B-120008, JUN 14, 1954

B-120008, JUN 14, 1954

PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE

MRS. ZENA MOLDAFSKY:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE DECISION ADDRESSED TO YOU ON JUNE 14, 1954, B- 120008, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR PER DIEM BASED ON YOUR LATE HUSBAND'S TRAVEL FROM DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA, TO KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, WHILE AN OFFICER IN THE AIR FORCE.

PER DIEM WAS NOT ALLOWED BY THE DECISION FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 18 TO 23, 1952, DURING WHICH THE OFFICER WAS DELAYED AT HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, T.H., KWAJALEIN AND GUAM, IT BEING STATED THAT NO LOCAL RATE OF PER DIEM WAS PRESCRIBED IN THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS FOR DELAYS AT THOSE PLACES. HAS RECENTLY COME TO ATTENTION, HOWEVER, THAT PARAGRAPH 4253-1 OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT FOR SUCH DELAYS OF TEN HOURS OR MORE THE TRAVEL PER DIEM AUTHORIZED FOR THE PARTICULAR LOCALITY, RATHER THAN THE LOCAL PER DIEM, IS PAYABLE. A TRAVEL RATE OF $9 PER DAY, LESS APPROPRIATE DEDUCTIONS FOR QUARTERS AND MEALS AVAILABLE, IS PRESCRIBED FOR DELAYS AT THE PLACES INDICATED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL SETTLEMENT WILL ISSUE IN DUE COURSE ALLOWING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT DUE ON THAT BASIS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 18 TO 23, 1952, LESS DEDUCTIONS FOR QUARTERS AND MEALS SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AT HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, KWAJALEIN AND GUAM AND FLIGHT RATIONS ASSUMED TO HAVE BEEN FURNISHED FOR THE FLIGHTS BETWEEN THOSE PLACES.