B-144599, JUN. 15, 1961
Highlights
JR.: REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE AFFIDAVIT OF FINANCIAL STATUS SUBMITTED BY YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR ASSERTED PRESENT INABILITY TO REPAY YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE NET AMOUNT OF $588.03 FOR ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS OF PER DIEM ALLOWANCE DURING THE PERIOD JULY 15 THROUGH NOVEMBER 4. THE AFFIDAVIT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE MARRIED. HAVE THREE DEPENDENTS AND ARE EMPLOYED BY THE IBM CORPORATION AT A MONTHLY SALARY OF $420. THAT YOU OWN A 1961 CHEVROLET CORVAIR THAT IS REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS. THEY TEND TO SUPPORT A VIEW THAT SUCH WOULD BE THE CASE AND IT IS NOT OUR DESIRE TO OCCASION YOU ANY UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP. IN VIEW OF YOUR OFFER TO SIGN OVER YOUR VETERANS ADMINISTRATION DISABILITY COMPENSATION TO LIQUIDATE YOUR INDEBTEDNESS WE WILL WITHHOLD COLLECTION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE TIME BEING.
B-144599, JUN. 15, 1961
TO MR. IRVIN L. MORFLEET, JR.:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE AFFIDAVIT OF FINANCIAL STATUS SUBMITTED BY YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR ASSERTED PRESENT INABILITY TO REPAY YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE NET AMOUNT OF $588.03 FOR ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS OF PER DIEM ALLOWANCE DURING THE PERIOD JULY 15 THROUGH NOVEMBER 4, 1959, INCIDENT TO DUTY PERFORMED BY YOU AT THE MARINE BARRACKS, NAVAL STATION, TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
THE AFFIDAVIT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE MARRIED, HAVE THREE DEPENDENTS AND ARE EMPLOYED BY THE IBM CORPORATION AT A MONTHLY SALARY OF $420. IT ALSO SHOWS THAT YOU OWN A HOUSE AND LOT VALUED AT $10,500, ON WHICH YOU OWE $10,120; THAT YOU OWN A 1961 CHEVROLET CORVAIR THAT IS REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS; THAT THE AVERAGE BALANCE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT OF $250; AND THAT YOU OWE THE HAMPTON BANK OF ST. LOUIS $2,300 AND IRVIN E. HALBACH $520.
WHILE THOSE FACTS DO NOT CLEARLY ESTABLISH YOUR PRESENT INABILITY TO BEGIN REPAYING YOUR INDEBTEDNESS WITHOUT SUFFERING UNDUE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THEY TEND TO SUPPORT A VIEW THAT SUCH WOULD BE THE CASE AND IT IS NOT OUR DESIRE TO OCCASION YOU ANY UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP. ACCORDINGLY, IN VIEW OF YOUR OFFER TO SIGN OVER YOUR VETERANS ADMINISTRATION DISABILITY COMPENSATION TO LIQUIDATE YOUR INDEBTEDNESS WE WILL WITHHOLD COLLECTION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE TIME BEING. WE TRUST YOU WILL UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER, THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO COLLECT AMOUNTS DUE THE GOVERNMENT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE AND, HENCE, IT WILL BE NECESSARY THAT WE CONTACT YOU AGAIN IN APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER YOUR FINANCIAL STATUS HAS IMPROVED SUFFICIENTLY TO PERMIT YOU TO START REPAYING THE DEBT, OR AT LEAST TO BEGIN TOKEN PAYMENT OF $10 PER MONTH.