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OCR Page 1 of 741942 EXECUTIVE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
SEP 21 1 1945
My dear Mr. Latta:
On September 18, 1945, you advised this office that H. R. 241,
"For the relief of Mrs. Ruby H. Hunsucker, " had been received at the
White House, and requested reports and recommendations as to the ap-
proval of the bill.
It is the purpose of the bill to pay the sum of $381.81 to Mrs.
Ruby H. Hunsucker in settlement of her claims against the United States
for property damage sustained as a result of a collision with a tractor-
trailer of the Army near Dalton, Georgia, on November 17, 1943.
It appears that, on the date in question, an Army tractor coupled
to a ten-ton trailer was proceeding north on official business on one
of the main highways in Georgia; that it ran out of gasoline at a point
about eleven miles south of Dalton, Georgia; that the tractor-trailer
stopped on the right hand side of the road, and the driver proceeded to
Dalton for gasoline; that while the tractor-trailer was standing on the
right hand side of the highway, a one and one-half ton International
truck, owned by the claimant and driven by William Raymond Lynch, which
was also proceeding north, crashed into the trailer; that the accident
occurred about 12:30 a.m., and the tractor-trailer did not have flares
out, and being on a curve, the civilian driver did not see it until he
was about thirty feet from it; that the driver of the civilian truck
applied his brakes and turned to the left in order to avoid a collision,
but was unable to do so.
A facsimile of the enrolled enactment has been referred to the
War Department and the Department of Justice, and their replies, inter-
posing no objection to the approval of the bill, are attached.
There is a controversy as to whether the lights on the Army vehicle
were burning at the time of the accident t. The Army driver and his
helper maintain that the lights were burning on the tractor-trailer,
while the driver of the civilian vehicle insists that the trailer had
no lights, or flares, or flagmen. A member of the Georgia State Patrol
who investigated the accident concluded that the Army truck was parked
on the highway in a traffi c lane without lights or flares, and that
there was no evi dence of any improper driving on the part of the driver
of the civilian vehicle.
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