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de cited as some of the increases, the rise of 25 percent in Marie. © ver Cert in rape; 15 per cent in robbery, and 11] per cent in burplary as exuuules. Thes® increases reflected like increases in the work load of the FHT, ani the first of this year found 63,368 matters of an investigative nature Duending intne bureau. He placed the FPI on an emergency basis several months apo, thereby boosting the work-week from hO to 48 hours. At the san2 time, many agents were forfeiting annual leav~ in Loer t ; vow. une work. ite said, for exanple, that apents forfeited e 1226 days of annual leave Jan. 1, becaise they hai already a:cumulated the maximum allowed under government regulations. Hoover said that one of the most important jobs faced by the Pureau in the months to come are the duties imposed under the atomic energy law. In aidition to investigating violations of thé security of the atomic program, the FnI also is responsible for investigating tne asscciations ani lovalty of employees and others having access to restricte? data, while the secirity for the bomb itself rests with the Conamission. “During the next year," Hoover said, “the F?I expects to conduct approximately 75,000 separate investigations under the act--a job that will require something like 225,000 days of work fér FEI agents and an untold numer of days for clerks, stenographers and ‘supervisory employees.® He said he also anticiapated about 20,00° additional requests for soecial name an. fingerprint searches under an agreenent with the Atomic knergy Co:nission. "The problem of Laniling this assignment is complicated by the