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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriter or Ballpoint Pen) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, D.C. 20515 (Any erasures, corrections, or changes on this form must be initialed by the authorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)  | Effective Date                                       || ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- || Ann Furnald Taylor                 | 1/1/77                                               || Employee Social Security Number    | Type of Action                                       || Employing Office or Committee      |                                                      || Select Committee on Assassinations | Appointment                                          ||                                    | Salary Adjustment                                    ||                                    | Termination (At close of business on effective date) |(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)| Position Title | Gross Annual Salary || -------------- | ------------------- || Researcher     | $17,000             |(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1. Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or Professional.2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H., Res. 1540 of 94th Congress.3. Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number __________ If applicable, Level __________ Step___________I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b); prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date December 30 1976Thomas Downing, ChairmanSelect Committee on AssassinationsAll appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee employees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations; the Committee on the Budget; and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Office of Finance use only:Office Code __________Monthly Annuity $__________ .00Copy for Initiating Office or CommitteeNW 88326Docld:32244105 Page 12
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# MEMORANDUMTO: All Staff EmployeesFROM: Budget OfficerDATE: January 3, 1977RE: Payroll CertificationStarting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current Member of Congress (those taking office January 3, 1977).The following are the relationships to be included in the certification:fathernephewbrother-in-lawmotherniecesister-in-lawsonhusbandstepfatherdaughterwifestepmotherbrotherfather-in-lawstepbrothersistermother-in-lawstepsisteruncleson-in-lawhalf-brotherauntdaughter-in-lawhalf-sisterfirst cousinAll staff employees are requested to complete this form and return it to the Budget officer.ApprovedRichard A. SpragueI am not related ✓I am related by the following relationship![signature of employee]Signature of Employee![date]Date
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# Assassination Records Review BoardFinal Determination NotificationAGENCY : HSCARECORD NUMBER : 180-10070-10164RECORD SERIES: STAFF PAYROLL RECORDSAGENCY FILE NUMBER :December 8, 1995Status of Document: Postponed in PartNumber of releases of previously postponed information: 18Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United States or to any individual.Number of Postponements: 8Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.Substitute Language: SSNDate of Next Review: 2017Board Review Completed: 10/24/95> [Figure] Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 88326 Date: 2025NW 88326Docld:32244106 Page 1
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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY INFORMATIONAGENCY : HSCARECORD NUMBER : 180-10070-10164RECORDS SERIES :STAFF PAYROLL RECORDSAGENCY FILE NUMBER :DOCUMENT INFORMATIONORIGINATOR : HSCAFROM :TO :TITLE :DATE : 11/08/76PAGES : 24SUBJECTS :HSCA; ADMINISTRATIONTHORNELL, JOAN TALBERTDOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORMCLASSIFICATION : URESTRICTIONS : 3CURRENT STATUS : PDATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/16/93OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS :Box 3.[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTEDDate:08/20/93Page:1
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July 11, 1977Mrs. Joan ThornellSpecial Assistant to the TreasurerOffice of the Treasurer of theUnited StatesWashington, D.C. 20220Dear Mrs. Thornell:I am sorry you feel that you were not treated fairly upon termination of your services with the Committee.When I received your letter, I asked Tom Howarth to give me a memorandum outlining the terms of your settlement. Enclosed is a copy.I am sure that after you read the memorandum, you will agree that the Committee was more than fair, especially in light of the fact there was no official leave policy at the time and thus, no obligation to pay any terminating compensation at all.As to your main area of concern, the one-day break in service, Mr. Howarth's memorandum points out that such a break has no effect whatsoever on the transfer of your benefits.I wish you every success in your new position with the Administration.Sincerely,Louis StokesChairmanLS/thjcc: Honorable Walker E. Fauntroy, M.C.NW 88326Docld:32244106 Page 3
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MEMORANDUMTO: CHAIRMAN STOKESFROM: THOMAS HOWARTHBUDGET OFFICERDATE: JUNE 14, 1977RE: JOAN T. THORNELL, LETTER RE LEAVEMrs. Thornell left at the close of businesson Friday, May 13, 1977. As the Committee had no leavepolicy at that time, she made her termination effectiveSunday, May 15, 1977, at my suggestion, so that shewould receive two days extra in pay.Mrs. Thornell began employment November 8,1976 and left May 13, 1977. Under the Clerk of theHouse's leave policy, she would be entitled to 5 days,no credit being given for a fraction of a month whenhired or a fraction of a month when terminated.The Clerk's policy further states thereare no provisions to permit reimbursement to an employeeupon termination for any accumulation of leave. However,to the extent possible and practicable, every effortshould be made to consider such accumulation when sub-mitting a recommendation for termination.Twelve Committee Staff Members with a totalof 42 days accumulated leave who have terminated, in-cluding one who terminated the same day as Mrs. Thornell,were given no credit for their leave because theCommittee had no policy at that time.This fact and the fact that Mrs. Thornellwas paid for six days past May 13, in my opinion, dis-credits Mrs. Thornell claim to "the punitive nature ofthe decision." The facts clearly show that Mrs.Thornell was given special consideration.NW 88326Docld:32244106 Page 4
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MEMORANDUMCHAIRMAN STOKESJUNE 14, 1977PAGE 2For the record, Acting Chief Counsel Al Lewis was paid for no accumulated leave. After Mr. Lewis left the Committee, he was kept on the payroll long enough to recover his back salary which I understand was the Committee's request. (Mrs. Thornell had already recovered her back salary.)As to Mrs. Thornell's break in service, I have been told by the Finance Office that such a break has no effect whatsoever on the transfer of her benefits.cc: Honorable Walter E. Fauntroy, M.C.
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![Department of the Treasury Seal]# THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATESWASHINGTON, D.C. 20220May 27, 1977Hon Louis B. StokesChairmanSelect Committee on AssassinationsU. S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D. C. 20515Dear Chairman Stokes:The circumstances of my departure from the Committee staff have saddened me because of the following:On May 6, 1977, in writing (enclosed) I advised the then-Acting Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Alvin B. Lewis, Jr., of my intention to leave the staff as of May 15, 1977 plus whatever vacation time I had accrued since my date of entry to service, November 8, 1976.Since there was no formal leave policy established by the Committee at the date of my notice and since I was aware of leave being extended to the Acting Chief Counsel who was also leaving service at about the same time, I began making inquiries about my own accrued leave.On Thursday, May 12, Thomas Howarth, the Budget Officer, advised me verbally that he had not yet cleared with you the rate of leave to be extended to me in days accrued per month, but he thought that a rate of one day per month was going to be approved. On that basis, he calculated that I would be allowed 5 1/2 or 6 days of leave.When I began a new appointment with a Federal agency on Monday, May 23, I called Mr. Howarth from the new personnel office to establish my date of termination in order to comply with the Federal law which prohibits Federal employees from receiving payment from more than one Federal source at a time. In other words, I was attempting to clear the date of May 23 as a starting date for the new employment.At that time, Mr. Howarth advised that I had been terminated on May 19, based on a calculation of leave beginning May 14 for a total of 6 days -- which included counting weekend days in the leave period. At the time of our initial conversation, how-
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- 2 -ever, I was not advised that weekend days would be counted in the calculation of the leave period.He further advised that since the House payroll system is based on a 30-day month, for purposes of calculating a termination date he counted weekend days, whereas a vacationing employee who would be returning to work after vacation would not have weekend days counted. (I checked with the Committee on House Administration and learned that though each Committee establishes its own leave policy, it is unusual to penalize a terminating employee by counting in weekend days.)Inasmuch as there was no written leave policy I had no way of anticipating his method of calculating leave. And because of the punitive nature of the decision I have suffered a break in service which may affect seriously my transfer of benefits from the House of Representatives to my new employment. Had I been aware of his method of calculating leave, my dates of departure from the Committee, obviously, would have been different.I hope that you will review the calculation of my date of departure and act swiftly to rectify the situation to allow my termination date from the Committee to be set at Friday, May 20, 1977, which would reflect *5 working days* leave from the Committee.I have already acted to begin employment at the Department of the Treasury as of May 23. I gladly forfeit the 6th vacation day which would have been May 23.Thank you in advance for your kind attention to this matter and I look forward to hearing from you soon.Sincerely,![signature]Joan Talbert ThornellSpecial Assistant to theTreasurer-Designatecc: Hon. Walter E. Fauntroy, M.C.EnclosureNW 88326Docld:32244106 Page 7
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June 16, 1977Mrs. Joan Talbert Thornell3175 Apple Road, N.Ε.Washington, DC. 20018Dear Joan:I want you to know how much the Committee and I appreciate your service and how much we regret that you will no longer be a member of the Staff.You have our best wishes always.Sincerely yours,Louis StokesChairmanLS: tleNW 88326DocId:32244106 Page 8
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May 6, 1977MEMORANDUMTo : Alvin B. Lewis, Jr.From : Joan Talbert ThornellIt has been my pleasure to serve as your *special* Assistant for Administrative Projects. Your recent assignments in the areas of affirmative action and staff review are nearing completion.I will be leaving the staff of the Select Committee on Assassinations as of May 15, 1977 (plus any vacation time that may have accrued to me since November, 1976).I wish you all the best in your new undertakings and I have appreciated your sensitivity during a difficult time.Thanks.NW 88326DocId:32244106 Page 9
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MEMORANDUMTO:CHAIRMAN STOKESFROM:THOMAS HOWARTHBUDGET OFFICERDATE:JUNE 14, 1977RE:JOAN T. THORNELL, LETTER RE LEAVEMrs. Thornell left at the close of business on Friday, May 13, 1977. As the Committee had no leave policy at that time, she made her termination effective Sunday, May 15, 1977, at my suggestion, so that she would receive two days extra in pay.Mrs. Thornell began employment November 8, 1976 and left May 13, 1977. Under the Clerk of the House's leave policy, she would be entitled to 5 days, no credit being given for a fraction of a month when hired or a fraction of a month when terminated.The Clerk's policy further states there are no provisions to permit reimbursement to an employee upon termination for any accumulation of leave. However, to the extent possible and practicable, every effort should be made to consider such accumulation when submitting a recommendation for termination.Twelve Committee Staff Members with a total of 42 days accumulated leave who have terminated, including one who terminated the same day as Mrs. Thornell, were given no credit for their leave because the Committee had no policy at that time.This fact and the fact that Mrs. Thornell was paid for six days past May 13, in my opinion, dis- credits Mrs. Thornell claim to "the punitive nature of the decision." The facts clearly show that Mrs. Thornell was given special consideration.NW 88326Docld:32244106 Page 10
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MEMORANDUMCHAIRMAN STOKESJUNE 14, 1977PAGE 2For the record, Acting Chief Counsel Al Lewis was paid for *no* accumulated leave. After Mr. Lewis left the Committee, he was kept on the payroll long enough to recover his back salary which I understand was the Committee's request. (Mrs. Thornell had already recovered her back salary.)As to Mrs. Thornell's break in service, I have been told by the Finance Office that such a break has no effect whatsoever on the transfer of her benefits.cc: Honorable Walter E. Fauntroy, M.C.NW 88326DocId:32244106 Page 11
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![seal of the department of the treasury, 1789]THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATESWASHINGTON, D.C. 20220May 27, 1977Hon Louis B. StokesChairmanSelect Committee on AssassinationsU. S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D. C. 20515Dear Chairman Stokes:The circumstances of my departure from the Committee staff have saddened me because of the following:On May 6, 1977, in writing (enclosed) I advised the then-Acting Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Alvin B. Lewis, Jr., of my intention to leave the staff as of May 15, 1977 plus whatever vacation time I had accrued since my date of entry to service, November 8, 1976.Since there was no formal leave policy established by the Committee at the date of my notice and since I was aware of leave being extended to the Acting Chief Counsel who was also leaving service at about the same time, I began making inquiries about my own accrued leave.On Thursday, May 12, Thomas Howarth, the Budget Officer, advised me verbally that he had not yet cleared with you the rate of leave to be extended to me in days accrued per month, but he thought that a rate of one day per month was going to be approved. On that basis, he calculated that I would be allowed 5 1/2 or 6 days of leave.When I began a new appointment with a Federal agency on Monday, May 23, I called Mr. Howarth from the new personnel office to establish my date of termination in order to comply with the Federal law which prohibits Federal employees from receiving payment from more than one Federal source at a time. In other words, I was attempting to clear the date of May 23 as a starting date for the new employment.At that time, Mr. Howarth advised that I had been terminated on May 19, based on a calculation of leave beginning May 14 for a total of 6 days -- which included counting weekend days in the leave period. At the time of our initial conversation, how-NW 88326Docld:32244106 Page 12
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- 2 -ever, I was not advised that weekend days would be counted in the calculation of the leave period.He further advised that since the House payroll system is based on a 30-day month, for purposes of calculating a termination date he counted weekend days, whereas a vacationing employee who would be returning to work after vacation would not have weekend days counted. (I checked with the Committee on House Administration and learned that though each Committee establishes its own leave policy, it is unusual to penalize a terminating employee by counting in weekend days.)Inasmuch as there was no written leave policy I had no way of anticipating his method of calculating leave. And because of the punitive nature of the decision I have suffered a break in service which may affect seriously my transfer of benefits from the House of Representatives to my new employment. Had I been aware of his method of calculating leave, my dates of departure from the Committee, obviously, would have been different.I hope that you will review the calculation of my date of departure and act swiftly to rectify the situation to allow my termination date from the Committee to be set at Friday, May 20, 1977, which would reflect 5 *working days* leave from the Committee.I have already acted to begin employment at the Department of the Treasury as of May 23. I gladly forfeit the 6th vacation day which would have been May 23.Thank you in advance for your kind attention to this matter and I look forward to hearing from you soon.Sincerely,![signature]Joan Talbert ThornellSpecial Assistant to theTreasurer-Designatecc: Hon. Walter E. Fauntroy, M.C.EnclosureNW 88326DocId:32244106 Page 13
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriteror Ballpoint Pen)U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESWashington, D.C. 20515(Any erasures, corrections, or changeson this form must be initialed by theauthorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) | Effective Date                                       || --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- || Joan Talbert Thornell             | 5/19/77                                              || Employee Social Security Number   | Type of Action                                       || 579 54 1505                       |                                                      || Employing Office or Committee     |                                                      || Assassinations                    |                                                      ||                                   | Appointment                                          ||                                   | Salary Adjustment                                    ||                                   | Termination (At close of business on effective date) |(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)| Position Title | Gross Annual Salary || -------------- | ------------------- ||                |                     |(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1. Standing Committee: Staff Clerical or Professional.2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465 of 95th Congress.3. Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number __________ If applicable, Level __________ Step __________I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date May 16, 19 77Louis Stokes(Signature of Authorizing Official)Chairman(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)(Title-If Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee employees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Chairman, Committee on House AdministrationOffice of Finance use only:Office CodeMonthly Annuity $___________.00Copy for Initiating Office or CommitteeNW 88326DocId:32244106 Page 14
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriter or Ballpoint Pen)U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESWashington, D.C. 20515(Any erasures, corrections, or changes on this form must be initialed by the authorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) | Effective Date || --------------------------------- | -------------- || Joan Talbert Thornell             | 5/15/77        || Employee Social Security Number | Type of Action                                         || ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ || 579 54 1505                     | ☐ Appointment                                          || Employing Office or Committee   | ☐ Salary Adjustment                                    || Assassinations                  | ☑ Termination (At close of business on effective date) |(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)| Position Title | Gross Annual Salary || -------------- | ------------------- ||                |                     |(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff ☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority H. Res. 465 of 95th Congress.3. ☐ Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number__________ If applicable, Level______ Step__________I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date May 10 1977Louis Stokes(Signature of Authorizing Official)(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)Chairman(Title-If Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em- ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Office of Finance use only:Office Code__________Monthly Annuity $________.00NW 88326-Docld:32244106 Page 15