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rt eras a JOHN EDSAR HOOVER — #IRECTOR v - a. S. Buren of Inbestigaution Bepartment of Justice | a eheaca hr 1933, THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 8 9» - INVSSTIGATIVE JURISDICTION The United States Bureau of Investigation has the responsibility of investigating offenses against the laws of the United States and collect- ing evidence in cases in which the United States is or may be & party, ard | possesses primary investigative jurisdiction of those offenses egainst the laws of the United States not specifically assigned by Congressional enact- ment to other Governmental agencies for investigation. . This Bureau does not investigate violations of the National Prohibition act, the Narcotic Laws, Smuggling, Counterfeiting, Imminration Laws, and certain other miscellaneous stnotutes. Anong the most generally known violations investigated by the United States Bureau of Investigation are the following: Bankruptcy Act; Antitrust Laws; Nationel Bank and Federal Reserve Acts; Crimes on the High Seas and on Indien end Government Reservations; Frauds Arainst the Government; Impersonation; Peonage; ‘Theft of Government Property; Bribery of Government Officers; Espionage; Zscaped Federal Prisoners; Neutrality Laws; Perjury; Pardon, Parole end Probation Matters; and certain violations involving interstete or foreign transportation, including the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, knowm as the Dyer Act; White Slave Traffic Act, knom as the Mann Act; Kidnoping; and Thefts fron | Interstate Shi pen t§- ORGANIZATION ss It requires a comprehensive orgenization to investigate such a lerge number of important Federal crimes throughout the United States, Hawaii, and Aleska. [n order to perform 4% work most expeditiously and econonically, the Burem has offices in twenty-two cities located throughout the United States and in Hawaii, Its investigative activities are not limited by State boundary lines. A Special Agent in Charge has charge of each of its respective offices which covers a definite geogrephic area. As occasion requires, the number of employees assigned to each office varies with the amount of work to be performed. For ose. COPIES DESTROYED | G 2 - a 117A - 69X) C4 JUL 27 1964 oe ee me ce eee oe ae oe tA 7] . Ld a