Labor Standards Act of 1938, Federal Alcohol Administration Act of 1935, Federal Power Act, Federal Register Act of 1935, Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, Interstate Commerce Act, Land Grant Act of 1866, Packers and Stockyards Act, Panama Canal Act, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Produce Agency Act, Public Utility Holding Company Act, Railway Labor Act, Robinson-Patman Act, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Small Business Act of 1942, Sugar Act of 1937, Surplus Property Act of 1944, Tariff Act of 1930, Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Tobacco Inspection Act, Transportation Act of 1940, War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, and the Webb Export Trade Act. He has charge of briefs and arguments in the Supreme Court on assignment by the Solicitor General, and of special assignments by the Attorney General; also representation on the Interdepartmental Committee on Cartels.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL (T. VINCENT QUINN)

This Assistant has charge of all Federal criminal matters except those specially assigned to the Antitrust and Tax Divisions of the Department, including the giving of advice and assistance to United States Attorneys relative to trial and pretrial procedure, indictments, grand jury proceedings, search warrants, etc., and supervises certain civil matters such as those arising under the immigration and naturalization laws, including expatriation and cancellation of citizenship proceedings; extradition proceedings; habeas corpus proceedings; the acceptance or rejection of compromises of criminal liability under current liquor laws; consideration of petitions for the mitigation or remission of civil forfeitures under current liquor laws, and the collection of outstanding bail bond judgments and unpaid fines; libel actions under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Gold Hoarding laws; proceedings to recover penalties in civil actions under the Hours of Service Act, the Safety Appliance Act, the Signal Inspection Act, and similar statutes; determination of whether the Federal Government has exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction over offenses committed on lands acquired by the United States; administration of the Voorhis Act and administration of the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938, as amended. He also has charge of legal matters pertaining to prisoners and parole, and briefs and arguments in the Supreme Court on assignment made by the Solicitor General, as well as matters specially assigned to him by the Attorney General.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL (DAVID L. BAZELON)

The Assistant Attorney General is director of the office of Alien Property and exercises the functions of the Attorney General in controlling or vesting foreignowned property, whether the ownership rests with a foreign government, with an individual who is a national of a foreign government, or with a business enterprise which is a national of a foreign government. Once vested, such property shall be held, used, administered, liquidated, sold, or otherwise dealt with in the interest of and for the benefit of the United States. The payment of debt claims, title claims, and taxes out of vested property is authorized under specific statutory conditions. This Assistant Attorney General also has charge of litigation in which the office of Alien Property is interested and of litigation arising from the foreign funds program of the Treasury Department. He prepares informal legal opinions to the Treasury Department involving problems relating to alien property or foreign funds control and on matters of legal policy in the administration of the foregoing programs under the Trading With the Enemy Act.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL (PAUL P. RAO)

This Assistant has charge of protecting the interests of the Government in matters of reappraisement and classification of imported goods, and all litigation incident thereto. He also has charge of briefs and arguments in the Supreme Court on assignment by the Solicitor General, and of matters specially assigned to him by the Attorney General.

ASSISTANT SOLICITOR GENERAL (GEORGE T. WASHINGTON)

The Assistant Solicitor General has charge for the Attorney General of the preparation of legal opinions and the rendition of informal legal advice to executive agencies, as well as of the review and revision, as to their form and legality, of proposed Executive orders and proclamations submitted to him by direction of the President. He appears for and represents the Government in such cases 67453°-80-2-1st ed.

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as may be designated by the Solicitor General and performs such additional duties as may be required of him by the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. He also handles matters arising out of trusts, bequests and gifts to the United States. In the absence of the Solicitor General, or in the event of a vacancy in that office, he serves as Acting Solicitor General.

ATTORNEY IN CHARGE OF PARDONS (DANIEL M. LYONS)

Under the direction of the Attorney General, the Pardon Attorney has charge of applications for pardon and other forms of executive clemency.

DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (J. EDGAR HOOVER)

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has general charge of the investigation of offenses against the laws of the United States with the exception of those involving immigration and naturalization matters, counterfeiting, narcotics, or other matters not within the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice; directs the acquisition, collection, classification, preservation, and exchange of identification records; directs personnel investigations requisite to the work of the Department of Justice or when required by acts of Congress or Executive order, and loyalty investigations of Federal employees decreed by Executive order. The FBI has jurisdiction over violations of espionage, sabotage, treason, and other matters pertaining to the internal security of the United States, and violations of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946; trains law enforcement agencies in the handling of security matters, and conducts the operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy.

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (WATSON B. MILLER, COMMISSIONER) Under the act of March 3, 1933 (Public, No. 428, 47 Stat. 1517), and the Executive order issued pursuant to the statute, dated June 10, 1933 (6166, sec. 14), the Immigration and Naturalization Service was formed through the consolidation of the former Bureaus of Immigration and Naturalization, effective August 10, 1933. On June 14, 1940, under Reorganization Plan No. V (5 F. R. 2132, June 5, 1940), the Service and its functions were transferred to the Department of Justice, to be administered under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General. All functions and powers of the Secretary of Labor relating to the administration of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and its functions or to the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws were transferred by such plan to the Attorney General.

The functions of the Service are the administration of the laws relating to the admission, exclusion, and deportation of aliens, the registration and fingerprinting of aliens, and the naturalization of aliens lawfully resident in the United States; the investigation of alleged violations of said laws, and when prosecution is deemed advisable, the submission of evidence for that purpose to the appropriate United States district attorneys. The Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, under the direction of the Attorney General, has charge of the administration of such laws. The primary function of the Immigration Border Patrol, which operates as a part of the immigration force, is to detect and prevent the smuggling and surreptitious entry of aliens into the United States in violation of the immigration laws, and to apprehend smugglers of aliens and aliens who have effected unlawful entry.

Under the provisions of the Nationality Act of 1940 (Public, No. 853, 76th Cong.), naturalization jurisdiction was conferred upon certain specified United States and State courts. The Service exercises administrative supervision over the clerks of these courts in naturalization matters, requiring an accounting for all naturalization fees collected by them, and cooperates with the public schools in the education of applicants for naturalization for their citizenship duties and responsibilities. Through its field officers, located in various cities in the United States, the Service investigates the qualifications of candidates for citizenship-and represents the Government at the hearings of petitions for naturalization.

DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF PRISONS (JAMES V. BENNETT)

The Director of the Bureau of Prisons has general charge of the administration of the Federal Government's penal and correctional activities. He is vested with the control and management of all Federal penal and correctional institutions save those maintained by the Army and Navy, and has the responsibility for providing

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suitable quarters for the safekeeping, care, protection, instruction, and discipline of all persons charged with or convicted of offenses against the United States. also has charge of special assignments by the Attorney General.

BOARD OF PAROLE

The Board of Parole consists of three members, appointed directly by the Attorney General, whose sole duties are to grant and revoke paroles of Federal prisoners.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (S. A. ANDRETTA)

The administrative assistant to the Attorney General directs the Administrative Division of the Department of Justice, which handles all administrative and organization matters, including those relating to United States attorneys, marshals, and other field officers except matters of policy which are under the supervision of the Assistant to the Attorney General. He supervises the Division of Accounts, Budget and Planning Section, office of the Chief Clerk, the Personnel Office, the Division of Communications and Records, the Supply Division, and the Statistical Unit. He directs all budget, accounting, and auditing matters; controls expenditures from all appropriations of the Department and approves all financial transactions; he directs the examination of field and judicial offices and the compilation of statistics for the Department; supervises the appointment of clerical and subclerical forces of the Department, exclusive of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and all personnel matters regarding civil-service employees; has charge of the enforcement of general departmental regulations, the designation of space requirements throughout the country, and the handling of all fiscal matters and business operations of the Department of Justice.

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC.

The Federal Prison Industries Corporation was authorized by act of Congress, approved June 23, 1934 (Public, No. 461), and created by Executive Order No. 6917 of December 11, 1934. Under the general direction and supervision of the Attorney General it manages and operates all industrial enterprises in Federal penal and correctional institutions, and provides vocational and trade training for the inmates of such institutions. Its board of directors is charged by law with the duty of determining in what manner and to what extent industrial operations shall be carried on in Federal penal and correctional institutions, and is required to diversify, so far as practicable, prison industrial operations and so operate the prison shops that no single private industry shall be forced to bear an undue burden of competition from the products of the prison workshops. The Corporation is governed by a board of directors of five persons-a representative of labor, a representative of industry, a representative of agriculture, a representative of retailers and consumers, and a representative of the Attorney General. They serve at the will of the President and without compensation. The principal office of the Corporation is in the city of Washington, with branch offices at the several penal and correctional institutions. The officers of the Corporation are a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a Commissioner of Prison Industries. The Commissioner of Prison Industries is the acting executive officer of the Corporation. The products of the industries are sold only to other Government departments and agencies at current market prices. No goods or articles made in the Federal penal and correctional system are sold to the public.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

POSTMASTER GENERAL

The Postmaster General is the executive head of the Postal Service. He appoints all officers and employees under his supervision, except the four Assistant Postmasters General, the purchasing agent, the comptroller, and postmasters of the first, second, and third classes, who are appointed by the President of the United States. Subject to the approval of the President, he makes postal treaties with foreign governments. He is the executive head of Postal Savings and ex officio chairman of the board of trustees.

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S STAFF

The Postmaster General's staff was established January 22, 1946, by an order of the Postmaster General. It is the coordinating body of the Post Office Department, insuring uniformity of policy among the several bureaus and offices of the Department.

Members are: The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Assistant Postmasters General, the Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General, the Chief Inspector, and the Chief Clerk and Director of Personnel. The First Assistant Postmaster General is chairman.

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING

The Office of Budget and Administrative Planning is charged with the budgeting and the administrative and management planning activities of the Post Office Department. The Office is under the supervision of the Director who, with the Commissioner of the Budget and the Commissioner of Administrative Planning, is directly responsible to the Postmaster General. The Office also is charged with the duty of studying the operations of the Postal Establishment and of analyzing, planning, and devising management, operating, and financial procedures; of submitting recommendations to the Postmaster General in collaboration with bureaus and offices of the Department with respect thereto; of keeping informed of developments and improvements in government and business management, operating and financial systems and practices; of studying such developments and improvements in the light of the Postal Establishment and submitting recommendations to the Postmaster General; of advising with and assisting the Department official in charge of legislative matters, and preparing data and information for legislative purposes; of participating in hearings before the Bureau of the Budget, Appropriation and other committees of Congress, for the purpose of explaining the Postal Establishment's financial and operating policies, of maintaining a check on the execution of the budget program and general operations and recommending such changes in administration and operations as may appear necessary; of collecting, analyzing and preparing material and data for annual and special public and confidential reports, and such other duties as the Postmaster General may direct.

CHIEF CLERK AND DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL

The Chief Clerk and Director of Personnel has responsibility for personnel administration and the management functions of the Department. He coordinates and exercises control over position classification, recruitment, selection, placement, training, promotions, discipline, efficiency ratings, employee relations, health and safety, the proper administration of the Retirement and Employees' Compensation Acts and other personnel matters. He is chairman of the Board of Appeals for the hearing of employee grievances throughout the Postal Establishment, and is also chairman of the Loyalty Board of the Postal Establishment. He represents the Department in its relations with the Civil Service Commission, The Federal Personnel Council, and with other agencies where personnel functions are concerned.

The Chief Clerk and Director of Personnel is also charged with the administrative management and control of activities and operating services at the departmental level, including the printing and binding required in the Department and field service; the receipt and inspection of supplies for the Department and field service delivered in Washington; the care and maintenance of public property located in the Department building; the preparation and certification of pay rolls; the compilation, publication, and distribution of the Official Postal Guide and other postal publications; the preparation of estimates for and control of expenditures from appropriations covering contingent and miscellaneous_expenses, travel expenses of the Postmaster General and Assistant Postmasters General, and salaries, Office of the Postmaster General; the custody of the journals, order books, correspondence, and files. The Chief Clerk and Director of Personnel is the Security Officer, the Clearance Officer, and the Surplus Property Officer for the departmental and the field service.

PURCHASING AGENT

The Purchasing Agent contracts for and purchases all equipment, materials, and supplies for the Post Office Department proper and for all branches of the Postal Service. He reviews all requisitions and authorizations for equipment, materials,

and supplies and, if proper, honors them. He passes upon all emergency purchases made locally by the field service. He determines the sufficiency and propriety of all specifications for equipment, materials, and supplies; prepares the advertisements and forms for proposals necessary to the making of the contracts; and enters into contracts for such equipment, materials, and supplies for the Postmaster General. The Purchasing Agent also enters into contracts for the Postmaster General for the procurement of all envelopes for the executive departments, Government bureaus and establishments and the branches of the service coming under their jurisdiction, except plain envelopes for use in the District of Columbia.

SOLICITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

The Solicitor is the chief legal adviser to the Postmaster General and to the other administrative officers of the Department. He renders formal and informal opinions upon questions of law arising in the course of business in the postal service. He drafts legislation to be presented to Congress by the Department, and also drafts all reports on legislation requested by the Congress or the Bureau of the Budget. He also takes part in drafting, examining, and construing administrative rules and regulations, orders, contracts, permits, leases, and other documents.

The Solicitor is the legislative official for the Post Office Department and the representative of the Postmaster General at Congressional hearings or conferences with the Bureau of the Budget on proposed legislation. He is the representative of the Postmaster General in proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Civil Aeronautics Board on matters involving the postal service.

Other duties of the Solicitor include the supervision of all proceedings before the Department arising out of the enforcement of the postal fraud, lottery and fictitious statutes; the consideration of all questions involving the mailability of alleged indecent, obscene, scurrilous, defamatory, or extortionate matter; the determination of questions arising from the application of the private express statutes (Government monopoly of carrying letters); the consideration of claims for damage done to persons or property through the operation of the Post Office Department, and of all claims of postmasters for losses by fire, burglary, or other unavoidable casualty; the determination of questions as to the delivery of mail the ownership of which is in dispute; the consideration of applications for Executive clemency for crimes committed against the postal laws which may be referred to the Department; the determination of all questions arising under the Administrative Procedure Act; and the consideration of the legal acceptability of securities offered by banks to secure postal-savings deposits. He also has charge of the admission of attorneys to practice before the Department, and of all disbarment proceedings.

FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL

The First Assistant Postmaster General is charged with the duty of handling for the Postmaster General all matters relating to the establishment, discontinuance, and changes of names of post offices, classified and contract stations and branches, and rural stations; the changes of sites of offices of the fourth class; the selection and preparation for nomination of postmasters at post offices of the first, second, and third classes, and the appointment of postmasters at offices of the fourth class; the bonding and commissioning of postmasters; the designation of Army mail clerks and assistant Army mail clerks; the general management of post offices, and the instruction of postmasters in regard to all functions of the Bureau; the authorization of allowances for clerk and city and village carrier hire, carfare and bicycle hire, and other expenses connected with post offices; the conduct of the city delivery, village delivery, rural delivery, and special-delivery services; the treatment of all unmailable and undeliverable mail matter; the preparation of budget estimates; and the control and disbursement of the appropriations for the Bureau of the First Assistant.

Deputy First Assistant Postmaster General. The two Deputies First Assistant Postmaster General, of equal rank, are assistants to the First Assistant Postmaster General. Each is in charge of a geographical area of two divisions, and each exercises administrative responsibility for decisions in his assigned geographical field in all matters under the jurisdiction of the First Assistant Postmaster General.

Special Administrative Aide. The Special Administrative Aide to the First Assistant Postmaster General is charged with the following duties: budgetary