Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY :
RECORD NUMBER
HSCA
180-10060-10490
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 13
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: 4
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 :
180-10060-10490
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM:
TO:
TITLE :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DATE : 12/27/76
PAGES: 13
SUBJECTS :
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
MORTON, RITA
DOCUMENT TYPE :
CLASSIFICATION
RESTRICTIONS
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CURRENT STATUS: P
DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/04/93
OPENING CRITERIA :
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June 16, 1977
Mrs. Rita L. Morton
5056 Silver Hill Court
Apt. 202
Suitland, Maryland 20028
Dear Rita:
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.
LS: tle
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Sincerely yours,
Louis Stokes
Chairman
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.
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO
JOHN B. ANDERSON, ILL.
STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.
CHARLES THONE, NEBR.
FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.
ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.
(202) 225-4624
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
April 25, 1977
Mr. Alvin B. Lewis, Jr.
Acting Chief Counsel and Staff Director
Select Committee on Assassinations
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Mr. Lewis:
This letter is to inform you of my resignation from
the Select Committee on Assassinations effective April 30,
1977.
Sincerely
Rita L. Morton
Rita L. Morton
CC:
Robert K. Tanenbaum, JFK Task Force
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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.)
Rita LaVerne Morton
Employee Social Security Number
579 64 6855
Employing Office or Committee
Effective Date
4/30/77
Type of Action
Appointment
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
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)..
Position Number_
of 95th Congress.
_ 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 2
1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
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
April 27, 1977
Mrs. Rita L. Morton
Select Committee on Assassinations
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Rita:
As I told you personally, I was very
disappointed to receive your letter of resignation,
but I understand your reasons.
I enjoyed working with you and compliment
you on the excellent job you did for the Committee.
I trust you will stop and visit us when you are in
the vicinity.
With all best wishes for your future,
Sincerely,
ABL: elb
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Becky
Alvin B. Lewis, Jr.
Acting Chief Counsel and Director
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
Rita L. Morton
4/1/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
579 64 6855
Employing Office or Committee
Appointment
✓ Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$26,000
(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_
0
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
April 29
19_77
VC
(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
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Please consider this verification that
Rita LaVerne Morton began employment, permanent
full-time status, with the House of Representatives
Select Committee on Assassinations December 27,
1976, and is so currently employed.
February 8, 1977
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Rebecca Wheeler Martin
Chief Clerk
GPO 1975 O-57-255
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.)
Rita L. Morton
Employee Social Security Number
Effective Date
1/3/77
Type of Action
579 64 6855
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
$10,000.
of Congress.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 11--
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
19.77
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez.
(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
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
for Ballpoint Pen)
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.)
Rita L. Morton
Employee Social Security Number
570 64 9855
Employing Office or Committee
Appointment
Salary Adjustment
?
Effective Date
12/27/70
Type of Action
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.)
Socretary
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. Standing Committee: Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Gross Annual Salary
$14,000
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 15
1976
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Thomas M. Downing, Chair:mn
(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
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
stepmother
stepbrother
stepsister
half-brother
half-sister
first cousin
All staff employees are requested to complete this
form and return it to the Budget officer.
Approved
Richard A. Sprague
I am not related to
any
Member
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I am related by the following relationship
Rita
Marton
Signature of Employee
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of Congress
1/10/77
RecommeNDED BY CongRESSWOMAN Boggs
RESUME
Sec
MORTON
Rita LaVerne Morton
5056 Silver Hill Court
Apt. 202
Suitland, Maryland 20028
736-5834
Date of Birth:
Ack
6
ID
8/3/48
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Office
-
225-1776
EDUCATION
-
Calvin Coolidge High School Graduated, June 1966
Strayer Business College Business Course, February 1967
EMPLOYMENT
-
Secretary/Staff Assistant U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on
Arrangements for Commemoration of the Bicentennial, Chaired
by Congresswoman Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs March 1976
Responsibilities:
Typing of Committee reports and final
Worked
copy for a variety of Committee publications..
closely with Members of Congress and Staff Director in
coordinating Committee informational services and special
events. Assisted in planning Committee meetings and
development of minutes. Operated all office equipment
including Gestner, Mag Card II, xerox and teletype.
Special skills include shorthand/Dictaphone.
Executive Secretary to Executive Director Health Manpower
Development Corporation October 1974 to September 1975
-
Responsibilities: Typing of all correspondence for
the Executive Director, scheduled daily appointments,
conferences, and travel itinerary. Also responsible
for production typing on the Sperry/Remington Word
Processing Machine.
Administrative Assistant to Project Director, Poly Drug
Abuse Project, National Medical Association, Inc. May to
August 1974
Responsibilities: Typing of all documents, handled
all administrative tasks and attended regular project
meetings.
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RESUME
Rita L. Morton
Page Two
Office Manager/Administrative Assistant
Exchange January 1972 to March 1973
-
Advisory and Learning
Responsibilities: Included typing of monthly calendar
of workshops and seminars, scheduled meetings for
large groups, responsible for all staff requests, and
complete management of a small non-profit educational
organization.
Secretary
-
Urban Institute November 1968 to January 1972
Responsibilities:
-
Typed drafts and final reports for
three project directors on research staff and other
secretarial duties.
-
Secretary/Administrative Assistant Urban America, Inc.
June 1967 November 1968
Responsibilities:
Typed all reports for Assistant
Directors on Housing Staff, scheduled conferences,
and travel itinerary. Promoted to Administrative
Assistant with control over secretarial staff.
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
Kelly Services, Inc., Washington, D. C., 1973-1975
Tele Sec, Inc., Washington, D. C., 1975-1976
Institute for Services to Education, 2001 S Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C., 1974-1976
REFERENCES
Wallace O. Green
Staff Director
Joint Committee on the Bicentennial
U. S. Congress
Washington, D.C.
225-1776
20515
Ms. Bea Smith.
Institute for Services
to Education
2001 S Street,
N. W.
20009
Washington, D. C.
232-9000
Mrs. Karen Butler
Health Manpower Development Corporation
1990 M Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20036
872-1355
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Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
To: Mr. Sprague
From: Sue
Re: Rita Morton
December 10, 1976
Mr. Gay has interviewed Rita and recommends her.
Joan Thornell, who worked with us on the Joint
Committee as a consultant for one of our
Bicentennial projects, also recommends Rita.
I would recommend her to be a Typist/Secretary
for her skills are excellent.
Dids
Presently @ $11,500
Last day would be 12/20
at her present you.
Recommneord
AL
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON BANKING, CURRENCY AND HOUSING
MEMORANDUM
November 30, 1976
Dear Donovan,
DEC 1 1976
Attached is the resume of a Ms.
Rita L. Morton who presently is
Secretary/Staff Assistant to the
Joint Committee on Arrangements
for Commemoration of the Bicenten-
nial.
I highly recommend her for a sec-
retarial position and would appre-
ciate any consideration you may give
her.
If you have any questions, don't
hesitate to call me.
Thanks,
Tommy Gaines
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Rita LaVerne Morton
5056 Silver Hill Court
Apt. 202
Suitland, Maryland 20028
736-5834
RESUME Interviewed by 12/6/76
Typist
Date of Birth: 8/3/48
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
RE: Thornell
EDUCATION
Calvin Coolidge High School
Strayer Business College
-
-
Graduated, June 1966
Business Course, February 1967
EMPLOYMENT
Secretary/Staff Assistant U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on
Arrangements for Commemoration of the Bicentennial, Chaired
by Congresswoman Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs March 1976
Responsibilities:
Typing of Committee reports and final
copy for a variety of Committee publications. Worked
closely with Members of Congress and Staff Director in
coordinating Committee informational services and special
events. Assisted in planning Committee meetings and
development of minutes. Operated all office equipment
including Gestner, Mag Card II, xerox and teletype.
Special skills include shorthand/Dictaphone.
Executive Secretary to Executive Director Health Manpower
Development Corporation October 1974 to September 1975
-
Responsibilities: Typing of all correspondence for
the Executive Director, scheduled daily appointments,
conferences, and travel itinerary. Also responsible
for production typing on the Sperry/Remington Word
Processing Machine.
Administrative Assistant to Project Director, Poly Drug
(Abuse Project, National Medical Association, Inc. May to
August 1974
-
Responsibilities: Typing of all documents, handled
all administrative tasks and attended regular project
meetings.
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RESUME
Rita L. Morton
Page Two
-
Office Manager/Administrative Assistant Advisory and Learning
Exchange January 1972 to March 1973
Responsibilities: Included typing of monthly calendar
of workshops and seminars, scheduled meetings for
large groups, responsible for all staff requests, and
complete management of a small non-profit educational
organization.
Secretary
-
Urban Institute
-
November 1968 to January 1972
Responsibilities:
Typed drafts and final reports for
three project directors on research staff and other
secretarial duties.
Secretary/Administrative Assistant Urban America, Inc.
June 1967 November 1968
Responsibilities:
Typed all reports for Assistant
Directors on Housing Staff, scheduled conferences,
and travel itinerary. Promoted to Administrative
Assistant with control over secretarial staff.
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
Kelly Services, Inc., Washington, D. C., 1973-1975
Tele Sec, Inc., Washington, D. C., 1975-1976
Institute for Services to Education, 2001 S Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C., 1974-1976
REFERENCES
Wallace O. Green
Staff Director
Joint Committee on the Bicentennial
U. S. Congress
Washington, D.C.
20515
225-1776
Ms. Bea Smith
Institute for Services
to Education
2001 S Street,
N. W.
20009
Washington, D. C.
232-9000
Mrs. Karen Butler
Health Manpower Development Corporation
1990 M Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20036
872-1355
NW 88326
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