STATE OF FLORIDA, County of Orange: AFFIDAVIT Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Charles P Carroll, who being first duly sworn, makes the following statement under oath: Affiant says that he incurred the following expenses by reason of an automobile accident on the Frankfurt-Kassel Autobahn in Germany on the morning of November 10, 1948, which resulted in the death of his wife and bodily injuries to affiant: I. Funeral expenses of my wife Air transportation of wife's body from Frankfurt to New York (carrier. Charges of funeral director in New York City (îuneral director: Charles $468.00 351. 10 100.00 Charges for choir and organist at funeral in New York City (music and Miscellaneous expenses for which no receipts available (these include Phone calls originating in the United States which were made for pur- Nov. 11, 1948, from Orlando to Washington, D. C. Cables which originated in the United States and were sent for purpose Nov. 12, 1948- from Orlando to APO 61. Nov. 12, 1948, from Orlando to APO 154. Do. Do... Nov. 12, 1948, from Orlando to Munich, Germany.. Telegrams which originated in Orlando and were sent for purpose of effecting funeral arrangements: Nov. 12, 1948, from Orlando to Wichita, Kans.. 202.50 565.00 4. 55 4. 15 27.00 36.00 32.00 2.55 3.05 6.20 44.00 56.00 5.75 6. 15 4. 25 24.00 4. 15 5. 35 2.80 2.80 3. 80 3. 10 3.30 3.10 3.30 5.40 4.70 4.60 1.20 387th Station Hospital, APO 154, U. S. Army: Dec. 7, 1948. Dr. Eugene L. Jewett, 502 East Colonial, Orlando, Fla.: Apr. 8, 1949. Total.... III. Expenses which have not been paid Monument for wife's grave: Stokes Monument Co., 2314 North Orange Dr. Eugene L. Jewett, 502 East Colonial, Orlando, Fla.-- Total. IV. Losses which have been compensated by insurance $39. 53 32. 27 21. 84 5. 40 8. 10 33. 75 60. 50 18. 00 2, 209. 24 $168.00 75.00 243. 00 1 1947 Mercury 2-door 5-passenger coupe-- Loss.. V. Losses which have not been covered by insurance $2, 100. 00 2, 000. 00 100. 00 Loss of income since Dec. 12, 1949, fair estimate. My commission expires July 8, 1952. KATHERINE TILLER STIGGINS, Notary Public STATE OF FLORIDA, County of Orange: AFFIDAVIT Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, M. J. Moss, Jr.. who being first duly sworn makes the following statment under oath: Affiant says that he incurred the following expenses by reason of the death of his daughter, Frances Moss Carroll, and was fully reimbursed by her husband, Charles P. Carroll: Phone calls originating in the United States which were made for the Nov. 15, 1948, from Orlando to Washington, D. C. Nov. 11, 1948, from Orlando to Washington, D. C... Cables which originated in the United States and were sent for purpose of arranging transportation of daughter's body and funeral services: Nov. 12, 1948, from Orlando to APO 154. $4.55 4. 15 27.00 36.00 32.00 2.55 3.05 6.20 44.00 56.00 5.75 6.15 4. 25 24.00 4. 15 5. 35 2.80 2.80 3.80 3. 10 3.30 3. 10 3.30 5.40 4.70 4.60 Nov. 12, 1948, from Orlando to Munich, Germany. Telegrams which originated in Orlando and were sent for purpose of effecting funeral arrangements: Nov. 12, 1948, from Orlando to Wichita, Kans.. Total... All of the above expenses have been paid 1. 20 303. 25 M. J. Moss, Jr. Subscribed and sworn to before me in Orange County, Fla., by M. J. Moss, Jr.. this 29th day of April A. D. 1949. (SEAL] My commission expires April 17, 1951. L. NEWMAN, Notary Public Statement of total expenses paid and obligations yet unpaid and loss of services incurred by Charles P. Carroll, all as shown by sworn affidavits NIGHT DIFFERENTIAL JUNE 23, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WHITAKER, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3383] The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3383) to amend the act entitled "An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the postal service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes," approved July 6, 1945, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: On page 2 after line 6, add the following new section: SEC. 2. Whenever any officer or employee of the United States Government or of the municipal government of the District of Columbia is entitled to extra compensation on account of services performed between or after certain specified hours of the day or night, such extra compensation shall be computed on the basis of either standard or daylight saving time, depending upon whichever time is observed by law, custom or practice where such services are performed. Amend the title so as to read: A bill to provide that extra compensation for night work paid officers and employees of the United States shall be computed on the basis of either standard or daylight saving time. PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT The purpose of the amendment is to extend the provisions of the bill to apply to all officers and employees of the United States Government or of the municipal government of the District of Columbia. STATEMENT The purpose of this bill is to amend existing law so that in paying compensation to Federal employees for night work (night differential) either standard or daylight saving time shall be used, depending upon whichever time is observed where such night work is performed. On January 3, 1949, a decision of the Comptroller General (B75819, 28 Comp. Gen. 397) stated that only standard time could be used in determining those hours during which night differential is payable for work performed by employees in the postal service. Section 1 of the bill amends section 5 of Public Law 134, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved July 6, 1945 (39 U. S. C. 856), which applies to the postal service to provide that night differential shall be payable for work performed between the hours of 6 o'clock postmeridian and 6 o'clock antemeridian, and either standard or daylight-saving time shall be used, depending upon whichever time is observed where such night work is performed. The effect of the decision of the Comptroller General creates considerable confusion in areas where daylight-saving time is observed, because employees' tours of duty are not changed, resulting in some employees receiving a decrease in night differential pay and others receiving an increase, notwithstanding the fact that there is no change in the hours of employment. The committee believes it is more feasible to use daylight-saving time when such time is in effect in the particular area in which night work is being performed, and to compute night differential on the basis of daylight-saving time rather than upon the basis of standard time as now required under the recent Comptroller General's decision. Hearings were conducted regarding this legislation at which time witnesses appeared representing Federal employees' organizations, the Post Office Department, Civil Service Commission, General Accounting Office, and the Federal Security Agency. These witnesses unanimously supported the bill and endorsed an amendment proposed by the General Accounting Office and the Civil Service Commission, to which the committee agreed. The amendment, which adds section 2 to the bill, would make the proposed legislation applicable to all employees of the Federal Government to whom night-work statutes apply, so that night differential would be payable on the basis of either standard or daylight-saving time, depending upon whichever time is observed by law. custom, or practice where such services are performed. It was developed at the hearing that prior to the decision of the Comptroller General, the computation of night work pay was upon the basis of either standard or daylight saving time. The committee believes that the enactment of this legislation will not only be in the best interest of all Federal employees assigned to night duty, but that administrative savings will result because of a simplification in the computation of night work pay, since it will then be unnecessary to maintain duplicate records in post offices and other Federal establishments showing both standard and daylight saving time. Representatives of the Government agencies were unable to estimate accurately the slight additional cost of the legislation, but all agreed that if there was additional cost, it would be almost negligible. |