Originator: HSCA
Document date: 1/1/77
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Assassination Records Review Board

Final Determination Notification

AGENCY

: HSCA

RECORD NUMBER

: 180-10068-10356

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: 8

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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Date: 08/20/93

Page: 1

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA

RECORD NUMBER: 180-10068-10356

RECORDS SERIES :

STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : HSCA

FROM

TO

TITLE

DATE: 01/01/77

PAGES

13

SUBJECTS :

HSCA, ADMINISTRATION

GILBERT, HOWARD M.

DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION

RESTRICTIONS

CURRENT STATUS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/07/93

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS :

Box #:1.

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

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4

GILBERT

1. M.

Name of Employee

Address

Address

Fionc Number

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

1-1-77

Position Title

Position Number

Step

PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE

**Years""..

*Months

Month

DAY OF MONTH

33856 7 3 0 10 11 18 13 14 7 157767 77 18 191 207

22 23 24 25

Jan.

Feb:

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

AAA

July

Rug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD

YEAR

ANNUAL LEAVE

CATEGORY

1.0

1,5

2.0

BALANCE BROUGHT

FORWARD

FROM

PRECEDING YEAR

Annual

Sick

Leave

Leave

ACCRUED

THIS MONTH

Sick

AVAILABLE

THIS MONTH

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

USED

THIS MONTH

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

BALANCE

AT CLOSE

OF MONTH

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

EMPLOYEE

INITIALS

jime

977

= 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

= 1.0 day unauthorized absence

= 0.5 day leave without pay

= 1.0 day Ieave without pay

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

Employee's Signature

Date

(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)

Chief's Signature

Date

Approved:

Clerk of the House

Date

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 recurd will be filed in the employee's official personnel folder.

EXHIBIT I

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

ALTER E, FAUNTROY, D

JOHN a. ANDERSON, ILL.

VONNE BRATHWAITE DURKE, CALI

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, COMN.

CHRISTOPHER J. BODD, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

MAROLO E. FOND, TENN.

FLOYD 1, FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT IV. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.&. House of Representatites

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

May 26, 1977

Dear Mr. Tanenbaum,

This will formalize my previous communications to

you regarding the submission of my resignation effective the

close of business on the eighth day of June, 1977.

Very truly yours,

stand 399 Fle

Howard M. Gilbert

Staff Counsel

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

JOHN B. ANDERSON, ILL.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

STEWART B. MC KINNEY, CONN.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.&. House of Representatibes

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

May 26, 1977

Dear Mr. Tanenbaum,

This will formalize my previous communications to

you regarding the submission of my resignation effective the

close of business on the eighth day of June, 1977.

Very truly yours,

Novard M Filler

Howard M. Gilbert

Staff Counsel

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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)

Howard

549

Gilbert

Employee Social Security Number

48 г

4370

Effective Date

6/8/77

Type of Action

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.

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 -

., 19_21.

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(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chai

(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:_

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code...

Monthly Annuity $

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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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

Howard M. Gilbert

Employee Social Security Number

549 48 4370

5/29/77

Type of Action

• Appointment

Employing Office or Committee

E 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

$30,000

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. • Standing Committee: Staff -• Clerical or [ Professional.

2. [ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.....

465

5. of 25th

-__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

-., 192!

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Loufs 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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $

S/1|

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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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)

Howard M. Gilbert

Employee Social Security Number

549 48 4370

Effective Date

4/1/77

Type of Action

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

$47,500

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. L Standing Committee: Staff -[ Clerical or [ Professional.

2. [ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. th 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_.

Apr. 11_29

-., 19_71.

(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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $_.

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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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)

Howard M. Gflbert

Employee Social Security Number

Effective Date

2-1-77

Type of Action

549-48-4370

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

$18,450.

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. D Standing Committee: Staff -•] Clerical or [ Professional.

2. @ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.__

-_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 _

2-28-77

-, 19_-

(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.

APPROVED:_

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.___

Monthly Annuity $.

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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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

1/3/77

Howard

Employee Social Security Number

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

• Appointment

7 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

599

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or l Professional.

7 Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res..-

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 _

-, 19

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

(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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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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)

Employee Social Security Number

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

Effective Date

Type of Action

54

• Appointment

Seleet

Employing Office or Committee

1n LECO

Assa

cions

• 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. E] Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res...

_of.

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 _

-, 19

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

(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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code_.

Monthly Annuity S-

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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MEMORANDUM

TO :

All Staff Employees

FROM:

Budget Officer

DATE: January 3, 1977

RE:

Payroll Certification

to the toast fiance the Jewels aman cet eniege toatzon .

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

son

daughter

, brother

sister

uncle

aunt

nephew

niece

husband

wife

father-in-law

mother-in-law

son-in-law

daughter-in-law

brother-in-law.

sister-in-law

stepfather

stepmother

stepbrother

stepsister

half-brother

half-sister

first cousin

All stuff 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

Howard My Silbert

Signature

of Employee

1/10/22

Date

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- RESUME

PERSONAL STATUS

Howard M. Gilbert

730 North Warren

Helena, Montana 59601

(406) 443-6061

Age - 38;

Date of birth - November 19, 1938

FAMILY

Spouse - Jerilyn Gilbert

Children -

Reed (15)

Lane

(13)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Science - 1961

Business Administration - Top twenty per cent of class

University of California at Berkeley

Bachelor of Laws - 1964

Boalt School of Law

University of California at Berkeley

Class standing - 21st in a graduating class of 217

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Order of the Coif

California State Bar Certified Criminal Law Specialist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1964 - 1967 - General civil practice with corporate law firm

situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. Practice involved

wills, trusts, real property transfers, tax and

general corporate law. "Smith, Wild, Beebe and

Cades."

1967 - 1973 - Deputy District Attorney with Alameda County, Ca.

Responsibility involved misdemeanor and felony

jury trials (over 100), misdemeanor court

trials (over 500), preliminary examinations

(over 500), 1538.5 hearings, 995 motions, writs,

appeals and juvenile proceedings.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)

Longest California jury trial - seven and one half

weeks.

Most noteworthy case - Murder conviction of two

Hells Angels: People v. Beyea, 38 Cal.App. 3d

176 (1974) •

1973 - 1974 - Consumer Fraud Division of Alameda County District

Attorney's office. Primary responsibility involved

civil litigation. During period from July, 1973 to

January, 1975, generated $67,000.00 in penalties

and fines for the county general fund as a result

of civil consumer fraud actions filed.

In addition

to penalties and in excess of $100,000.00 restitu-

tion for the consumers, each civil action sought

and obtained permanent injunctive relief.

1975

City of Alameda Municipal Court office.

Responsibility involved every aspect of running

a branch office.

1975 - 1976 - Special Assistant Attorney General for the State

of Montana. Recruited from California to parti-

cipate in a prosecution and investigation relating

to the Montana Workmen's Compensation Division.

During the investigation, primary responsibility

involved a grand jury presentation which resulted

in several indictments against various attorneys

dealing with the division.

In addition, prosecuted

an attorney in an eight-week jury trial resulting

in convictions on 18 felony counts.

RELATED PROSECUTORIAL INVOLVEMENT

Lectured on Search and Seizure for Oakland Police Academy

during 1971 - 1972

Guest lecturer at Hastings Law School on Trial Tactics

for Criminal Justice Clinic - 1973

Lecturer on "Consent Search, Search of the Person, and

Stop and Frisk" at LEAA

financed seminar in Ohio in

Participant in National College of District Attorneys

seminars:

Trial Tactics Seminar - San Francisco - 1973

Consumer Protection Seminar - New Orleans - 1974

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Gilbert.

, H.

State of Montana

Office of The Attorney General

STATE CAPITOL

HELENA, MONTANA 59601

ROBERT L. WOODAHL

ATTORNEY GENERAL

3010°

5119

454370

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Howard M. Gilbert has been in my employ since August 18, 1975.

He was specifically hired to participate in an investigation

and prosecution relating to fraud and theft in the operation

of the State's Workmen's Compensation Division.

The subjects

of the investigation included administrators and employees within

the division, private attorneys representing claimants with

alleged industrial injuries, and doctors providing questionable

medical reports in support of claims against the division.

Mr. Gilbert spearheaded a Grand Jury investigation into these

matters which resulted in the return of several indictments

against private attorneys and the administrator of the division.

Mr. Gilbert has just completed the prosecution of former attorney

L. R. Bretz in what is reported to be the longest jury trial

in the history of Montana, spanning a period of nearly eight

Bretz was convicted of 18 felony counts involving thefts

from clients and the Workmen's Compensation Division.

During the period of his employment I observed Mr! Gilbert to

be one of the hardest working attorneys I have ever encountered.

He was uniformly the first attorney in the office in the morning

and worked nights and weekends whenever necessary. I found

his briefs and memoranda to be well written and supported by

sound legal research and logic.

I am most pleased to unreservedly recommend Mr. Gilbert as an

outstanding trial attorney and one whose loyality was unswerving

in the face of continuous political attacks on the investigation.

I feel he would be an excellent addition to any legal staff,

and he will always have my warmest appreciation and personal

respect both as a lawyer and as a gentleman.

very truly yours,

ROBERT I. WOODAHL

Zetorney General

RLW : cnl

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