Mr. YEAGLEY. That is right.

Senator SALTONSTALL. And you are operating down here in Washington?

Mr. YEAGLEY. That is correct. We have no branch offices.
Senator SALTONSTALL. You have no branch offices?

Mr. YEAGLEY. That is right.

RELATIONSHIP OF CASELOAD WITH FBI

Senator SALTONSTALL. You are getting those security cases from the FBI?

Mr. YEAGLEY. That is correct.

Senator SALTONSTALL. So that the increased workload of the FBI on security matters reflects itself in the increased workload here in this division?

Mr. YEAGLEY. That is correct. I asked our section chief that same question, Senator, about 2 weeks ago, and he pointed out the increased work the FBI has been doing over the past 2 or 3 years. They added 300 to that area some time ago, and he said they have definitely noticed that in our Internal Security Section.

OTHER TYPES OF CASES HANDLED

Senator SALTONSTALL. Then what approximately are the other 15,000 cases? Are they the ordinary criminal-type cases from murders right down the line?

Mr. YEAGLEY. A good many would be in what we call our General Crime Section, where you get into these thefts of governmental property, thefts of interstate shipments, they handle kidnapping cases, and the National Banking Act. It will also include our Administrative Regulation Section, where you have violation of Government administrative regulations. They are scattered through.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Those are cases that are handled here in Washington, as opposed to the criminal cases handled in the district attorney's office.

Mr. YEAGLEY. There could be some duplication. For example, some cases are not what we call a direct referral. A direct referral would be a case where the Post Office, for example, took a case up directly to a United States attorney. But in the case of a fraud on a contract, it would be processed through the Criminal Division, and we would carry that as a case although we would have it referred to the United States attorney eventually for trial. The United States attorneys do our trial work. In certain types of cases we handle the original processing here.

Senator SALTONSTALL. You are not trial attorneys in and of yourselves.

TRIAL SECTION WORK REDUCED

Mr. YEAGLEY. That is right. As a matter of fact, we have cut our Trial Section down in the past year on the theory that the United States attorneys were supposed to be our trial lawyers, and are supposed to be able to try cases. We hope we do not have to engage in that, because it is very time consuming, except where the United States attorney is disqualified or in a specialized type of trial, such as the Smith Act case.

PROCEDURE IN CLOSING SECURITY CASES

Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Yeagley, how do you get the security cases off your books?

Mr. YEAGLEY. By closing memoranda, either the statute of limitations has expired, there is not sufficient information available to warrant prosecution, and no apparent prospect for that. As I said in the case of individuals that are active, that are current, we are reluctant to close those cases out. The FBI in many instances, as you know, for intelligence purposes must carry them. Many of those we are reluctant to close.

Senator SALTONSTALL. So those cases really stay in your open files.
Mr. YEAGLEY. Many of them.

Senator SALTONSTALL. And that is one reason for the increase?
Mr. YEAGLEY. That is right.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Have you anything to add, sir?

Mr. YEAGLEY. No; I do not. I was prepared to make a statement, but I do not see any need for it. We have a chart here on the Smith Act cases. We have a listing of the people who have been indicted under the Smith Act cases, if this committee is interested.

JUSTIFICATION OF AMOUNT REQUESTED RESTORED

Senator SALTONSTALL. Your cut of $8,400, you believe, because of the increase of work in the Security Division, you should have back? Mr. YEAGLEY. We feel that very much so. We would appreciate that.

Senator SALTONSTALL. You can get along without it, but you believe that those security cases should be kept up to date.

Mr. YEAGLEY. I would say we will try to get along without that. Mr. ANDRETTA. This is one place where every dollar helps.

Mr. YEAGLEY. We thought we made an honest estimate and have pared it down to the bone.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Unless you have something more to add, thank you.

Mr. YEAGLEY. That is all, and thank you, Senator.

CIVIL DIVISION

STATEMENT OF W. E. BURGER, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MRS. A. M. ENGLISH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

BUDGET ESTIMATE

Senator SALTONSTALL. Next is the Civil Division. The budget estimate is $2,317,000, and the allowance under the House bill is $2,307,200, a reduction of $9,800. The 1954 allowance is $2,451,360. There will be inserted in the record at this point the caseload data, and the obligation statement.

(The information referred to follows:)

Inventory figure.

CUSTOMS SECTION-CIVIL DIVISION

114,363
25, 841

124, 229

29, 385

146, 158
30, 165

158, 395

173, 520

31, 125

15, 975

7,456

31, 500

17,928

16,000

124, 229

146, 158

16, 500

158,395

173, 520

188, 520

Statistics shown by claimants until fiscal year 1952. Therefore comparison cannot be made. 41,550 of these cases referred by Office of Rent Stabilization on liquidation of that agency. 1,043 of these cases received from other sections under reorganization of Division. Unusually large number of closed cases due to authority to United States attorneys to handle cases directly. Results obtained during fiscal year 1953

Of this number 373 cases were won in part by the United States.

Senator SALTONSTALL. The 1954 appropriation allowed you 373 positions and for 1955 the estimate and House allowance provided you 357 or a reduction of 16 positions. Your actual strength on January 31 was 354.

Mr. BURGER. I believe that is correct, Senator, subject to those usual variations from day to day.