AGENCY RECORD NUMBER : RECORDS SERIES 60.5, SUBJECT FILES, AGENCY FILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE : HIGHLIGHTS OF REQUEST FOR FUNDS AND PERSONNEL TOGETHER WITH FACTORS.., DATE PAGES SUBJECTS Date:08/16/93 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION OMB 179-10002-10002 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOCUMENT INFORMATION DOI 02/10/64 : 7 ASSASSINATION, JOHN KENNEDY ~ DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET REQUEST DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS There are two copies Box: 8 ,DocId: 32206449 Page 1 JUSTICE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT T REFERRED P: : 05/03/93 of this document.
TOP SECRET  Peg- Ved He. / ro she FBI has been faced over the years with additional remnonsibilitics and a mounting volume of work, All iactors indicate that a growing volume of word Cun be expected in all major areas, At the same time, cur costs cf. Cperation continue to increase becauce of iactors beyond our control. . Eunds and Persomel - Fiscal Years 1964 and 1965 Cur pending direct appropriaticn request for 1985 totals 0156, 445, C26, n inerea as2 of $3, 545, COC when compared to tae $145, 200, 660 approved | for co & Cur po rsonnel reque est for 1955 will provide a total personnel stafi of | 14, 239 full-year employees (6,614 agents and &, 225 clerks), as follows: 5, 072 at the Seat of Covernment (463 agents and 4, 604 clerks), and 9, 167 employes in the Field (5, 546 agents and 3, 621 clerks), _ This is identical with tha number of employees to ) be provided by our re 1964 <zsropriation although we expect to be called upon to handle an increas2d fae ) volume of work in 195, - 7 BO Increasing Cests The increase of $3, 545, C09 for the fiscal year 1965 is for salary and elsicd costs, Factors entirely beyond our control,. primarily the second phavs of ths pay raise costs which went into effect January 5, 1954, account for $2, 272, 775 of the increase while the remaining $1, 072, 225 in increased salary costs is attributable to factors which will enable us "to rotain expericaccd, — procuctive personnel, Spoctal-Type Investigations _ | are being celled upon more and me re often to handle special-type savestis; ations which place extraordinary ¢: simands upon our available manpower and ron ources, For examplz: — | | a 7 Or, 1. Matters growing out of the sit-ins, bombings and related . prodlems at Pirmingham, Alabama, have required the _ peak assignment of 231 epecial ag sents; some 19,500 hours of unpaid overtime have been performed; and our cars | have been driven an estimated 412,Cc0 miles. Gver-all, ; cur costs are estimated at nez rly sas $3,000. | GE Exelud ‘ows n automatic ioe assi Docld: 32206449 Page 2 base SCP cre
TOP SECRET om . ) 2. Frollewing the dynamite Geath of an Chio cangland a figure, Charles Cavallaro, and his young son in the Fall of 10ca2, we started an investi: sation uncer the explosives seectica ithe Civil ‘sats 4 Act of 1560. A neak of 47 agents were assigned to this case and our cosis are estimated at $116, 000. 3. The investigation into the agsassinaticn of President Kennecy and the subsequent murcer of Lee Earvey Cswald - has placed tremendous demands upon cur manpower. and - financial resources. The Bureau's work in all major areas has grown sharply over the years. Increases over and above the neavy volumes experienced during the past fiscal year are expected during the fiseal years 1964 and 1965. Tais is shown in the following tabulation: Fingerprint Name Scientific “Investigative —oncexs ss Checks =«=«ixaminations _ Matters 1900 Actual ...... 5,202,907 1,571,834 210, 745 507, 039 . ) ; 3 Gi Actual...... 5,435,274 1,628,605 223, 183 591, 226 . 1592 Actwal...... 5,832,677 1,232,950 251, 456 637, 630 1953 Actual ...... 5,720,557 1,823, 104 247,894 . 630, 371 1934 istimated... 6,000,000 1,900,CC 250,CC0 + 665,000 1555 Estimated... 6,600,000 1,800,000 296, C00 685, C00. Increase: 1965 ee . . Cver 1950 ...... 797,093 323,166 ~ 39, 255 127, 805 cn January 1, 1564, a total of 116, 208 i 2 "ves tigative matters ware | thon Bi pending inroughout the F ield, Seven per cent were in a delinquent status. Fi There is an average assignment of matters per agent, up two from the. Saod average of 6a year ago, The upward trend of our Fie 1d work over the last i. 30 e?few years is reflected in the fact that on January 1, 1957, the average assign- Ly) nient per agent was bul(16 matters. & “ase ‘Internal Security and Counterintelligence Cperations Com: munist Part; eUSAL The unswerving allcciance of the Communist Party-UsA to the Soviet Union plus its greatly stepped-up programs designed . Doclda:32206449 Page 3 TOP SECRET
TOP SECRET byeadiern anf pe: ae ; cytes Wee te Gey BEG ; x aed Tlusterative of Cur PPOLLPess & rrowin wots in this area is that {ror fraedy atte tans tad os nat : eaten monen&e 8 SUR eg wet four active couble yolenrient) in 1256 we steadily t + Climbed to the uso Gi vo had O7 active doubl: nic and 145 penctration of the communict-bloc ints 3 ti means of controlling their operations, wilosts to Cevelop a greater number of nichiy placed double agents have been intensified and a corresponding increase in Work lcad is contemplated. 7 org unger Gevelopment. Vita Pp ie Mew Procrams; & concentrated effort has been made to cut cown and eliminate tyges of cases naving @ rolitively limited potential in ordor that — greater attention may be given to mattors of major importance. However, inerozcing success in the defections of tap Sovict-blee intelligence cificers has apulted ina greater number of extremely gansitive cases of major iraportance vequiring oulonsive investigation and catailed supervision, Although said to bs “imnocsibic” the FDI has now estaalicued hich level sources within the hOB (Co:nnittce of State Security), the Gv (i7ilitary Intelligence Service) acd the 2 {loviat Ministry of Foreign Affairs). An increase in work load is inevitable. -) ss Ggneral Criminal and Civii Cperation: The volume of crime threugnzout ths country has been on the increase syer the years and preliminary figurcs for the first nine months of the calendar year 1633 show a national increase in serious crime of 10 per cent over the came period in 1962, The ugward trend of crime is reflected in the growing amount of criminal work we have been called uzon to hancle. Cur workin the . criminal and civil area, which reached record higns in several classifications, is oxpected to continue its uj ward climb. Some hich Hguts follow: Rank Rebbery: An all-time high of 1, 371 violations were received Guring 1963. 4 . Docld:32206449 Page 4. - - TOP SECRET
7 Docld: 3272706449 Page 5 $2 pea ol.” TOP SECRET we: pated &. + ra Ag atad ' ecar d ahs we total cf “y Side au 3cHives a the provicions ci this ACT “telen f Autos: An all-time hieh of 19,19 2 stolen autos which had been moved interstate were recov creat inl GI cases during 1203. civil Richts; These cases continie to mount Ther & were 1,335 such cases in 1560; 1,015 in 236]; 2, 66 5 5 in | LOO2; an and 2,092 in 1603, At the Department's direction we have conducted investiza-. tions and made surveys regarding racial dis erimination in voting mnatters in over 100 countics under the Civil Rishts Act of 1960, The Department has inc Sicated it will continua to press vigorously for full voting rights for every citizen a: nd it can be anticipated | i our extensive investi gations in this rerard will continua. "How Work and Recronefhilities .. (ne factor affecting our Grow ing volzer2 of work is the steady receipt of mow £ sosponsibilitics, such as those in connection with the Covernment'’s drive nox caganized ¢ rime and from new items of legislation, The crive on organized rogsiras a very heavy assignracat of manpower and invoives the constant nS OF thonsan2s of investizaticns. The growing works here can ba. ‘lized when. it is considered that we presently have some 5, 002 investiga- ons 5 ponding in this over-all field as compared with anproximataly 2 3,005 in AS to the added work thet results " m new legislation, the items of le: istition exncte ee since the Fall of 1561, to aid ei im marily in the Crive -accinst . ore anized crime, serve as a timely exar ols of how this brings about a new and continuing inere: 26e inour work. These itexi " of legislation had by — January 1, 1804, resulted in the opening ef 20,745 new cases. (Detailed t2bula- tion /E xnibit 3/ ‘attached, ) ‘Euforts Made to Fandle Work Mith buinieum Personnel Available | Overtime Services: To handis the growing amount of work and the many ~ “ feote foe) «4 he o7 ra as A 8 (has performed extensive overtime services. The more than thres raillion : of overtime during the fiscal year 1963 were equivalent to the eervice of: ececial agents on a full-year basis. Had it bcoen necessary toemploy tho | ‘itienal 1,526 agents the costs would have been in excess of 917 million, After wr fA fy oO fis G1 i ae al- e455 considerin: | "the extent to which this overtime was compensated under frince 5 ‘TOP SECRET eth, vations which require immediate aid continuous handling, our investigative.
TOP SECRET hry Pie ease al Fad n as Jinus to Gwe Cove rant of over $11, 405, 609 yoars this Turcau has had in policy and practice tat « nt BY, ded ! — £ cioaey of oporations with the minimum expenditure of sey : ene, , wan ren ae TNE we TS om a} Aatf manpower and money. This poli cy is imomlomonted by cur inspectional sia ee as : o fe IGN cs Tt ; Qo and training premrams. fcth are eecigned to insure that pereonnel omployod are cliclent and productive and throurh tho incnoctlonal ctafl, annuel dotailed ouintion is made of all pheses of our cnerations to insure that these objec tivis are ebtained and maintainsd. Yhrourh this and cther adminisirative controls, cur: cperaticns 3 and programs are belns constantly changed, expanded or curtailed as needed to reset our © esponsibilitics in the most economical and oy efficient mannor. Thus, all possibilities of curtat mont of procrams and cests a are constantly being sc rutiniz: edand placed in effect wherever possibls, and continuing cfforts are m nade to incroagze our productive capacity. " rocuctivity is that involving the major area of inv etivative iosth eYs being aandied by our investigative siaii. paring the scal 1 cars 1962 and 1965, an averaze of 117 investigative matters were © a eee close: per agent. During the fis: men years 1554 and i055 the averane. per azvent is sxpected to rise to 115 investiy sative matters cieced, rand ) As 2 further example of growing procactivity, we have achieve 2d a mounting Tecs Gof accon: mlishme sata in the face of a steadily growing volume of work. (Oxaibit 4 attached. ) suggestion Program: The PII has had a cuczestion program in existence for many years, Our per rconnel actively participate and many suyges~. tions are acociud which improve our operations and such suggestions are 7 rocecnized under the Incentive Awards Program. Incentive “awards are also given ior sustained, superior performance and for outstanding accomplishments on the part of Bureau personnel. Ce: aclusion a, he Alex use all factors indicated that inis Bureau would ‘be called upon to hondis a still larcer volume of work during 1965, no request was made for adtiiccal personnel, This, of course, meant that additional work would have J to be borne by an already overworked stati, — pe Tha responsibilities and hsavy work loads borne by the stati of this nae Hureau during the past fiscal years show no tendency toward ¢ eervasing but Pathe ot increasing. A reduction in cur prescat set would further increas cb the x of cach indivicual and w ‘cald present the potential of having a serious ae 6 Docld:32206449 Page 6. TOP SECRET
TOP SECRET y turnover and loss c st valunble agsets of the FEL CH gees ricneed and In light of its pressing commitmen ts, tha PERE cannot ly geed conscience aceeda to any provoged cut in oither the tise: hd year 1964 cor 1365 as to funds or psrscanel, To doso would corionsly jecpars “3 its abllity te carry out tis | Fegponsibilities in the espionage, security, co anlaed crime, civil rights and other vital areas of activity, all of which are considered to be iixed comssitments of the highest national priority. 5 8 TOP SECRET Docld:32206449 Page 7