Contracts for Rental of Automobiles by Beureau of Indian Affairs

Y4. G747: Auto

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CONTENTS

Emmons, Glenn L., Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Depart-

Greenwood, W. Barton, Assistant Commissioner for Administration,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
Hanson, John B., Director, Motor Equipment Division, Federal
Supply Service; accompanied by Paul Barron, Associate General
Counsel, Federal Supply Service, General Services Administration__

Howell, Harley W., executive vice president, Peterson, Howell &

Heather, Inc., Baltimore, Md.; accompanied by Lawrence B.

Fenneman, counsel to Harley W. Howell; Wilbur E. Webster, Jr.,

manager, special services, Peterson, Howell & Heather, Inc.; and

John S. Lalley, manager, sales promotion, Peterson, Howell &

Heather, Inc.---

Kane, Owen A., Jr., legislative attorney, Office of the Comptroller

General

Kane, Owen A., Jr., legislative attorney, General Accounting Office;

accompanied by John W. Moore, attorney, General Accounting

Office; and E. W. Muhonen, Division of Audits, General Accounting

Office

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203

2, 123

Lalley, John S., manager, sales promotion; accompanied by Wilbur E.

Webster, manager, special services; and Richard M. Heather, execu-

tive vice president of the firm of Peterson, Howell & Heather. 68, 82, 85

Loeber, Paul C., representing the American Rent-A-Car Co.....
Proulx, Donald J., Chief, Branch Property Supply, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior..

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

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127, 145

Chudoff, Hon. Earl, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Pennsylvania, and chairman, Subcommittee on Public Works and
Resources: Excerpt from article in the Washington Post-Times
Herald, re Comptroller General ruling___-

Howell, Harley W., executive vice president, Peterson, Howell &

Heather, Inc., Baltimore, Md.:

Excerpt from bid specifying delivery by July 1, 1955.

Excerpt from draft copy of a purported press release issued by

Hon. Earl Chudoff_

Excerpt of letter from Oden Chevrolet, to Mr. Peterson, June 10,

1955-

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Letter from Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, to Harley

W. Howell, October 4, 1954__

12, 13

Memorandum quoting Comptroller General's letter of April 27,

"Some Comments on Termination of Lease".

Kane, Owen A., Jr., legislative attorney, Office of the Comptroller

General:

Except from court decision of Purcell Envelope Company v. United

States (51 C. Cls. 211014).

Excerpt from procedures of contract.

Excerpt from section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended (41
U. S. C. 5).

Excerpt from supplemental management contract_

Excerpt from the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1955,

Public Law 465, approved July 1, 1954--

Excerpt of letter from the Comptroller General, April 27, 1955--

Statement and certificate of award, standard form No. 1036_-_-

Knox, Victor A., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan: Excerpt from statement of Owen A. Kane, Jr.__

Letters, statements, etc.—Continued

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Lalley, John S., manager, sales promotion, Peterson, Howell &

Heather:

Excerpt from statement of D. L. Peterson_.

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Excerpt of letter from A. J. Deery, acknowledging letters of June
8 and 10, to D. L. Peterson, June 15, 1955..

Lanigan, James A., counsel, Subcommittee on Public Works and

Resources:

Excerpt from leasing agreement.

Excerpt from purchase order CP-174 (55), November 17, 1954_.

Excerpt from statement of Harley W. Howell..

Summary of long-distance conversation between Mr. Peterson

and Stuart F. Silloway, September 22, 1954.

Moss, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of

California:

Excerpt from statement of John S. Lalley.

Excerpt from supplemental management contract_
Excerpt of letter from D. L. Peterson to Donald J. Proulx__
Excerpt of letter written by John S. Lalley, September 24, 1954.
Proulx, Donald J., Chief, Branch Property Supply, Bureau of Indian
Affairs: Excerpt of letter written by John S. Lalley, September
24, 1954...

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156, 177

142

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-Statement of Harley W. Howell, "Some Comments on Termi-

nation of Lease".

Exhibit B-Agreement by and between D. L. Peterson and the United

States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the

leasing of vehicles.

Exhibit C-Letter from Joseph Campbell, Comptroller General of the
United States, to the Secretary of the Interior, April 27, 1955___
Exhibit D-Letter from Frank H. Weitzel, Assistant Comptroller General
of the United States, to Hon. Earl Chudoff, June 24, 1955.

Exhibit E-Chronological statement of facts pertaining to Peterson,

Howell & Heather's relations with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on its

leased car experiment with the Peterson, Howell & Heather fleet man-

agement and leasing service__

Exhibit F-A summary of long-distance telephone conversation of Sep-

tember 22, 1954, between D. L. Peterson, president of Peterson, Howell

& Heather, Inc., and Stuart F. Silloway, financial vice president of the

Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York.

Exhibit G-Letter from Paul C. Loeber, representing the American Rent-
A-Car Co., to the Comptroller General, June 12, 1955
Exhibit H-Letter from Arthur Perlman, staff director, Public Works and
Resources Subcommittee, to Hertz System, Inc.; in reply to letter from
Hertz System, Inc., Chicago, Ill., to Hon. Earl Chudoff, June 16, 1955–

Exhibit I-Letter from Arthur Perlman, staff director, Public Works and

Resources Subcommittee, to Truck Rental Co., Inc., in reply to letter

from Truck Rental Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., to Hon. Earl Chudoff,

June 17, 1955----

Exhibit J-Suggestions from Peterson, Howell & Heather for bid specifica-

tions, to Bureau of Indian Affairs__