Evening star., 1937-07-11

IL DStIlCL le2lSldtlOn OOeSn take
too long the House will pass the bill
reported oy Chairman Robinson su-
thorizing the President to appoint six
additional administrative assistants at
| the White House, at salaries not 10 ex-
ceed $4,000 each, without regard 10
civil service or other personnel require
ments, and to perform such duties as
he may assign.
1t also was disclosed yesterday that
| the Presidents Advisory Committee
on Administrative Management has
folded its tent like the Arab and has
| silently stolen away" from its erstwhile
| headquarters in the National Emer-
gency Council.
BrOOkinRs Report Proves Bomb
The recommendations Of the Brook
| ings Institution TO the Senate Reor-
ganization Committee for enlarge
| ment of the Federal Bureau Of Investi-
| cation to include the general lar-en-
| forcement functions of he Secret
Service and the Post Office inspect tors
seems to have thrown bomb into the
| high command of the administration
forces and the party leaders in Con-
gress
| In round numbers this means about
IS per cent Of the work now performed
by the Secret Service and about Is per
cent of the work done by the Post Of
flce inspectors.
1t has brought into the limelight the
reported friction between Postmaster
General Farley and j. Edgar Hoover,
director OF the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. Hoover has let 1t be
known that he, personally, is desirous
Of avoiding inter-agency friction. and
has no aggressive designs on any other
| unit Of government, but wishes ne
might be left free to continue to de-
velop his own bureau and Its work as.
signed without disturbance.
Consolidation Favored on Hill"
At the same time leaders in Con-
gress say it is proper, even irnpers-
| tive, and almost inevitable that the
Federal law enforcement activities and
agencies should be consolidated.
The recommendation for transfer
ring the White House police force
and, in general, the protection Of the
President and his family from the
| Treasury to the Justice Department Is
also causing intra-cabinet contention.
While the Brookings Institution,
after 70,000-Word discussion of the
subject made nine definite recon.
| mendations, 1t at the same time re-
Trained from recommending six other
| proposals which it had carefully con-
sdered These included the central
| ization Of all Federal law enforcement
work in the F. B. l.; transfer Of the
Enforcement Division Of the Alcohol
Tax Unit to the F. B. l.; transfer Of
the customs patrol and the immigra~
| ton border patrol to the Coast Guard,
distribution of the functions, equip
ment, and personnel of the Coast
Guard among various other executive
agencies which make use of floating
equipment; and transfer Of the imnni-
grafton border patrol to the Customs
Service, or the Customs Patrol TO the
immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ioe.
F. b. I. Expansion Rapid Since ~.
While the Bureau Of Investigation
|
the creation of the Department Of
Justice, Its expansion has been most
! rapid since 1924. Since then, prac-
| tically all the technical and co-opera-
| tive features OF the F. B. l. work have
been developed such as elaboration OF
the Identification files. the technical
laboratory. the single fngerprint files,
the modus -operandi file. the stolen
property file, the F. B. I. National Po-
lice Academy and the compilation and
publication Of crime statistics.
The United States Secret Service is
10 years older-it was organized and
the first chief appointed in 1858, at
first supervised by the solicitor OF
| the Treasury Department, then BY an
| assistant secretary, but since 1888 1t
has been reporting directly to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
In pursuance of the duty TO protect
the person of the President and his
immediate family, members Of the
secret service supervise itineraries,
arrange with local officers for the
Presidents safety outside Of Washing
ton, accompany him on trips. invest-
gate crank letters, etc. BY act OF
September IA, 1922. the White House
police force was established, and an
act of May IA, 1890, placed this police
force under control and direct super
vision of the chief of the secret service.
Would Divide Duties.
The Brookings report emphasizes
~f h4 IDvac nyt
and the maintenance of the White
House police are unrelated, not only
TO Treasury administration but also
to the other duties OF the secret serv-
ice. Investigations performed by the
secret service for establishments out
side the Treasury, such as the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp, could. be
performed as we'll, perhaps better.
by the Bureau of Investigation. These
various activities take about IS per
cent of the time Of the secret service
personnel. 1t would seem logical it
is said, that . division b made OF
the activities Of the secret service
and that those activities which relates
to counterfeiting, forgery. protection
| of the President and Government
agencies outside Of the Treasury be
transferred, with proportionAts
number OF secret service personnel.
to the F. B. /.
| The Federal Bureau OF Inveetiga-
ton has personnel of 1869 and
annual expenditures of S5,0e7,057.
The secret service has a personnel Of
382 and expenditures of s955,s45,
while the postal inspection service :
has personnel of $50 and expendi-
lures of $3,0O997l.
The Brookings report contemplates
transferring to the r. 3. l. about
Is per cent of the work of the post
Office inspectors which covers general
| law enforcement