B-147414, SEP. 4, 1964

B-147414, SEP. 4, 1964

TO MRS. NORMA W. LARSON:

FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO OUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 14, 1964, B 147414, IN WHICH WE ADVISED YOU THAT WE WERE REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TO MAKE A FURTHER SEARCH TO LOCATE AND FURNISH OUR OFFICE WITH COPIES OF THE PAID VOUCHERS COVERING THE COST OF SHIPPING YOUR AND YOUR HUSBAND'S HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS TO THE UNITED STATES FROM PARIS, FRANCE.

WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE SPECIFIC VOUCHERS REQUESTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VOUCHER COVERING THE MOVING YOUR EFFECTS FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, TO TARAZANA, CALIFORNIA. CONSEQUENTLY, OUR ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO RECONSTRUCT THE COSTS ON THE BASIS OF RATES IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF THE SHIPMENTS. ON THIS BASIS WE MUST COMPARE THE COST OF THE SHIPMENTS AS THEY WERE ACTUALLY TRANSPORTED AND THE COST OF THE ENTIRE SHIPMENT OF YOUR AND YOUR HUSBAND'S HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IF SHIPPED IN ONE LOT FROM YOUR FORMER OVERSEAS STATION IN PARIS, FRANCE, TO YOUR RESIDENCE IN WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE ASCERTAINED FROM THE INFORMATION OF RECORD, THAT THE TOTAL NET WEIGHT OF THE SHIPMENTS WAS 4,280 POUNDS. THE NET WEIGHT OF YOUR SHIPMENT IS INDICATED TO HAVE BEEN 2,380 POUNDS, AND THAT OF YOUR HUSBAND 1,900 POUNDS. A SHIPMENT OF 4,280 POUNDS NET WEIGHT OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM PARIS, FRANCE, TO WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA, DOOR TO DOOR IN OTHER THAN STEEL CONTAINERS DURING JANUARY 1961, WOULD HAVE COST $1,838.26. THIS IS THE METHOD OF SHIPMENT WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THEREFORE, THIS SUM IS THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE.

ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE OBTAINED, THE FOLLOWING COSTS ARE INDICATED FOR THE SHIPMENTS AS ACTUALLY MADE:

1--- MR. LARSON'S HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM PARIS, FRANCE, TO ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, COMPUTED ON 1,900 POUNDS NET WEIGHT SHIPPED IN OTHER THAN STEEL CONTAINERS, $722.

2--- YOUR EFFECTS FROM PARIS, FRANCE, TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, COMPUTED ON 2,380 POUNDS NET WEIGHT SHIPPED IN OTHER THAN STEEL CONTAINERS, $940.10

3--- YOUR EFFECTS FROM NEW ORLEANS TO TARAZANA, CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE VOUCHER, WHICH WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WHICH SHOWS 2,380 POUNDS NET WEIGHT ACTUALLY SHIPPED AT A COST OF $322.73

THE TOTAL OF 1, 2 AND 3, ABOVE, IS $1,984.83.

SINCE THE TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOWABLE, AS EXPLAINED ABOVE, IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT EXPENDED, THERE IS NO BASIS UPON WHICH WE MAY APPROVE A CLAIM FOR ANY FURTHER SUM.

THEREFORE, THAT PART OF YOUR CLAIM FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR HUSBAND'S EFFECTS FROM ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, TO CALIFORNIA, IS DISALLOWED.