B-130188, MAR. 20, 1957
Highlights
MD: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 7. INQUIRY IS MADE WHETHER YOUR AFFIDAVIT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AS ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF MEALS FURNISHED TO YOU BY THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PERIOD INVOLVED. YOUR PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ESTIMATE THAT ONLY 50 PERCENT OF YOUR MEALS WERE FURNISHED BY THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PERIOD IN QUESTION WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING YOUR OBLIGATION IN THE MATTER. OUR RECORDS WILL BE AMENDED TO REDUCE YOUR INDEBTEDNESS BY THE SUM OF $252 (ONE-HALF OF THAT PART OF YOUR DEBT REPRESENTING THE BASIC SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE RECEIVED) LEAVING A BALANCE OWING THE UNITED STATES OF $372.
B-130188, MAR. 20, 1957
TO ROBERT E. PAUL, JR., MD:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 7, 1957, FROM GEORGE CHIMPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, REQUESTING, ON YOUR BEHALF, ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION OF JANUARY 17, 1957, B-130188, TO YOU CONCERNING YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE SUM OF$624, REPRESENTING AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY YOU DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1950, TO JUNE 30, 1951, FOR BASIC SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE AS AN OFFICER OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE WHILE BEING FURNISHED MEALS BY THE CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA, WHERE YOU INTERNED, AND AS COMPENSATION FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE CONCURRENTLY IN RECEIPT OF YOUR MILITARY PAY. ALSO, INQUIRY IS MADE WHETHER YOUR AFFIDAVIT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AS ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF MEALS FURNISHED TO YOU BY THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PERIOD INVOLVED.
IN VIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES STATED IN MR. CHIMPLES' LETTER, YOUR PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ESTIMATE THAT ONLY 50 PERCENT OF YOUR MEALS WERE FURNISHED BY THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PERIOD IN QUESTION WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING YOUR OBLIGATION IN THE MATTER, AND OUR RECORDS WILL BE AMENDED TO REDUCE YOUR INDEBTEDNESS BY THE SUM OF $252 (ONE-HALF OF THAT PART OF YOUR DEBT REPRESENTING THE BASIC SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE RECEIVED) LEAVING A BALANCE OWING THE UNITED STATES OF $372.