Show LUNCH MONEY DISPUTE MAY GO TO THE SUPREME COURT A right of federal employee to charge for midday meal contested by gover government r ent washington tite the meet robot question ef ct whether a government employee may take lake lunch at government expense outside of washington during 9 0 short trip to alexandria rockville or other nearby points may go up to the supreme court of the united states this developed today when it was learned that the department of justice bad under consideration the matter of asking the supreme court for review of the case of herbert 8 ward tern aern of for a meal tn in alexandria was disallowed by the controller general but who has won a favorable decision by the court of claims awarding him the the matter which bids fair air to become one of the most moet celebrated bat ties ever fought over an expense account of 1 50 Is IB held eld by othel officials als of the he general accounting office und land of 0 1 the he department of justice I 1 to 0 be ol of great Import importance tince to all government departments and in washington and to every employee likely to travel ravel on government expense the controller general in several rul inam his held that government employees cannot be reimbursed for meals taken between the hours of 8 a in im and 0 13 p ra while the employee la Is near his permanent station atlon Bt the hie court of claims reversed this position of the controller general in Us its decision of june 15 in wards warda case cage and said bald it Is not disputed that the plaintiff fit at to eat during the hours of him absence from the district which e embraced a usual meal hour within the regulations or that be ate at the ex pense claimed and no reason appears why he should not be reimbursed accordingly ward at the time of eating the disputed meal was an employee of the department of agriculture and had been ordered october 0 1024 1924 by the then chief inspector Inspect orto I 1 to go to alexandria about 11 in the morning on government business word did so ate a meal in alexandria and put in his expense account the controller general allowed all of it except the meal which was deducted |