Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY :
RECORD NUMBER :
HSCA
180-10068-10322
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 14
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: 5
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 Note). Case#:NW 88326 Date: 2025
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY INFORMATION
Date: 08/20/93
Page: 1
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER:
180-10068-10322
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TITLE :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DATE : 11/29/76
PAGES: 17
SUBJECTS :
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
CHARDAK, BURTON A.
DOCUMENT TYPE:
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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/07/93
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CHARDAK B.A.
Name of Employée
Address
Address
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD
1977
YEAR
BALANCE BROUGHT
FORWARD FROM.
PRECEDING YEAR
Annual
Leave
Sick
Leave
✓
ANNUAL LEAVE
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
CATEGORY
Phone Number
11-29-76
1.0
Position Title
1.5
PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE
2.0
Position Number
Level
Step
Years
Months
ACCRUED
THIS MONTH
AVAILABLE
THIS MONTH
USED
THIS MONTH
BALANCE
AT CLOSE
OF MONTH
DAY OF MONTH
Annuai Sick
Month
2 3
4
5
6 7 3 0
10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20
30 21 Leave Leave
Annual
Leave
Sick
Leave
Annual
Sick
Annual
Sick
Leave
Leave
Leave
Leave
Jan.
☐ 1
2
2
Feb.
✓
3
3
Mar.
Apr.
7
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
A
7 1
117076
4 4
6
677
T|||||||A ☑XXXXXX / 1787 08
Terminated 7/31/77
2x: Terminated 7/31/77
Dec.
S or
A or
U
U or
U
U
= 0.5 day annual leave
= 1.0 day annual leave
=0.5 day sick leave
= 1.0 day sick leave
=0.5 day administrative leave
= 1.0 day administrative leave
0.5 day unauthorized absence
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
Employee's Signature
Date
(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)
Approved:
Chief's Signature
Clerk of the House
Date
Date
EMPLOYEE
INITIALS
= 1.0 day unauthorized absence
=0.5 day leave without pay
1.0 day leave without pay
This record will be forwarded to the Clerk of the House at the end of each calendar year, or in case of termination, along
'with the request for termination. Upon approval, the record will be filed in the employee's official personnel folder.
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EXHIBIT I
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) /
Burton A. Chardak
Employee Social Security Number
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
7/31/77
Type of Action
194 10 8264
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
Public Information Officer
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☐ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
of 05th Congress.
Gross Annual Salary
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
August 1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis 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
LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN
RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.
WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.
HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.
FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO
STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.
CHARLES THONE, NEBR.
HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.
ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.
(202) 225-4624
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To: Thomas Howarth,
Bob Blakey со
From:
Date: July 11, 1977
Re: Terminations
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
2-11-77
The Public Information Office is being abolished,
therefore, the services of Burt Chardak and Ty Roberts
will no longer be needed.
Please schedule their termination for July 31, 1977
including any accumulated vacation.
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
July 8, 1977
Finance Office
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
$20515
To whom it may concern:
Please note changes of address for these
Committee employees:
Maurice Israel (128 20 8996)
2601 South Glebe Road, Apt. 2600-1A
Arlington, VA 22206
Burton A. Chardak (194 18 8264)
120 South Reynolds
Apartment L-509
Alexandria, VA 22304
Thank you.
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rwm
Sincerely,
Labrica W. Martin
Rebecca W. Martin
Chief Clerk
_ 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
Burton A. Chardak
6/26/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
Appointment
194 18 8264
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
$34,000
(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 1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official).
Louis 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 eme
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. Hoc na kon
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code ____
Monthly Annuity $_
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
F06/15
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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
Burton A. Chardak
4/1/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
194 18 8264
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
. (If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.).
Position Number_
applicable, Level
of 95th Congress.
Step ___
Gross Annual Salary
$47,500
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
April 29 1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis 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 Committee's, 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
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
Burton A. Chardak
2-1-77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
194-18-8264
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
☑ Salary Adjustment
Select Committee on 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
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.___
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.).
Position Number__
Gross Annual Salary
$20,910.
11
95
_of
✓ Congress.
If applicable, Level Step_
al certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5. U.S.C. 3110(b);, prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
2-28-77
19.
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
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 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
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
✓ or Ballpoint Pen)
JU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Burton A. Chardak
1/3777
Employee Social Security Number
194 18 6264
Employing Office or Committee
Effective Date
Type of Action
Appointment
Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date).
Select Committbe on Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$22,100.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2X Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res...
11
ofuch 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
77
19.
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official).
Choirwan
(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

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.)
Burton A. Chardak
Employee Social Security Number
Effective Date
11/29/76
Type of Action
194 10 8264
☐ Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
- Select Committee on Assessinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Public Information Officer
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☐ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.__
1540
Gross Annual Salary
$34,000
4th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
- hand carried to
FO 11/30/76
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 November 30
1975
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Thomas N. Downing, Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Select Committee on Assassinations
(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
MEMORANDUM
TO:
All Staff Employees
FROM:
Budget Officer
DATE:
January 3, 1977
RE:
Payroll Certification
Starting 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:
father
mother
nephew
niece
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
stepfather
son
daughter
brother
sister
uncle
aunt
first cousin
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
stepmother
stepbrother
stepsister
half-brother
half-sister
All staff employees are requested to complete this
form and return it to the Budget officer.
Approved
Richard A. Sprague
I am not related
I am related by the following relationship
-
Signature of Employee
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Jan 10, 1977
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RESUME
Burton A. Chardak
620 Hermit st.,
Phila., Penna. 19128
Telephone: IV 3-5411
Birth date and place: Jan. 12, 1925, Phila.,
Pa.
Marital status: Married with three children (one married and
living in San Francisco, one studying at Temple Abroad in Rome,
one in the last year of high school.)
Ability to relocate:
House is sold with settlement in June.
I could move to Washington within two weeks, family would follow
in June.
Education: Bachelor of Science degree with major in journalism
and minor in economics, Temple University, February,
1951; master
of arts degree in economics, Temple, June, 1955. Six months
of general college work at Kutztown State Teachers College while
in service; several courses in economics of Latin America while
at Mexico City College and several noncredit courses in statistics
at Temple. Thesis was on The Business Cycle and Unemployment.
Service: Two years, ten months, Army Air Corps. Honorable
discharge.
Work record: Editor of both Suburban Press and Mount Airy
Hearld from February, 1951, to April, 1952.
Evening and Sunday Bulletin from April, 1952, to
present in various capacities: Started in financial department
as clerk and reporter. After three years transferred to city
desk as police reporter, night rewrite and general assignment.
Later assigned to courts and district attorney's office. Then
was reporter at large, making own assignments.
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Next, I was assigned to Harrisburg to cover the State
Legislature for a year and a half, worked on a team investigating
political payoffs and contributions Then became "idea man"
for about a year. My best idea was to go to Europe and cover.
the American troops during peacetime. Then I asked for and got
an assignment to Vietnam where I wrote a series of articles just
as the United States was getting heavily involved. Also wrote
a series about the peace-keeping forces in Cy_prus
Assigned as an assistant city editor to the copy desk,
filling in as deputy city editor. Headed a Bulletin investigative
reporting team that "broke" the FHA scandal in Philadelphia and
resulted in a federal grand ju ry.
Was sent to a city editor's seminar at American Press
Institute, then at Columbia University, and a short while later
was appointed deputy city editor in charge of assigning most
news stories. In that capacity I also helped train young writers
and reporters. Then assigned to the national desk, which handles
Washington, national and internation n news Started a weekly
column called World in Conflict.
Outside the Bulletin, I did some freelance work. Most
notably I was Philadelphia area correspondent for Time and
Fortune in 1957, worked part time at the N. Y. Daily News in
1968, wrote a number of articles for Philadelphia magainze.
treasurer,
Honors and awards: First prize for court reporting from the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association%33 National Certificate
of Merit, Amvets, 1965, for the Vietnam series. Served as
Pen and Pencil club and vice president and director, Phila.
Press Association
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Dear
Dick:
The Evening and Sunday Bulletin
30TH AND MARKET STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19101
Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area
342
November 18, 1976
I've been following the progress of the House Select
Committee on Assassinations and its chief counsel
newspaper and wire service stories permit.
as well as
I gather, at least from a Newhouse News Service report,
that the committee unanimously has agreed to support your
request for a staff of 170 but that the actual funding will not
follow until after January 1.
If that's the case, and you can use me now, I'd like
to come to Washington and get involved as early as possible.
I think I can be more effective in the role of press
liaison officer if I arrive on the scene before the great
bulk of the staff.
I have received a formal letter from Bulletin management
confirming an extended leave of absence. But this does not
preclude a short-term leave. Even if Congress ultimately
refuses to fund the investigations fully and they are cut
short, I feel I could return to the Bulletin without loss
of face or funds. The experience of working for even a few
weeks or months with the committee would be worth the effort.
Also, even though I would move to Washington immediately,
Shirley and Sharon would remain in Philadelphia to June 30.
I therefore, would not get involved with a long-term
,
lease
until the summer. So, if the investigations are terminated
early, there would be little financial hardship on my part.
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I understand that you are extremely busy at this point,
preparing a budget and interviewing prospective staff members.
But I would appreciate a call at your convenience.
I am somewhat anxious since several of the AP stories
"
"
mention 'a spokesman for Sprague. I recall that you mentioned
a temporary press secretary, aide to Rep. Thomas N. Downing.
My concern is that he may become permanent.
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Best regards,
Paulah
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Oct. 28, 1976
Dear Dick:
me
was
Here is my resume.
I'm also happy to tell you that The Bulletin has granted
an
extended leave of absence. In fact, management, I am told,
"thrilled" with the idea.
The leave was granted in record time. This was a surprise.
I thought it would take weeks of negotiation. That's why Ẻ
went ahead and requested it now instead of waiting.
Of course, I explained in writing to The Bulletin that
if for some reason the House does not provide sufficient funds
for the dual investigation, the deal is off.
Now that The Bulletin has been apprised of the situation,
I feel very little notice is required. This means I could start
as your press secretary soon after things are worked out with
the House committee.
I hope that is soon. I am anxious to get involved as
early as possible.
Meanwhile, I'm reading extensively in the Kennedy-King
literature. I'm also meeting with an old friend, the press
officer for the Federal Energy Administration here, to get
some ideas about dealing with the media from the other side
of the fence.
I will be in Washington, Monday and Tuesday, Nov.
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to attend information seminars with my daughter, Sharon, at
the three universities. As I told you, she plans to go to
Georgetown, American or George Washington.
If it's all right with you, I'd like to stop into
the temporary offices of the House Select Committee on
Assassinations when I'm down there.
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Meanwhile, best regards,
Burt
Duf Kardak
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B. A. Chandak
170
S.
Reynolds
7-509
Ater and a
22304
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