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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
APR 24 1946
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, 25, D.C.
APR 231946
My dear Mr. Latta:
On April 16, 1946, you advised this office that H. R. 2927 "For the
relief of Mrs. Evelyn Merritt", had been received at the White House,
and requested reports and recommendations as to the approval of the bill.
It is the purpose of the bill to pay the sum of $4,000 to Mrs.
Evelyn Merritt, of New Augusta, Mississippi, in settlement of all claims
against the United States for personal injuries and loss of earnings
sustained as a result of a collision between the automobile in which
she was riding and an Army truck, in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on
December 15, 1943.
It appears that, on the date in question, an Army truck, operated
by an enlisted man on official business, was proceeding west on one of
the avenues in Camp Shelby and approaching its intersection with another
roadway; that at the same time the automobile, owned and operated by the
claimant and in which several other persons were riding as passengers,
was proceeding north on the intersecting street and approaching the same
intersection; that a stop sign was posted at the intersection requiring
traffic traveling the street on which the Government truck was being
driven to stop before entering the intersection; and that, while testi-
mony is conflicting as to whether the Army driver stopped in obedience
to the stop sign, it appears that he proceeded into the intersection
wi thout yielding to the civilian vehicle the right of way to which it
was entitled by reason of traveling on a through street and began a left
turn and the two vehicles collided in the intersection.
As a result of the accident, the civilian automobile was overturned
and several of its occupants, including Mrs. Merritt, sustained personal
injuries. The claimant sustained a simple fracture of the pelvis, a simple
fracture of the first, second, third, and fifth lumbar vertebra, multiple
lacerations on her right forearm, and abrasions of the forehead, nose, and
chin. Her medical expenses in the amount of $57.08 and damage to her
automobile in the amount of $125 are now in the process of payment under
existing law. The claimant was 38 years of age at the time of the accident
and employed at the camp laundry at the rate of $65 per month. Medical
evidence indicates the claimant will have a 10 to 15 percent permanent
disability. Approximately a year after the date of the accident, the
claimant had been unable, because of her continuing disability, to return
to her position in the Camp laundry or to do anything but light housework
at home.
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