Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER :
RECORD SERIES :
180-10068-10319
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 7
Reason 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: 3
Postponements: 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: SSN
Date of Next Review: 2017
Board Review Completed: 10/24/95
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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC
2107 Notel. Case#: NW 88326 Date: 2025
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
Date: 08/20/93
Page: 1
AGENCY INFORMATION
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER:
180-10068-10319
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
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ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM :
TO :
TITLE :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DATE: 08/15/77
PAGES: 7
SUBJECTS :
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
BURAS, ROBERT C. JR.
DOCUMENT TYPE:
PRINTED FORM
CLASSIFICATION : U
RESTRICTIONS : 3
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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/07/93
OPENING CRITERIA :
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ITEM IS RESTRICTED
LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN
RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.
WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.
HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO
STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.
CHARLES THONE, NEBR.
HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.
FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.
ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.
(202) 225-4624
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
October 16, 1978
Dear Bob:
As you probably know, because the Committee is winding down, the
decision has been made to terminate L. J.'s services as of October 31.
I'm sure that you are wondering how you stand salary-wise with the
Committee because of the duplicate salary payments from the New Orleans
Police Department.
The following are my calculations of how you stand.
You were hired August 15, 1977 at an annual salary of $24,000.00
and taken off the payroll February 28, 1978. Your W-2 statement for
1977 gave a salary of $16,637.46 from the New Orleans Police Department.
The monthly amount would be $1,386.46 ($16,637.46 ÷ 12). Prorating this
amount would give $9,058.21 while on the payroll of the Committee ($1,386.46
per month for the period August 15, 1977 to February 28, 1978).
You have been due $613.54 per month from the Committee since March 1,
1978 (the difference between your Committee salary of $2,000.00 per month
and $1,386.46). Dividing $613.54 into $9,058.21 (the overpayment referred.
to above) would carry you almost 15 months or until June 1, 1979.
According to the affidavit from your payroll supervisor, your base pay
during the period you have been with the Committee is $1,273.00 per month.
If we use this lower figure instead of the $1,386.46 which I got by divid-
ing the amount on your W-2 by 12 and I went through the same calculations
as above, the overpayment would carry you about 11½ months or until Feb-
ruary 15, 1979.
Either way, the duplicate payment by the New Orleans Police Depart-
ment for the period August 15, 1977 to February 28, 1978 is more than
enough to carry you through December 31, 1978 without any further payments
from the Committee.
Please give me a call if you have any questions or dispute any of my
figures.
TH:ht
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Sincerely yours,
Tom
THOMAS HOWARTH
Budget Officer
CITY O
NEW
ORLEAN
***
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
P. O. Box 51480
New Orleans, La. 70151
ERNEST DUTCH MORIAL
"to protect and to serve"
MAYOR
June 6, 1978
NEW
ORLEANS
POLICE
CLARENCE B. GIARRUSSO
SUPERINTENDENT.
During the period of August 15, 1977 through December 31, 1977,
Lieutenant Robert Buras, Jr. earned a base pay of $1273.00.
Respestfully Submitted
St.
Albert
SGT. ALBERT C. LAWLESS
Commander, Payroll Division
ACL/da
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An Equal Opportunity Employer
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CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE,
ROOM WO2 CITY HALL
NEW OREANS, LA. 70112
72-6000969W
69-0720265 007
St. 360704000)
Employee's social security number 1 Federal income tax withheld
2 Wages, tips, and other
compensation
Wage and Tax Statement
Type or
print
EMPLOYER'S
name,
address,
ZIP code.
and Federal
identifying
number
State form number
City form number
Copy C
1977
For
employee's records
Employer's State identifying number
3 FICA employee tax
withheld
4 Total FICA wages
Type or print Employee's name, address, and ZIP code below.
1962-1-41
ROBERT DORAD
1032 CENTER ST
ARABI LA 70082
5 Was employee covered by a 6
qualified pension plan, etc.?
8 State or local tax withheld 9 State or local wages
176-29
11 City or local tax withheld 12 City or local wages
7
10 State or locality
13 City or locality.
UNIE.
CGMP.
Form W-2 This information is being furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.
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$200.00
306,00
APPROVED I.R.S.
Department of the Treasury-Internal Revenue service 13-2678063
#1-2,849.64 #2-16,637.86
Song about the weak
соред /
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Oct. 30, 1978
Dear Tom:
I recieved your letter of Oct. 16, 1978 and agree with
your last figures which indicate my base pay as $1,273.00
per month. The W-2 form includes overtime and uniform al-
lowances that are not subject to Committee Consideration.
This still leaves me paid until Feb. 15, 1979. This is not
accurate due to insufficient data given to you.
The following will explain my present position.
The City of New Orleans allows employees to accrue annual
leave at the rate of 21 days per year (1 3/4 per month). This
annual leave can be accumulated for a maximim of 90 days and
be carried from one year to the next. In 1977 I ended the year
with 102 days of which 12 days was dropped from the rolls due
to committee employment. These are all working days, for each
five totaled I recieve 2 days off, similar to a week end. In
This is
1978 I will lose 21 days (working) from the rolls.
33 working days or 6 weeks and 3 days (335= 6 X 7 + 3 =45).
The 33 days from the City amounts to $1,937.66 at $7.34
per hour.
This amount does not take into account the number
of weeks nor the 14 days annual leave that the committee would
allow. The total consecutive days would be 45 + 14 = 59.
This would be one day short of two months at $2,000.00 per
month from the Committee. You can see that this could get
into an accountant problem.
I am suggesting that the Committee not pay me anything
further in salary but that I be given the above stated time
off.
I would like to be off from Nov. 15 thru Dec 31. 1978.
I would still be avialable to get needed information to help
write the report (if the Committee continues my phone service)
I am not an accountant and would rather not get into the
dollars and cents involved. The time off would be^ practical
solution in my opinion.
I will talk with you and Cliff further about this matter.
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Singegely
In Christ
Robert Buras
Staff Investigator
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Robert P. Buras, Jr.
Employee Social Security Number
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
2/28/78
Type of Action
438-48-7116
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
☐ Title Change
☐ Termination (At close of business on effective date)
☐ Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending
close of business_
Specify Date
(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary*
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee
plus the salary received from the employing office.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff ☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☐ Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 879 of 95 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
March 7
78
19
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official):
CHAIRMAN
(Type or print name and title of above official)
(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.
Office of Finance use only:
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Office Code _____
Monthly Annuity $_
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.00
as of
APPROVED:..
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
ID
Benefits
Payroll_
(Revised: August 1, 1977)
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen).
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
✓ Effective Date
Robert P. Buras, Jr.
Employee Social Security Number
438 48 7116
Employing Office or Committee
8/15/77
Appointment
Salary Adjustment..
Type of Action
Assassinations Committee
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment; complete the following information.)
Staff Investigator
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Gross Annual Salary
$24.000.00
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
lycertify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
August 16,1977
1.9
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
STOKES
(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.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code...
Monthly Annuity $_.
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee adde
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Professor G. Robert Blakey
FROM:
Cliff Fenton
DATE:
August 15, 1977
RE:
Recommendation for employment
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Robert P. Buras, Jr.
It is recommended that Robert P. Buras, Jr. be hired
for appointment to the position of Senior Investigator at a
salary of $24,000 per annum effective this date. Even
though his homicide investigatory experience is limited,
his experiences in law enforcement would be beneficial to
our investigation.
He
Mr. Buras, who is a Lieutenant, has been with the
New Orleans Police Department for eighteen (18) years.
appeared to be a loyal and committed person and showed a
strong desire to join the JFK Task Force. He is presently.
in New Orleans, Louisiana and will be stationed thereat.
APPROVED:
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Kenneth D. Klein
Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel
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8-15-77