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JOHN EDGAR HOOVER EXRECTOR Department of Austice Qurean of Inuestigntion Washington, J. C. June 6, 1928 fA MEMORANDUM FOR MR. HOOVER 7 i With reference to your conversation of June 5, 1926 concerning the possibility of classifying certain ! officers of the Bureau in grades higher than those to yt which they are already allocated, your attention is re- ~= spectfully invited to the note beginning on page 11 of the Comptroller's ruling re: The Welch Bill, a copy of which has already been furnished you, said note reading as follons; {“Note-Where the basic qualifications of a po- 3 - ition as allocated prior to July 1, 1928 (as in Grade é > ¢ P-s 5 and 6), are covered by either of two higher grades = i as descrited in the amended statute, the operation of ' the statute is to require the aduinistrative effice te ws Place such position in ahicherer of the two higher grades he ahall determine more specifically describes the duties . * _ef the position. For instance, if the Guties of a posi- “ <o f-tion in any office allocated in grade P-S 6 prior to July 1, 1928, are more specifically described in the amended statute under grade 8 than wier grade 7, the statute an- R thorizses ané requires the. administrative office to place such position in grade 6.) ¢ . It is evident therefore that the administrative ® aN head of the Department, the Attorney General, has abso- a te discretion in the matter of classifying men whose fd TSX pontttons are covered by two possible grades, and Mr. Cald- Q 7 well states that he is of the opinion that this ruling of & , the Comptroller will stand, despite the opposition of the g 9 Personnel Classification Board. He further states that i >°*° the case of the Director of the Bureau it is merely a ques- > tion of convincing the Attorney General that the head of oo me oa ee