WESLEY CROWELL FOR ADDITIONAL SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE $16 PER DIEM RATE WHICH WAS PAID TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. YOU SAY THAT BASED UPON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU IT IS FELT THE DENIAL OF MR. CROWELL'S CLAIM IS DISCRIMINATORY AND YOU REQUEST OUR FURTHER REVIEW AND RECONSIDERATION OF HIS CASE. CROWELL'S CLA...

THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM AND OUR REASON FOR DISALLOWING IT WERE FULLY RELATED TO YOU IN OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 11. THE AUTHORITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TRAVELING ON GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IS CONTAINED IN THE TRAVEL EXPENSE ACT OF 1949. A-7 IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THE TRAVEL WAS PERFORMED AUTHORIZED A MAXIMUM PER DIEM RATE OF $16 FOR...

CROWELL'S CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BECAUSE HE RECEIVED THE RATE OF PER DIEM AS SHOWN ON HIS TRAVEL ORDER. CROWELL RECEIVED $9 PER DIEM DURING HIS TOUR OF TEMPORARY DUTY AND IS CLAIMING $7 PER DIEM ADDITIONAL FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 24. THE TRAVEL WAS TO BEGIN JUNE 24. CROWELL'S TEMPORARY DUTY WAS EXTENDED BY NINE DAYS TO SEPTEMBER 30. WAS COMPLETED UPON RETURN TO HONOLULU AT 12:15 P.M. IN YOUR LETTER OF O...