The latter office is performing a relatively new function by generally supervising and directing activities of the 94 offices of the United States attorneys. However, this office is presently undermanned. Coordination between the field offices and the legal divisions in Washington can be made effective only by maintaining a full complement of administrative attorneys who are responsible for field inspections.

Pardon Attorney

This is a relatively small group and the additional funds are necessary to maintain its present personnel. The smallness of the office makes it impracticable to absorb the costs for within-grade promotions and other nominal increases in cost of operations.

Board of Parole

The increase requested will provide for 2 additional positions (1 case analyst and 1 clerk-stenographer) and the retention of 3 other positions which were filled only part of the current fiscal year. All these positions are necessary for the effectual administration of the youth-corrections program. The implementation of this program has been gradual and necessarily so since it represents an entirely new approach to handling youthful offenders of Federal law. However, the program has now developed to the point where additional staff must be provided for the proper handling of the work generated by the courts. Administrative Division

The increase requested in the budget estimates for the Administrative Division represents an effort to fill previously authorized positions on a full-time basis. The inability to finance these positions has been the result of absorbing costs for within-grade promotions, group insurance, etc. This absorption policy has continued year after year and the Administrative Division has reached the point where essential positions remain unfilled thus making it impossible to discharge adequately important functions in the field of personnel, fiscal and management activities. Moreover, the accelerated program of the legal divisions has had a direct impact on the indexing, recording, and filing functions which, if not handled expeditiously, will handicap the legal activities performed throughout the Department.

The field examining staff should be strengthened. This year's appropriation permitted the employment of only 10 examiners. This level of employment allows an examination of a judicial district only once in 4 years. Efficient management can become a reality only if such an audit and inspection is made on a biannualy basis. In the current fiscal year, field examiners have collected approximately $140,000 which could readily be increased by adding 3 additional examiners.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Summary analysis of estimate

Appropriation, 1955: Regular_

Reductions: Transferred to "Salaries and expenses, Bureau

of Prisons".

Adjustment in base (net) __

Base for 1956_

Estimate for 1956

Increase over base..

Increase over 1955 appropriation_-_.

$2,472, 500

-$6,845

-6, 845

2,465, 655 2,615, 000

149, 345

142, 500

The Deputy Attorney General has primary responsibility for the overall supervision and management of the Department of Justice, and acts as liaison office between the Attorney General and the Congress and other departments and agencies of the Government.

With the present size of the Department and the diversity and scope of its many administrative and legal problems, it is essential that the staff of this office be maintained at slightly above its present level.

Among the important functions of this Office are:

1. The handling of Presidential appointments of United States judges, assistant Attorneys General, district attorneys, marshals, and legislative matters. 2. Legislative matters: These legislative functions include the preparation of new legislation to be proposed to the Congress by the Department of Justice, the preparation of the views of the Department to Committees of Congress on pending legislation, to the Bureau of the Budget on proposed legislation of other agencies, on proposed reports of other agencies on pending legislation and on enrolled bills.

The pardon attorney has charge of applications for pardon and other forms of executive clemency.

It is desirable to preserve the present staff of the pardon attorney's office, which is essential to the continuance of the work.

Senator KILGORE. In 1954 you actually had 25 positions in there at $163,473. That is what you actually received; is that right?

Mr. ANDRETTA. That is in the Attorney General's Office.

Senator KILGORE. In the 1955 appropriation that was reduced to

23 positions.

Mr. ANDRETTA. That was our estimate.

Senator KILGORE. The 1956 estimate still holds that 23 and $142,300, and the House did allow that.

Mr. ANDRETTA. Yes, sir. We are asking no change in that.

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

Senator KILGORE. Then with regard to the Deputy Attorney General's Office, when was that created?

Mr. ANDRETTA. That was created under Reorganization Plan No. 2. That was formerly the Assistant to the Attorney General.

Senator KILGORE. That is right.

Mr. ANDRETTA. For the Deputy Attorney General's Office we are asking that $18,860 be restored. That would not involve any additional positions but it will permit us to fill some vacancies that we cannot fill now because, as I pointed out before, the money is going for other things, and you just cannot fill the positions. We would like to put on an additional attorney examiner in the executive office of the United States Attorney to strengthen that office, and also to go forward with the student recruitment program.

Senator KILGORE. Has the workload increased any?