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ya 4 ' ‘ . . ‘ * \ - 2 ~ We iike the name "Men of tho F.B.I." because the initials "F.R.I." stand not only for Federal Bureau of Invautigation but alse typify our ideals as exprested in our slogan, “Fidelity - Bravery - Integrity." We probably have a crime problem in the United States differing gomewhat from those existing in your vespsctive countries, particularly from &@ geographic standpoint. Contrary to popular belief, we do not piace one of our Special Agents, which is the title of our operatives, on the trail of a criminal to chase that criminal all over the United States. Theoretically, that is fine; but practically it is impossible. We have today only 649 Spe- cial Agents who are recponsible for the welfore of approximately 150 mil- lions of pecple in connection with the Federal crimes we investigate, and vho must cover a total gsographic area in exeess of 3,619,000 square miles. To be able to handle our 22,000 investigations every year, it is obviously necessary to have a highly mebile force operating throvgh a thoroughly or- ganized and carefully coordinated system of investigation. To accomplish this, we have 47 field divisions, located at strategic points throughout. ..& the United States and in Alaska, Puerto Ricco and Hawaii. If the work is comparatively light in the district covered by our Miami, Florida, office, in the extreme southern portion of the United States, and comparatively heavy in the New York area, we shift our agants Prbnm the South to the East, as the occasion demands. Or if our work is particulerly heavy in the Seattle, Weehington, district. on our Vest. Coast as tt is today because of the Mattson Kidnaping fase, ang comparetively light in one of our Mid- West districts, we shift our agents from the Mid-West to the Far West. = Neither the Attorney General of the United Siates nor the Direc- tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigaticn feels forme minute thai the fact a man is a collefe graduate is necesszrily anv suarantee that he will make a good Investigator. It positively is not. Hovevei, both of these gentlemen firmly. hold-and Have put frito. practice the belief. that the fact aman has a college trained mind is certainly no detriment to him in law enforcement, work, provided-he possesses the other qualifications necessary to a good law enforcement officer. When Mr. Hoover became Director of the Bureau in 1924, apnroxi- mately 30% of our Special Agents had had legal or accounting trafning prior to entering the Eureau, while the remdining 70% had hed neither Jegal nor accounting training. Today approximatsly 8¢7] ef our men are lasyers or expert accountants or both, while the remaining 16% have nad neither lepal nor accounting training prior to entering the Bureau. Our men average tro university degreas for cvery man in the service. Jo become a Special Agent of ovr organization tnday, on appli- cant must be hetween 25 and 35 years of age, of unimpeachable character, Bince he is investigated almost from the cradic up. and must have a law de- grce from a recognized law school or be an expert accountant. In addition to these qualifications, we prefer men with at least two years' experience in the business world. There is a third alternative. however. Regardless of the fact. that an applicant is not a lawyer or an expert accountant. he ‘ will be given serious consideration for appointment as a Special: Agent if he has had outstanding practical investigative experience. As indicated, a rn ao TL a Benet eee. we mote . . ra me toa