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B-130515 1 (1970-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkrh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: lar l, D- Mo o9-eadae u.d eGneral ~ ~ 7 D sT hwha skp by the Of a~ of Lq:@ 2D kept4 by the M4ir~bFV~n E-,C EIaon 6h A B-l30515 RELEASED SEP 23 1970 Dear Senator Murphy In response to your request of August 13, 1970, the General Accounting Office has completed the examination suggested by Mrs. Betty Howard of San Pablo3 California, into the salary paid to Mrs. Jessie Marie Smallwood$ the executive director of the North Richmond Neighborhood House Inc., Richmond$ California. Mrs0 Howard was concerned because she believed that an annual salary of $17,700 for part-time employment, as reported in a news- paper article, was out of line for an organization that received funds from the Fedetal Government. We interviewed Mrs. Smallwood, Mrs. Howard, and officials of the North Richmond Neighborhood House, the United Bay Area Ciusade2 the University of California at Berkeley, and the Oakland Tr~bune. We also reviewed various personnel and financial records relating to Mrs. Smallwood's employment and salary. On the basis of information developed during our examination, we believe that Mrs. Howard's concern can be attributed to newspa- per reporting that did not reflect accurately the Neighborhood House's press release regarding the executive director's new employ. ment contract. On July 1, 1970, the Neighborhood House issued a press release that gave certain details of Mrs. Smallwood's May 19, 1970, contract, which included an increase in salary to $17)700 a year, fringe bene- fits, and authorization to attend the University of California grad. uate school at Berkeley on a full-time basis. Although the press release did not mention the working status of either Mrs. Smallwood or any other employee, the news article appearing in the July 10, 1970, edition of the Oakland Tribune stated that Mrs. Smallwood: 1* * *will study fulltime for a master's degree in city planning at the University of California$ Berkeley, and direct Neighborhood House operations part-time* An assistant will be on duty fullt3me, however, and Mrs. Smallwood has agreed to serve Neighborhood House one year for each year of study. i !803

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