STATEMENTS OF: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY HON. EUGENE T. ROSSIDES, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE JOHN S. STEMPLE, DIRECTOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACCOMPANIED BY ERNEST C. BETTS, JR., DEPUTY ASSISTANT REQUEST FOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Senator ALLOTT. Next the committee will hear from the Treasury Department in connection with its items contained in House Document No. 91-199. We are pleased to have with us Mr. Rossides, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The regular 1970 appropriation for the Office of Secretary was in the amount of $8,600,000. The supplemental request contained in House Document No. 91-199 is $620,000. This Office operates a basic law enforcement training school and these funds are requested to hire instructors and other personnel in order to train new Bureau of Customs personnel. Is that right, Mr. Rossides? Mr. ROSSIDES. That is correct, Senator. Senator ALLOTT. Your statement is very short, and I think you better read it because there are some figures in it. Mr. ROSSIDES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. STATEMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROSSIDES Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to appear before you today in support of the 1970 supplemental appropriation request of $620,000 for the Treasury Law Enforcement Training School. TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOOL The Office of the Secretary operates the Treasury Law Enforcement School which provides basic and specialized training for law enforcement agents of Customs, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Secret Service. Specifically, the school conducts a 61/2-week course in basic investigative and law enforcement techniques required for efficient performance of the duties of Treasury law enforcement officers. All newly appointed agents are required to attend this course. NUMBER OF AGENTS TRAINED Prior to this current fiscal year, approximately 420 agents were trained each year in the basic course. However, during fiscal year 1970, we will have to train approximately 717 additional agents, making a total of 1,137 trainees. Senator ALLOTT. And that is almost a tripling? Mr. ROSSIDES. That is right; part of the Presidential and congressional drive against crime, sir. This increase includes funds to train additional customs agents for increased narcotics enforcement as well as some increased agents from the organized crime drive. PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST The requested funds for the school will provide additional instructors and training equipment that will enable us to train the anticipated 1,137 students. The request also includes funds for additional space, because the present school building has a maximum capacity of 840 students. Mr. Chairman, Mr. John P. S. Stemple, Director of the Treasury Law Enforcement Training School, is here with me and we are available to answer any questions that you might have concerning the appropriation request for training purposes. I might also add our Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration and budget officer, Mr. Ernest Betts, is with us, as well. Senator ALLOTT. Thank you. SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS TO DATE How much money has been appropriated and expended to date for this law enforcement school? Mr. STEMPLE. $230,000 in 1970; however, the total amount since consolidation in 1967 amounts to $875,000. Senator ALLOTT. On the physical plant? Mr. STEMPLE. No; this is for the personnel and equipment only. Senator ALLOTT. That was my fault; it was not yours. I was interested in the physical plant. Mr. BETTS. We do not pay for the physical plant. This present school is owned by GSA. LOCATION OF SCHOOL Senator ALLOTT. Where is it located? Mr. BETTS. I is in the Sloan Building on 12th Street NW., between G and H Streets. Senator ALLOTT. What is the annual rental on it? Mr. BETTS. It is in a Government-owned building? Senator ALLOTT. Is it true that you have been asked to move out of there because of construction of the new subway? Mr. BETTS. Yes; that is right. The new subway station is going to be built there and we have to be out by the 1st of April. Senator ALLOTT. Do you know now where you will be moving? Mr. ROSSIDES. We do not as yet, Senator. Mr. BETTS. It will be leased space somewhere else. Senator ALLOTT. Now, you have got the students. This figure of 1,137 trainees, is that a hard figure, Mr. Rossides? Mr. STEMPLE. That is. It is the number that is anticipated to be hired this year plus what we have managed to train up to this point. Mr. ROSSIDES. I might add, Senator, that it is a hard figure when they come on. In other words, some will be coming on in January but by the end of June of 1970 we hope to have all of them on board. Senator ALLOTT. How long do you contemplate that you will have to continue at this rate? Mr. ROSSIDES. Permanently, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ROSSIDES. Yes, sir. NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS Senator ALLOTT. How many instructors are involved in this school, and are they full time or part time instructors? Mr. STEMPLE. At the present, there are eight instructors. They are full time; they instruct and also spend time developing course materials. NATURE OF TRAINING COURSES Senator ALLOTT. What is the general nature of the courses you give these men who are coming in to the Treausry Department? Mr. STEMPLE. There are courses in law enforcement and techniques of criminal investigation. USE OF FBI SCHOOL Senator ALLOTT. Do any of these go over to the FBI school for training of any kind? I know some of your agents carry guns. Mr. STEMPLE. That is correct. Mr. ROSSIDES. Yes, this is a basic course, Mr. Chairman, for the Treasury investigative officers, including target practice, of course, and use of guns. The school takes care of the Secret Service, the customs agents and the IRS agents. There are a few agents from other agencies that attend; for example, the Coast Guard, but basically agents are directly from Treausry. I might point out Treasury is the second largest law enforcement agency in the Federal Government. The Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire Arms Divisions of the Internal Revenue Service is also part of this school. The school provides a basic investigator's course and it is specialized to teach the various investigative techniques, among other pertinent subjects. The FBI school is strictly for the FBI. Indeed, in our testimony for the overall consolidated law enforcement training center, Treasury was selected as the lead agency because it will be supplying the greatest number of students. It was also pointed out in that testimony that the FBI facility is being used to capacity. The FBI, of course, trains additionally State and local law-enforcement personnel. Senator ALLOTT. How long do these training courses run? Do you run 2, 4, 6 weeks, or what? Mr. ROSSIDES. It is a six and a half week course. I will let Mr. Stemple elaborate more fully but initially we are running one course at a time. Then, since the buildup started, in the fiscal year 1970, we are now running two sessions and we will probably end up running three concurrent sessions. Mr. STEMPLE. That is correct. We have from 60 to 64 men per session and we begin a new session at the 612-week school every 4 weeks. If we cannot add to it as we are contemplating, we will probably have to have two shift sessions beginning very 4 weeks which will be 60 men in each session or class. NUMBER ATTENDING SCHOOL Senator ALLOTT. How many attend the school at any one time? Mr. STEMPLE. At any one time, right now 120. We would have to have 180 in the spring. Mr. ROSSIDES. That would be presently 120 in two separate sessions, Mr. Chairman, and in the spring there will be three sessions for a total of 180 men. CAPACITY OF SCHOOL Senator ALLOTT. You say on page 2 of your statement that the increase includes funds for additional space, because the present school has a maximum capacity of 840 students. Is that 840 per year? Mr. STEMPLE. Yes, sir. Senator ALLOTT. That is not at any one time? Mr. STEMPLE. No; 120 is the maximum at one time now. Senator ALLOTT. You now have 16 people in the Office of the Secretary for Enforcement Operations. Why do you need four more? STAFFING OF OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ENFORCEMENT AND OPERATIONS Mr. ROSSIDES. Mr. Chairman, our request includes two professionals and two clerical. In my judgment, this particular office is the most undermanned office I have ever been connected with, Mr. Chairman. The duties involve supervision of the entire Bureau of Customs, 10,000 men; supervision of the entire Secret Service, another close to 1,500 persons; supervision of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and supervision of the Bureau of the Mint, as well as the principal law enforcement adviser to the Secretary. When we came on there were just two persons on the professional staff involved in law enforcement on the staff of that Assistant Secretary. These additional persons are most urgently needed, Mr. Chair man. Senator ALLOTT. What would be the professional capacity of the two professional people that you intend to hire of the four? Mr. ROSSIDES. One would be in the customs area, customs enforcement and additional customs duties. For instance, we have this major antidrug smuggling program. Prior, there was not one person in the |