B-136336, JUN. 16, 1958
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B. CALDWELL: REFERENCE IS MADE TO AN UNDATED LETTER RECEIVED HERE ON MAY 12. AS YOU ARE AWARE. YOUR CLAIM WAS FIRST RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ON MARCH 21. THE CLAIM WAS RETURNED TO YOU BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION. IT IS ASSUMED THAT A COPY OF THE LETTER OF MAY 6.
B-136336, JUN. 16, 1958
TO MR. JAMES H. B. CALDWELL:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO AN UNDATED LETTER RECEIVED HERE ON MAY 12, 1958, WRITTEN ON YOUR BEHALF BY YOUR SISTER, MISS IDA CALDWELL, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR YOUR SHARE OF THE ARREARS OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES DUE IN THE CASE OF YOUR LATE SON, BROADUS MONROE CALDWELL, AS OF JANUARY 2, 1946, THE PRESUMPTIVE DATE OF HIS DEATH, WHILE SERVING AS TORPEDOMAN, THIRD CLASS, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, YOUR CLAIM WAS FIRST RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ON MARCH 21, 1958, AND ON APRIL 10, 1958, THE CLAIM WAS RETURNED TO YOU BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION, WITH A COPY OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, 54 STAT. 1061. THAT ACT PROVIDES, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS NOT HERE MATERIAL, THAT A CLAIM AGAINST THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED UNLESS SUCH CLAIM SHALL BE RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WITHIN 10 FULL YEARS AFTER THE DATE SUCH CLAIM FIRST ACCRUED. YOUR CLAIM ACCRUED ON JANUARY 2, 1946, THE PRESUMPTIVE DATE OF THE DEATH OF YOUR SON. THE UNDATED LETTER FROM YOUR SISTER URGES THAT YOUR CLAIM BE ALLOWED ON THE BASIS OF THE SAME STATEMENTS MADE BY YOU IN YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 20, 1958, TO THE HONORABLE CHARLES RAPAR JONAS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
BY LETTER DATED MAY 6, 1958, TO MR. JONES, WE ADVISED HIM THE REASONS WHY WE CANNOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION ON YOUR CLAIM. IT IS ASSUMED THAT A COPY OF THE LETTER OF MAY 6, 1958, HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU BY MR. JONAS AND ON THE BASIS OF SUCH ASSUMPTION, AND FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE ..END :