B-117011, MAR. 17, 1969
Highlights
YOU ALLEGE THAT YOU NEVER RECEIVED THE CHECK WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED BY YOU AND WHICH WAS MAILED TO YOU AT ROUTE 7. A PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF THE CHECK SHOWING ITS ENDORSEMENTS WAS MAILED TO YOU AT ROUTE 7. AS A RESULT THE MATTER WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE SECRET SERVICE. THE MATERIAL WAS SUBMITTED TO THE EXAMINER OF QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE ASSISTANT EXAMINER THAT YOU ENDORSED AND WROTE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE CHECK. CERTIFIED THAT NO BALANCE WAS FOUND DUE YOU FROM THE UNITED STATES. IN EACH LETTER YOU WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM. UNDER THE FACTS OF RECORD NO OTHER CONCLUSION IS POSSIBLE AND NO FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE WARRANTED.
B-117011, MAR. 17, 1969
TO MR. LENN CLAGG:
YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 9, 1969, ADDRESSED TO "THE WHITE HOUSE, C/O MR. WHITNEY SHOEMAKER, ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT" HAS BEEN REFERRED HERE FOR APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION.
THE LETTER REFERS TO GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE CLAIM NUMBER Z954975 AND CHECK NUMBER 41,92,500 DRAWN NOVEMBER 6, 1946, TO YOUR ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $285.24. YOU ALLEGE THAT YOU NEVER RECEIVED THE CHECK WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED BY YOU AND WHICH WAS MAILED TO YOU AT ROUTE 7, MCALISTER, OKLAHOMA.
ON APRIL 10, 1952, A PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF THE CHECK SHOWING ITS ENDORSEMENTS WAS MAILED TO YOU AT ROUTE 7, MCALISTER, OKLAHOMA. AFTER EXAMINING THE PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF THE CHECK, YOU DISCLAIMED ALL KNOWLEDGE OF RECEIVING AND ENDORSING THE ORIGINAL CHECK WHICH HAD BEEN CASHED AT THE NATIONAL BANK OF MCALISTER, MCALISTER, OKLAHOMA. AS A RESULT THE MATTER WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE SECRET SERVICE. WHEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SECRET SERVICE AGENT YOU STATED THAT YOU FELT THAT SOME UNKNOWN PERSON HAD ATTEMPTED TO COPY YOUR SIGNATURE.
BECAUSE SAMPLES OF YOUR SIGNATURE APPEARED TO BE IDENTICAL WITH THE ENDORSEMENT ON THE CHECK, THE MATERIAL WAS SUBMITTED TO THE EXAMINER OF QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE ASSISTANT EXAMINER THAT YOU ENDORSED AND WROTE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE CHECK. SINCE IT APPEARED THAT YOU HAD RECEIVED AND NEGOTIATED THE CHECK, THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 27, 1953, CERTIFIED THAT NO BALANCE WAS FOUND DUE YOU FROM THE UNITED STATES.
UPON FURTHER INQUIRY FROM YOU, THE FORMER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, MR. LINDSAY C. WARREN, ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1953, COMPLETELY REVIEWED ALL THE FACTS IN YOUR CASE. MR. WARREN'S LETTER OF REVIEW SET OUT IN DETAIL ALL THE AVAILABLE FACTS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY 27, 1953, MUST BE SUSTAINED.
BY LETTERS OF JUNE 28, 1967, AND JANUARY 25, 1968, WE REPLIED TO OTHER LETTERS FROM YOU. IN EACH LETTER YOU WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM. UNDER THE FACTS OF RECORD NO OTHER CONCLUSION IS POSSIBLE AND NO FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE WARRANTED.