Evening star., 1953-04-04
Many US. Lawyers
Will Be Discharged,
browneII Declares
BY Robert K. Welsh

Oy KODeTt 4. WolSh
Attorney General 'Brownell
wants Congress to understand
that a lot Of Justice Department
lawyers and Federal attorneys
viii be discharged for their own
good as well as the good Of the
service.
II win be frank and say" he
told q House Appropriations
subcommittee in testimony pub
lished today. that we are max
ing considerable changes in per-
sonnel and 1t is partly that some
Of those fellows have not been
given the right leadership and
have gotten into bad habits.
think 1t would be a good thing
for them to change and get out
into private practice"
The recent hearings brought
out that Mr.. Brownell is having
dificulty finding suitable ap-
pointees for Federal attorney
jobs since he banned private
practice by such officials. He
urged increased pay for some
Of those positions and predicted
that in the long run the Govern
ment would benefit from the new
policy.
Tax Division Jobs Stay.
The Attorney General made
clear that he did not favor cut
ting the number Of department
attorneys and specialists, par
ticularly in the Tax Division.
That division must be kept at
its present size to handle a big
backlog of cases, he said.
There has been a tendency
since the scandals to be afraid
to settle at the lower level and
to pass the cases on up to the
department here" he explained.
"I think there will be a change
in attitude as people regain con-
f1dence in the work of the Bu-
reau Of Internal Revenue and
the Justice Department."
Several members Of the SUBJ
committee indicated diSsatiSfac-
tion because the departments
revised budget showed a cut of
only $7.4 million from the re-
quests former President Truman
submitted for the fiscal year
beginning July 1. Some Demo-
cratic members opposed his.s1g-
gestion that he be allowed to
transfer funds from one agency
to another.
Biggest Cuts in immigration.
The biggest slash, as disclosed
previously by the department in
asking for $3.50 million, would
be in the immigration and
Naturalization Service. Mr..
Brownell told the subcommittee
he was taking a plunge" on that
figure but believed the reduction
would not hurt essential work
or administration of the Nc
Carran Act.
This prompted Chairman Clev-
enger to comment that he was
"in a quandary to find out how
much Of it was due to a dislike
Of the law"
Representative Bow, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, urged Mr.. Brown
ell to see that the immigration
Service and other groups "stop
their propaganda that this COM
mittee is not giving them enough
money to enforce the laws" He
charged that people rather high
in the immigration Service" per-
suade American Legion people"
to support pleas for larger ap-
preparations.
FBI Increase Asked.
Although less than the Truman
budget estimate, the Immigra-
ton Service still would get more
money than'it is receiving during
the current fiscal year. The only
other agency for which a SUBJ
stantial increase was asked is
the FBI.
Director j. Edgar Hoover in
formed the subcommittee that
the bureau needs an additional
377 employees for the coming
fiscal year. More Of these would
work in Washington. The re-
quested increase in spending is
mainly internal security opera
tionS, he said.
Mr.. Hoover urged approval Of
q $550.O00 outlay for relocation
Of the agency's firearms range at
Quantico, Va. The location has
to be changed within the Marine
Base area because a new high
speed highway is being built
there, he said.
Mr.. Hoover dwelt in detail on
the bureaus Investigations of
Communist activity. He reported
the Communist Party now has
24,796 members in the United
States. a sharp drop in recent
years.
Notwithstanding disclosures
(by congressional committees
and State and local authorities)
the Communist threat to our edu-
cational structure is not yet
recognized fully in some quar-
terS." he declared.
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