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‘ D4 — ate ie Ary ay ei | r f) : ve re EW, ae be Ci he er te _— £ an | a ‘ vane ae” if . . soe ., é Heth iff At ' ' . - Mra. Franklin D. Roosevelt New York 19, New York April 9, 295) ed wee 4, of course, F realize that in a large organization {8 is imponeibie to achieve perfection,’ although we do strive not only to do the beat possible job we can but also to do as periect a job as human beings are capable of doing. Like any human organization, we improve only through experience and by not making the same mistake twice. l have always welcomed citi- ons calling to our attention incidents which they conefder to be mistakes or errors on our part because only when these matters are called to our F attention fe tt possible to bring about a real improvement. n will be very much appreciated if you wil! advise me of any facts you have, from your own experience or from the experience of friends, which specifically identify individual instances wherein ou: personnel was not of a high caliber, I can assure you that J will want to very promptly check and reappraise “nn. individual gituation. | + . Same comment has also been made as to one of your observations on the program to the effect that you have wondered why the FBI has not brought people who have figured in the investigations by the Kefauver Com- mittee to the bar of justice. Tam sure that you will realize that our investigative jurisdict®.n ie limited to violations of Federal offenses aud thet there are other Fedezn!] investigative agencies that have the reeponsibiiity for certain types of Feder::! offenses such as narcotica which are handled by the Narcotics Bureau and income tax evasions which are handled by the Bureau of Internal Pevene. £0 far as I can ascertain in al! the facts brought out, theré bas net been ar allegation of a violation of a Federal law coming within ovr basic furisdiction, In this connection, Jam enclosing a copy of the staterent which ] maé- before the Kefauver Committee on the occasion of my appearance on + March 26, 1951. ° 1 will be very gle to hear from you further in the event you ha: any information which you feel should be called to my attention, to the qn2 that we can improve our service. With beat wishes and kind reyrrds, Sincerely yous, ° ; ° 3. Wizgar Tas. 4 Eadl}ure LBN:mb;eh