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OFTIObAL FORM NC i U:i.ITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum Rosen - TO : MR. MOHR Yo pate: April 20, 1962 7 FROM: N. P. CALLAHAN .) —_——_— supject: INQUIRY FROM CONGRESSMAN LINDLEY aecrbe luwnrr OF TEXAS RE EXPENDITURES FOR TRAVEL “a Jack Brown, Assistant Budget Officer in the Administrative Division af the Department of Justice, telephonically contacted the writer yesterday afternoon and stated they had received a request from the captioned Congressman for the amounts expended by individual directors i ot five Bureaus of the Pepar“ment. " He did not want names. Brown ey were getting this it iafbrination from the Bureau of Prisons, Immigration “and Naturalization Service, FBI and all of the Assistant Attorney Generals for the fiscal year 1961 since this inn the last actual fiscal year. a ee ee Upon request Brown furnished the writer with the attached eopy of the inquiry from Beckworth and a copy of the Department's reply to his initial inquiry on which Beckworth merely typed his current request. Beckworth's letter of April 9th indicated he was a member of the Davis Manpower Subcommittee and would like to see all of the economy in Government possible. He went on to state, “To what extent has your agency made a study of whether or not these is excessive traveling of your employees?" The Department responded to this inquiry in a lette: from Andretta dated April 13th, in which he pointed out that expenditures from the entire Department's appropriation for travel account for only 3.9 percent of the appropriation. Andretta pointed out that the duties of FBI Agents, Immigration Inspectors, Deputy Marshals and those in the U. 8. Attorney's offices require them to travel frequently and outlined five policies and limitations currently prescribed by Departmental regulations. It was on this response of April 13th that Beckworth made his present inquiry. A revi 4 of the Director's travel vouchers for the fiscal year 1961 reflect he wag/in a travel status 35 days and was reimbursed $667.99 or an renal of $19.08 a ; in addition to which Government Transportation Requests inthe — amount of $6 "89 were issued for a total travel expenditure for the fiscal year 196. of $1, 357.88. ‘Attached for the Director’ 8 information is an itemization showing ‘ ff nsw wn aecommennation( {/ It is recommend a travel status of 35 days during the fiseal year 1961, total expended for subsistenc« $667.99 and transportation $689. 89 for a total of $1, 357.68 357. 88. NSN