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MEMORANII>U!4 OF ACTIVITIES OF OFFICE OF COUIJSEL FOR OF rrAlJFORD mRKS FOR MONTH OF MAY 1948 T h i s office prepared and discussed with the Budget Officer here and General Counsel's Office i n Xashington, and later with General Electric rep ree ent at lms here, Supplemental Agreement No. 2to General Electric Rime Contract with rosApect, t o estimates o f cost and obligation of appropriationa. ment hns been submitted t o General Electric for approval. Aqreernsnt, dosigned to revise overhead rates fixed under Article XIII,4 (C) of the contract, is also being considered. This office participated in negotiation of revisions of power supply contract with Bonneville P m r Administration and i n conference8 with respect t o subcontracts of General Electric Kith Atkinson-Jones, du Pont, and Rellex. Four prime contracts were propared,including two contractu for financial assistance t o Richland School District,and seven Supplemental Agreement6 mere prepared to existing prime contracts. This office reviewed three Letter Orders of General Electric (including one with IcNeil Construction Company for school buildings and one with J. A, Torteling EC Sons, Inc. f o r construction of bridge on road from Richland t o Richland 9,"highway facilities, etc.), and five subcontracts of General rjlectric (including two consultant subcontracts and a subcontract with C. C. Moore & Company f o r e t e m generating and water supply houses), and a number of awards and negotiatiom of subcontracts, and subsubcontracts, and Invitations t o Bid, Detailed consideration m8 given to legal aspects of program for private construction of cm orcia l facilities, including the proposed furniture store for which bids have been invited and receiwd. Discussed with General Counsel's Office the proposal of t h e Bureau of Reclamation with respect t o construction of the Potholes East Canal for Wahlulce Slope, which proposal would entail assumption by the Cde ui an of the proportion of the canstruct ion costs of the canal not liquidated through irrigation payments of' the Commission required to permit farming operations on them luke &pee Plan f o r uno of Morganton Plant f o r commercial requirements na8 worked out with General Electric. Procedures t o be followed by Bonneville P m r Admini stm tion with respect to acquisition for property for Richland-Grand View line wre agreed upon. Favorable report of Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner on Application by Union Pacific and Northern Pacific f o r operation of southern railway outlet was received. Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company, and oral argument hae been Exceptions t o such report were filed by Chioago, Reply t o Exceptions will be filed on June 10.
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Assisted Mr. Thurston i n reviewing request by General Electric for approval of $1.00 per day job isolation payments t o production workers i n 100 and 5. INSTTRAYCE ANI) CUEIS Chief, Insurance Section, acted as chairman of board invest i eat inc North Richland construction camp fire, which board made finding that liability r e s t e d on one or moro CPFF contractors rosponsible for construction, install ation and maintenance of electrical equipment in barracks involved (all of whom had been extended coverage under General Electric Traveler's etc.for examination of alleged radiation injuries to2 claimants were transmitted to this office by the Division of Biology & Medicine of the Commission7 PJotico was brought t o the attention of this office by the General Electric Company t o the effect that a claim for radiRtion injury might be presented by the Plumbere and Steamfitters' Local on behalf ofa deceased fomr member who expired from coro par y occlusion. Reviewed and reported during the mollth mitte d to the State Department of Labor and Industry. Reviewed and found t o be i n order were workments compensation payments and awards by State Department of Labor and Industry during the month of May amounting t o $5,137.00. Of particular interest was one compensation case i n which the Department decided thata workman who was injured while en route from the badge house tothe change house before commencing his duties waa not i n the course of a t Olympia t o two problem arising under the industrial insurance and medical aid agreement t o which the United States, General Elect rio and the Department of Labor and Industires of the State of Washington, namely! 1 ) investment of funds deposited by General El eot ric with the Department under such agreelnent and 2) a request by the Department for an increase inthe administrative expenses payable t o the Department under the contract. finder authority of proposed memo dated April 30 f'rom of May 124 reports of aocident*involvine injured workmen which were trans- - Consideration is being given in this of fico and i n conferences