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A-31168, page 449: Compensation — Dismissal. 
"The falsification of expense accounts by a postal employee con- 
stitutes such a violation of the oath of office and breach of 
contract of employment as to cause the forfeiture of compensa— 
tion due for periods prior to date of suspension and dismissal. 
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"For ordinary uses all makes and grades of automobiles are for 
consideration in determining which will best meet the needs of 
the service and bids should be requested on specifications 
drawn, not by designation of a particular make, but should show 
only such details as to construction in performance require— 
ments as can satisfactorily be shown to be necessary to meet 
the requirements of the service. 
"Nonessential features, such as shock absorbers, instead of some 
other similar devices, and nonshatterable glass in the wind— 
shield, instead of some other glass, should not be made control— 
ling if the work reasonably can be performed with automobiles not 
having such features or equipment; that is, the procedure should 
not be adopted of specifying as controlling a particular nones— 
sential feature of an automobile, such as shatter-—proof glass, 
shock absorbers, style of wheels, etc., thereby excluding bid-— 
ders that do not offer the particular feature or causing such 
bidders to change their models so as to embrace such features, 
thereby increasing the cost. and preventing real competition. 
A-521365: Subsistence Expenses ~ Hat Cl aning. 
"The provisions of paragraph 58 of the Standardized Government 
Travel Regulations which provide for the cleaning and pressing 
of clothes of employees while in a travel status, do not auth-— 
orize reimbursement of the expense of cleaning the traveler's 
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