TAKEN MUST BE SUSTAINED. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT PAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED FOR A LONGER PERIOD OR AT A HIGHER RATE PER HOUR, ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE MATTER, INDICATING THE BASIS FOR YOUR BELIEF, SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF FINANCE, ARMY FINANCE CENTER, ST. ..END :