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family five times in the past 10 sears. . His previous _assitnment was in Denver, Colo. “You cither become adjusted to moving or resign,” he said. Giovanclti became an agent during the J. Edgar Hoover reginie, learning the ropes under Hoover men and teaching those ropes to others. He followed bureau pelicy to the letter and when the policy was not fo talk tu newsmen, he didn't talk. But when Hoover dicd and policy changed under new leaders, he followed that bureau policy. “I havent-madé a ‘no comment’ to a reporter in three years now,” The policy now is for cpenness. even on sensitive topics. So he Ieaned his forehead apainst his hand and talked. On the Patty Hearst case, for example: “Els embarrassing We havent been faeed with this problem ina dong, dons trae: with ag intetlicent person siyinicing the resources of po haps the world’s greatest in- vesligalive orpanization.” . Or on recent charges that the FBI has compiled files on the personal lives of pubiic ficures: ; “Ours is an inteliizence-gathering function. Ho they (agents) receive information they think might be useful later on, it is their responsibility to index it.” But, he said, agents don't po after possip. Giovanelt' said storics about the FEI compiling dossiers on Americans, and stories about the Central Intelligence Agency's activities hore and abroad, have hurt the bureau. But he said the FE bas never Jacked for qualified applicants, and the bureau is stitlable to get “the ercam of our young people, both men and women.” Turnover among the #.600 agents is next to nothing, he said, and the standards for agents (a law or accounting degree) have not droped. { ‘‘We start new agents 24 $47,000 a year, amd I think that's comparable to what they could be making in business.’ But Giovanctti harbours another worry about allegations against the FRE and the public hearings vinat will Look into the burcau’s operations. He fears the hearings might provide too much informa- tian for spics. Not subversives, or ‘“‘forcign intelligence gatherers,” but plain ofd spics, the kind the bureau has been after for years. Here the hand came down from the forehead and he lean- ed forward’ ' “J can assure you that our adversaries in this world have not chanted their goals." The adversaries, he said, are still the Communist countries. And the tactic of planting spies in the United States is still a reality, he said. iT m rot div: Yeine snvihips whan Teay we kpaw thc je piaaned yeats and years in advauce.” - Bat here in North Carglina, the FET is kept busy in- vestigating the state's bak robberies: 67 last year and already 19 this year. . “We handle the cases from investigation through court,”’ Giovanetti said. He stijl has enough of a Boston accent to have agents . following the case into ‘‘cot.” Most of Giovanetti’s duties keep him office-bound, but he fries lo get into action as often as possible. when he was Li e was Althouch he was not wearing his nistal Sea sae Fr" Peare here, it was in his luggage: just in case... “Tve often tried to think of what] would have wanted to do if I hadn't been an agent,” he said. “Tve never come up with an anger, A jaurh started somewhere behind that FBI lie tack, and worked ils way up. fs - . : - *4