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na roan) . ean Se nna After he became Attorney General, Mr. Kennedy made the following statement, "...We are now treating organized crime as the Federal Bureau of Investigation has treated communism over the period of the last 30 years." (Exhibit 51) . Mr. Kennedy's crusading tactics against organized .- == Sa = FF Robert F, Kennedy, when he was named Attorney General, was that he would exert himself as a ‘crime buster.'" Mr, Kennedy did, indeed, exert himself against organized crime. Shortly after he took office he made it clear in his public utterances that he would conduct a concerted drive against organized crime in his new position. (Exhibit 52) Early in 1961, Mr. Kennedy moved to enlist the combined forces of several Federal investigative agencies for ap intensified drive against organized crime. To coordinate this concerted effort, Mr, Kennedy used the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the Department ef Justice. The FBI had, of course, major responsibilities in this program. Yr, Kennedy Informed Internal Revenue Service Planned Use OY Electronic Aids © luncheon conference at the Treasury Department. in attendance at this conference were Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon, Commissioner of the Internal