B-144327, JUN. 14, 1961
Highlights
POTTS: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 4. A COPY OF WHICH WAS SENT HERE. IN WHICH YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT OF $49.50 ALLOWED YOU AS A REFUND OF UNAPPLIED BALANCE OF SECOND LIBERTY LOAN BOND ALLOTMENT DEDUCTIONS MADE FROM YOUR ARMY PAY FOR THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1917 THROUGH AUGUST 1918. YOU WERE ADVISED IN OUR DECISION OF NOVEMBER 21. THAT INASMUCH AS THE AMOUNT DEDUCTED WAS INSUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE A BOND OF THE DENOMINATION OF $50. NO BOND WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED. YOU WERE FURTHER ADVISED THAT NO INTEREST ACCRUED ON THE AMOUNT DEDUCTED. INTEREST ON CLAIMS OF THIS CHARACTER IS NOT PAYABLE BY THE UNITED STATES. WE AGAIN POINTED OUT THE REASONS WHY THERE IS NO BASIS FOR MODIFYING THE ACTION TAKEN IN THAT DECISION.
B-144327, JUN. 14, 1961
TO MR. THOMAS R. POTTS:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 4, 1961, ADDRESSED TO HONORABLE ROBERT KENNEDY, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, A COPY OF WHICH WAS SENT HERE, IN WHICH YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT OF $49.50 ALLOWED YOU AS A REFUND OF UNAPPLIED BALANCE OF SECOND LIBERTY LOAN BOND ALLOTMENT DEDUCTIONS MADE FROM YOUR ARMY PAY FOR THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1917 THROUGH AUGUST 1918.
YOU WERE ADVISED IN OUR DECISION OF NOVEMBER 21, 1960, B-144327, THAT INASMUCH AS THE AMOUNT DEDUCTED WAS INSUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE A BOND OF THE DENOMINATION OF $50, NO BOND WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED. YOU WERE FURTHER ADVISED THAT NO INTEREST ACCRUED ON THE AMOUNT DEDUCTED, IT BEING THE RULE THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A CONTRACT OR A STATUTE SO PROVIDING, INTEREST ON CLAIMS OF THIS CHARACTER IS NOT PAYABLE BY THE UNITED STATES. IN OUR LETTER TO YOU DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1961, WE AGAIN POINTED OUT THE REASONS WHY THERE IS NO BASIS FOR MODIFYING THE ACTION TAKEN IN THAT DECISION. YOUR PRESENT LETTER PRESENTS NOTHING THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED CONSIDERATION. HENCE, YOU ARE AGAIN ADVISED THERE THERE IS NO BASIS FOR MODIFYING THE ACTION TAKEN IN OUR DECISION OF NOVEMBER 21, 1960.