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JUSTIFICATION SU°PO..TING NOMINATION OF JOHN..SGAR HOOVER 48 CANDIDATE FOR THE TRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED FEDSRAL CIVILIAN SERVICE lL PERTINENT IDENTIFICATION DELTA John Edgar Hoover has occupied the position of Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, since his appointment on May 10, 1924, by Honorable Harlan F. Stone, then Attorney Generali of the United States. Prior thereto Mr. Hoover was also employed in the Department of Justice from his entry on duty July 26, 1917. In 1919 he was made a Special Assist- ant to the Attorney General and in 1921 was appointed Assistant Direc- tor of the then Bureau of Investigation which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation under his directorship, He therefore has had more than forty years of uninterrupted career service in the Department of Justice, His duties and responsibilities as Director of the FBI are So well known as to hardly need recital herein. Briefly, however, the Dadaral Dirwaa Af Tneactinatinn 10 thea invactionativa ayem nf tha Tianart— LUCMOA GL BAUM Ca Ws MIVEOLIAR ALL aw File AVG PELE GEL VE “*L ALL Wd GLI a fp Ll ment of Justice and as such is charged with the duty of investigating violations of laws of the United States, collecting evidence in cases where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and perform- ing other duties imposed by law or authoritative request. Es jurisdic- tion extends to more than one hundred forty separate matters involving several hundred Federal statutes and embraces the field of civil and criminal law, internal security and general domestic intelligence, besides the performance of numerous cooperative functions for the strengthening and furtherance of law enforcement in general, He directs a staff of more than approximately fourteen thousand Federal employees. The Bureau's operations are headquartered at the Seat of Government in Vashington, D, C,, and extend to fifty-two field divisions throughout the territorial and continental United States as well as nuraerous foreign installations, Attached as exhibits No. 1 and No. 2 are a current biographi- cal sketch of Mr, Hoover and a verbatim copy of the write-up in the 1956-57 edition of ''Who's Who" to be found on page 1228, SONAR RTE erate ae nem Gertie RT a A YTS ge EE eg aI I OR REIS AER Me Ee RL RRP OS AER RRR NMRA RES Ee