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B-140801, JUL 9, 1971

B-140801 Jul 09, 1971
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AS THERE IS NO BASIS FOR ALTERATION. YOU STATE YOU ARE IN RECEIPT OF OUR LETTER B-163846 TO CONGRESSMAN RICHARD C. WE HAVE CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE STATEMENTS IN YOUR LETTERS AND WE FIND NO BASIS FOR ALTERING OUR PREVIOUS ACTION IN THE MATTER AS STATED ABOVE. YOUR RECORDS ARE RETURNED HEREWITH AS REQUESTED.

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B-140801, JUL 9, 1971

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - CLAIM FOR OVERTIME PAY DECISION REAFFIRMING PREVIOUS DECISION DISALLOWING CLAIM OF MR. CARTER M. NEWSOME, A BORDER PATROL OFFICER WITH THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FOR OVERTIME PAY FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 12, 1945 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 1954, AS THERE IS NO BASIS FOR ALTERATION.

TO MR. CARTER M. NEWSOME:

WE REFER FURTHER TO YOUR LETTERS OF APRIL 17 AND MAY 5, 1971, WITH ENCLOSURES, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR OVERTIME PAY AS A BORDER PATROL OFFICER FOR THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 12, 1945, TO JULY 15, 1955.

YOU STATE YOU ARE IN RECEIPT OF OUR LETTER B-163846 TO CONGRESSMAN RICHARD C. WHITE CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM. APPARENTLY, YOU MEAN TO REFER TO B-140801, MARCH 26, 1971, WHICH MAKES REFERENCE TO B-163846, MAY 31, 1968, AND MARCH 25, 1970.

WITH REFERENCE TO YOUR CLAIM, OUR CLAIMS DIVISION LETTER OF FEBRUARY 28, 1969, TO YOU - COPY ENCLOSED - AS WELL AS OUR LETTER TO CONGRESSMAN WHITE, SETS FORTH IN DETAIL THE UNDERLYING REASONS AS TO OUR POSITION THAT YOUR CLAIM OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1964, FOR OVERTIME COMPENSATION CONSTITUTED YOUR FIRST CLAIM FILED HERE UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAY ACT OF 1945. YOU STILL CONTEND THAT THE CLAIM WHICH YOU FILED HERE ON DECEMBER 15, 1949, CONSTITUTED IN EFFECT A CLAIM FOR OVERTIME UNDER THE 1945 PAY ACT.

WE HAVE CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE STATEMENTS IN YOUR LETTERS AND WE FIND NO BASIS FOR ALTERING OUR PREVIOUS ACTION IN THE MATTER AS STATED ABOVE.

WE MUST AGAIN ADVISE YOU, THEREFORE, THAT NO CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN YOUR CLAIM FOR THE PERIOD PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 4, 1954.

YOUR RECORDS ARE RETURNED HEREWITH AS REQUESTED.

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