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B-136730, FEB. 13, 1964

B-136730 Feb 13, 1964
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TO MISS ZELMA COOLIDGE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER RECEIVED HERE JANUARY 31. STATING THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED NEW EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR MOTHER'S CLAIM. OUR CLAIMS JURISDICTION IS LIMITED AND THAT OUR SETTLEMENT ACTION IN FAVOR OF YOUR MOTHER REPRESENTED THE FULL EXTENT OF OUR SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY IN THIS ENTIRE MATTER. THOSE REGULATIONS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER 14 F.R. 7843. SINCE THIS MATTER RELATES TO THE JURISDICTION AND OPERATIONS OF THE WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION (THE FUNCTIONS OF WHICH SINCE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION.

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B-136730, FEB. 13, 1964

TO MISS ZELMA COOLIDGE:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER RECEIVED HERE JANUARY 31, 1964, WITH ENCLOSURES, STATING THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED NEW EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR MOTHER'S CLAIM, NAMELY, A PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DEFINING THE TERM "DEPENDENT PARENT" OF A PRISONER OF WAR.

IN OUR LETTER OF JANUARY 3, 1964, B-136730, TO YOU, WE AGAIN REVIEWED THE CLAIMS OF YOUR MOTHER, MRS. LILLIAN NORA COOLIDGE, IN THE CASE OF YOUR LATE BROTHER, THOMAS JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, U.S. NAVY, WHO DIED DECEMBER 15, 1944. IN THAT LETTER WE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW AND WE EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT, UNDER THE LAW, OUR CLAIMS JURISDICTION IS LIMITED AND THAT OUR SETTLEMENT ACTION IN FAVOR OF YOUR MOTHER REPRESENTED THE FULL EXTENT OF OUR SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY IN THIS ENTIRE MATTER.

THE AUTHORITY NOW CITED IN YOUR LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DATED JANUARY 23, 1964 (COPY OF WHICH YOU ENCLOSED), AND ON WHICH YOU RELY AS NEW EVIDENCE, CONSISTS OF REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948, 50 U.S.C. APP. 2001 (C) (1952 ED.) DEFINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A "DEPENDENT PARENT.' THOSE REGULATIONS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER 14 F.R. 7843, 7844 (45 CFR 506.3). SINCE THIS MATTER RELATES TO THE JURISDICTION AND OPERATIONS OF THE WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION (THE FUNCTIONS OF WHICH SINCE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION, 50 U.S.C. APP. 2001 (1958 ED.), AND HAS NO APPLICATION TO THIS OFFICE, IT AFFORDS NO BASIS FOR ANY FURTHER ..END :

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