I will now refer to the Department of Justice part of the bill wherein the amount recommended is $144.230.000. a decrease of $3.195.800 in the budget estimates but an increase of $11.184.859 over the appropriations for the present fiscal year. I trust that when you are called upon to vote on any acrosstheboard cuts that the membership may be called upon to consider you ask yourselves how such meatax cuts can be applied to an agency such as the Department of Justice. because included in this appropriation of $144.230.000 are funds for legal activities and general administration of the Attorney Generals office. including the Criminal Division. the Tax Division. the Customs Division. the Lands Division. the Claims Division. the Antitrust Division. and the rest of the personnel which make up the Office of the Attorney General. the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. the Federal prison system. and the Office of Alien Property. In connection with the FBI which I mention may I say that the committee allowed the full amount of the budget estimate for this highly important arm of Government and has no intention of interfering in any respect with the activities of the FBI. Under the terms of this bill. as a matter of fact. there will be seven hundred and some more positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation beginning with the new fiscal year on July 1. than there are at the present time.
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