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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
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BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON. 25, D. C.
FEB 25 1946
My dear Mr. Latta:
The Congress has enacted S. 50, "To permit settlement of
accounts of deceased officers and enlisted men of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and of deceased commis-
sioned officers of the Public Health Service, without adminis-
tration of estates."
Existing law puts a limit of $1,000 on the amounts which
accounting officers of the Government may pay, out of funds or
money held for the credit or account of deceased officers and
enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast
Guard and of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service,
to the surviving beneficiaries or heirs of such officers and
personnel, where no demand is presented by a duly appointed
legal representative of the deceased's estate.
The enrolled enactment removes this $1,000 limitation,
thus permitting the payment of the entire amounts due to the
estate of such deceased officers and enlisted personnel. The
removal of the limitation will permit surviving beneficiaries
or heirs to receive the sums to which they are entitled without
the necessity of having to resort to the expense and delay of
securing letters of administration, and will enable the Govern
ment to make prompt and expeditious settlement of these accounts.
Facsimiles of the enrolled enactment have been referred to
the War, Navy, and Treasury Departments, the Federal Security
Agency, and the Comptroller General, and their replies, either
recommending approval of the bill or interposing no objection
to its approval, are attached.
I recommend that the bill be approved.
Very truly yours,
Mr. Me C. Latta,
The
White House.
Agting pirectore
Enclosures:
Letters from War, Navy and Treasury
Departments and Federal Security
Agency and Comptroller General.
Copy each of House and Senate reports.
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