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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue,
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ROBERT J. HORN
Executive Secretary, Presidential Clemency Board:
Papers, 1974-75
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Materials
on the administration of the Presidential Clemency Board covering such matters
as budget/finance, personnel, training, board organization and workflow, and
public comments. Documents include regulations, meeting minutes, training
manuals, decision lists, and pardon recommendations.
QUANTITY
8.8 linear feet
(ca. 17,600 pp)
DONOR
Robert J. Horn
(accession numbers 91-38 and 92-27)
ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of Mr. Horn's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request. Advance consultation is required for some folders so that archivists may complete routine review for privacy or other restricted information.
COPYRIGHT
Works prepared
by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public
domain. In addition, Mr. Horn has donated to the
Prepared by William McNitt, August
1991; Revised by Joshua Cochran, December 2005 [s:\bin\findaid\horn,
robert - papers.doc]
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Robert Jack Horn
1964 B.B.A. in
Public Administration,
1967 J.D.,
1967-68 Part-time
legislative aide to Congressman Theodore R. Kupferman of
1968-69 Attorney with
Perrin, Nachman and Stella of
1969-71 Attorney, Office
of
1971-72 Senior program
analyst, Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Programs, Housing Production
and Mortgage Credit of the Federal Housing Administration, Department of
Housing and Urban Development
1972-74 Special
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Housing Management, Department of
Housing and Urban Development
1974-75 Executive
Secretary, Presidential Clemency Board (on detail from HUD)
1976-82 Named Special
Assistant to Governor William G. Milliken of
1983-01 Director of the
1987-94 Member of the
2000 Served as
lead attorney for George W. Bush’s recount effort in
2001-Present Attorney, partner at
Patton Boggs in
INTRODUCTION
On
According to the
Board's final report, the Executive Secretary did not direct the work of the
staff, but was part of what it referred to as the "Senior Staff."
Horn handled administrative matters such as access lists, budget and finance,
personnel matters, and office space, and was responsible for recording meeting
minutes. He saw to it that Board decisions were implemented, advised the Board
Chairman and the General Counsel on general matters of policy, and suggested
procedures for expediting case processing and maintaining case records.
Finally, he acted on behalf of the Board with staff and outside agencies when
issues of a non-legal nature arose.
The Horn Papers cover the period
from October 1974 to September 1975. While portions of the collection concern
rules, regulations and procedures developed by Board members and staff, the
bulk documents administrative matters such as budget, finance, personnel, and
office space. Other documents give a sense of the final product that the board
achieved, namely the case summaries, their recommendations to the President,
and the decision lists. Upon the Board’s
termination in September 1975, its remaining administrative duties were
transferred to the U.S. Attorney General.
An initial series of the Horn Papers
containing approximately 1200 pages was processed and opened in August 1991 (
Related
Materials (As of December 2005):
The papers of Clemency Board
Chairman Charles Goodell contain extensive materials on the Board and the
clemency program, as do White House Central Files categories FG 6-28
(Presidential Clemency Board) and JL 1 and its subdivisions (Amnesties -
Clemencies - Pardons). White House staff files containing significant
documentation include those of Philip Buchen, Bobbie Kilberg, Theodore Marrs,
John Marsh, and Geoffrey Shepard. A bound copy of the Clemency Board’s Final
Report to the President is housed in the Library’s book collection.
The National Archives and Records
Administration in
Series Descriptions
1-2 Presidential
Clemency Board Subject File, 1974-75.
(0.6 linear feet)
Memoranda,
correspondence, press releases and publications. The materials concern the operation of the
Board, including rules, regulations and procedures developed by the board
members and staff, and administrative matters such as budget/finance,
personnel, and office space. This series was processed and opened to research
in 1991. Other series were processed and opened in 2005.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
3-11 Presidential Clemency Board Subject
File Accretion, 1974-1975. (3.4 linear feet)
Memoranda,
correspondence, publications, and training manuals. The materials concern the
operation of the board, including rules, regulations, procedures, and
administrative matters such as budget/finance, personnel, training,
organization, press relations, and public comments. (Note: Review of
this series for opening is not yet complete, but if you contact the Library in
advance of your visit, we may be able to open specific individual folders for
research use.)
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
11-12 Presidential
Clemency Board Meeting Minutes, 1974-1975 (0.4 linear feet)
Minutes of the Clemency Board’s meetings from October 1974 to September 1975. Minutes contain discussions of the board’s practices, organization, case loads, and other administrative issues.
Arranged chronologically.
12-14 Presidential Clemency Board Recommendations to the President 1974-1975 (1.0 linear feet)
Memoranda,
pardon lists issued by the White House, and case summaries of applicants giving
details of their cases. Case summaries
are anonymous and only identify applicants by case number. This series begins
with the second set of recommendations from
Arranged
chronologically.
15-16 Presidential
Clemency Board Decision Lists, 1974-1975
(0.6 linear feet)
Worksheets,
memos, and decision lists chronicling the status of applicants’ cases with
regard to the PCB. Decision lists are anonymous and only identify applicants by
case number. (Note: Review of this series for opening is not yet
complete, but if you contact the Library in advance of your visit, we may be
able to open specific individual folders for research use.)
Arranged
chronologically.
16-17 Presidential
Clemency Board Staff Name File, 1974-1975
(0.6 linear feet)
Memoranda,
letters, forms, resumes, and other personnel files for PCB members and staff.
(Note: Review of this series for opening is not yet complete, but if you
contact the Library in advance of your visit, we may be able to open specific
individual folders for research use.)
Arranged
alphabetically by staff member
18-23 Presidential
Clemency Board Chronological File, 1974-1975 (2.2 linear feet)
This series
remains unprocessed and closed to research.
Container List
Access
List/Passes
American Civil
Liberties Union Comments on Proposed Clemency Board Procedures and Substantive
Standards
Board Members
Budget/Finance
Clemency Law
Reporter (1)‑(2)
Miscellaneous
Personnel
Precedents for Aggravating
and Mitigating Factors
Presidential
Pardoning Power
Report to the
President (Publication)
Rules, Regulations and Procedures Briefing Book, December 1974 (1)‑(6)
Space/Parking/Office/Supplies
Submissions to
the President
(Note:
Folders with the titles struck through are not yet open to research, but can be
added to the Library’s review queue.)
Absences Related
to Vietnam Service [11/19/1974]
Accident File
Administrative--
Facilities and Equipment
Affidavits
Alternatives to
Pardon [Capt. Euler Memo-10/29/74]
Amnesty: A Brief
Historical Overview [CRS Publication]
Application Form
to Clemency Program
Application Kits
Appointment
Affidavits—Board Members
Archives/File
Management –1975
Biographies of
Board Members
Budget
Camp David Retreat [Sept. 2-4, 1975]
Case Processing
Steps for Clemency Board - Draft
Case Summary
Production (1)- (3)
Changes in
Clemency Board Procedures
Clemency/Amnesty
Legal Coordinating Office
Clemency Law
Reporter, Volume 1, no. 1 [6/2/75]
Clemency Law
Reporter, Volume 1, no. 2 [6/11/75]
Clemency Law
Reporter, Volume 1, no. 4 [7/2/75]
Clemency: The
President’s Program Problems [CRS publication]
Coffee Fund and
Records
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Continuing
Consequences of Offender Status
Correspondence
Correspondence
without Return Addresses
Dockets
Fact Sheet
Federal Register
(1)-(2)
Final
Report—Draft (1)-(3)
Final
Report—Draft Outline [7/6/75]
Final
Report—Working Papers, Undated (1)-(4)
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Final Report,
Working Papers, Undated (5)-(6)
Foreign Agents Registration
Act of 1938-- DOJ Publication
Form Letters
(1)-(2)
Furloughed
Persons
General
Accounting Office
General Services
Administration
Goodell
Assessment of PCB - Memo to President Ford
Hearings Before
the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practices [12/18/1974] (1)-(3)
Housing and
Urban Development
Lawyers,
Clients, and Ethics [publication]
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Lawyer Referral
Service
Mailings—January
1975
Miscellaneous
Management
Information Forms
Marine Corps
Master Case File
Master List—Name
Corrections
Memo on
Application of Aggravating and Mitigating Factors by the PCB [4/22/75]
Memos—From
Robert Horn (1)—(2)
Military
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Military Cases
National Council
of Churches
New England Journal of
Prison Law—Volume 1, no. 1 [Spring 1974]
New York County Lawyers
Office of
Management and Budget Survey Report
OEOB—Dining Room
Facility
Organizational
Charts
Organization and
Operation—ACLU Comments
Organization and
Operation—Implementation Plan (1)—(2)
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Organization and
Operation—Interagency Team Survey (1)-(2)
Organization and
Operation—National Legal Aid and Defender Association Comments
Organization and
Operation—Public Comments
Organization and
Operation—Public Law Education Institute Comments
Organization and
Operation—Washington Star article 5/27/1975
Overview of
Military Justice
Parking Spaces
Personnel File,
PCB Staff—General (1)-(4)
Personnel File,
PCB Staff— A-D
Personnel File,
PCB Staff— E-G
Personnel File,
PCB Staff— H-J
Personnel File,
PCB Staff— K-M
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Personnel File,
PCB Staff— N-R
Personnel File,
PCB Staff— S-Z
Photographs
[transferred to AV]
Policy Considerations
Affecting Discipline/Administration Treatment of Deserters
Presidential
Clemency Board Members
Presidential
Clemency Board Performance [Lenin and Associates Memo
Presidential
Pardons: Power and Benefits
Presidential
Photos [transferred to AV]
Press Clippings
(1)-(3)
Professional
Staffing Requirements
Project 100,000
Projected
Clemency Actions-Flow Chart
Proposed Case
Preparation-10/28/1974
Proposed
Organizational Structural Process
Recommendation
Factors in Individual Cases
Regulations
(1)-(2)
Report of the
Interagency Team
Report of the
Interagency Team-Draft
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Requests for
Obtaining Records
Resumes (1)-(5)
Role of the
Public Information Office
Selective
Service System—Reconciliation Service Manual (1)-(2)
Society for
Ethical Culture
Southworth v.
Gabriel and Goodell
Speaking
Engagements—AEI 5/27/1975
Standard
Operating Procedure—Record Disposal
Box 10 Presidential Clemency Board Subject File
Accretion
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Status
Reports—Application Totals (1)-(2)
Status
Reports-Team Administration
Tax Forms-Board
Members—6/24/1975
Telegrams
Telephone Directories
and Messages
Telephone Log
11/5/1974-5/1/1975 (1)-(2)
Temporary
Secretarial Help
Time and
Attendance Records
Training
Handbook (1)-(3)
Travel Voucher
Forms [folder received empty]
Urgent Need for
DoD Marginal Performer Discharge Program-GAO Report
War Resisters Information Center
White House
Military Aides Office
White House
Standards of Conduct (1)-(2)
Work Copies of
File Lists
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Work Plan-Draft
Worksheets—PCB
Youth Correction
Act
Presidential
Clemency Board Meeting Minutes
Memos RE: Board
Meetings
June 4, 6, 7,
1975
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Presidential
Clemency Board Recommendations to the President
Second Set of
Recommendations—12/21/1974
Third Set of
Recommendations—3/26/1975 (1)—(3)
Fourth Set of
Recommendations—5/5/1975 (1)-(4)
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Fifth Set of
Recommendations –5/26/1975 (1)—(3)
Sixth Set of
Recommendations- 6/27/1975 (1)-(7)
Seventh Set of
Recommendations- 7/29/1975 (1)-(3)
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Seventh Set of
Recommendations to the President—7/29/1975 (4) – (15)
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Board and Panel
Assignments
Decision Forms
October 1974
November 1974
[analysis of tentative board decisions 11/20/1974]
December 1974
January 1975
February 1975
March 1975
April 1975
May 1975 (1)-
(2)
June 1975 (1) –
(6)
July 1975 (1) –
(4)
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
July 1975
(5)-(6)
August 1975 (1)-
(5)
September 1975
Presidential
Clemency Board Staff Name File
Adams, Ralph
Agnich, Fred J.
Baskir, Larry
Broder, Neil
Buck, Richard S.
Chaney, Larry
Craig, Timothy
Lee
Dickson, Kenneth
W.
(Note: Folders with the titles struck through
are not yet open to research, but can be added to the Library’s review queue.)
Dougovito, James
Finch, Robert H.
Ford, W.
Antoinette
Ford, Jeanette
Gordon, John
Handwerger,
Gretchen
Hawthorne, Earl
Hesburgh, Father
Theodore
Hickman, David
Horn, Robert
[Housing and Urban Development]
Jordan, Vernon
Klein, Bill
Kodak, Bob
Lally, Francis
J.
Lohff, John
MacQueeney,
Vincent P.
Maye, James
Meinking,
Marilyn [folder arrived empty]
Morrow, E.
Frederic
Mott, Charlie
Nickolas, Nia
[press officer]
O’Connor, Aida
O’Hare, Tom
(1)-(2)
Poole, Jim
Puller, Lewis
Riggs, Harry
Robinson, Barry
Tessler, Mark
Tropp, Richard
Vinson, Joan
[media]
Walt, General
Lewis W.
Wells, Sally
Boxes 18-23 Presidential Clemency Board Chronological
File [Unprocessed and Closed to Research]