DEAR MR. PETERS:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05538A000300060076-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: December 28, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

STATINTL
Approved For Pv' 2002/06/28 : CIA-RDP78-05538 030 060076-0
CCMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 1TATES
Washington 25
B-106788
Mr. F. D. Peters, Authorized Certifying Officer
Office of Price Stabilization
Economic Stabilization Agency
December 28, 1951
Reference is made to your letter of November 29, 1951, file:2933/FDP,
transmitting a reclaim voucher in the amount of '8.2stated in favor
of Lill.ard L. Levy, consultant, Office of Pf ce Stabilization, represent-
ing excess travel costs, including per diem, administratively suspended
on voucher No. 189358, of the August 1951 accounts of Paul D. Banning,
and requesting a decision as to whether said reclaim voucher legally
may be certified for payment. .
It appears that Mr. Levy's home is in St. Louis, TTissouri, and that
he is serving without compensation but sutho ' sed to receive .15
per diem in lieu of subsistence while in a duty status away from his
official ridepce. It is noted that pursuant to official orders issued
&uring June 1951, he traveled. from St. Louis to Washing ton, D. C., by
air on or about June 17, and returned to St. Louis by first-class rail
and Pullman (roomette) at 1:30 p.m., July 1, 1951. Your letter indicates
that a round-trip ticket f o T zr tr . vel as .purchased with a Government
transportation request and that the return (unused) portion thereof was
turned in for, cancellation and credit, and that first-class rail fare
with Pullman (roomette) was
purchased by the traveler with personal
funds. The sum suspended represents the difference between the reported
cost of performing said travel, including per diem, using one way air
and rail tickets, and the reported. cost _for such travel. including per
d erm, had the, traveler ut tined the rowtzd-trip.air- tic..et for the entire
journey. ,.....~~ _,
The reclaim voucher contains the following statements
"I stayed in tashington, D, C. longer than usual that week because
I was not well, and--it was also for reasons of health that I took the
train rather than the plane. In further explanation of this latter state-
ment, I feared that flying would cause a congestion in my ear, which
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might, have made for a prolonged illness*"
Under paragraph 16 of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations,
a traveler is required to purchose a .reduced,,.ro.te, round-tom ticket, when
"practicable anc economical'" and in the absence of an official justifi-
cation for nQnuae_a_eny portion thereof, such ticket should be used in
its entirety. The . general-rule is that reg