Mr. Rowley.

No, sir.
Senator COOPER. I thought you said that you participated in a dry run.

Mr. Rowley.

Oh, no; I was describing what the advance agents do.
Senator COOPER. Anyway--you know what the agents of the Secret Service did in preparing for the visit of President Kennedy to Dallas?

Mr. Rowley.

Yes, sir.
Senator COOPER. Now, reviewing those, is there any failure that you know about on the part of the Secret Service in those procedures or in the methods which they used on the day of the assasination?

Mr. Rowley.

No, sir.

Mr. Rankin.

Chief Rowley, would you tell us the salary scale for your agents for the first 2 years?

Mr. Rowley.

Yes; we recruit an agent at grade GS-7, at $5,795.

Mr. Rankin.

How does that compare with the starting salary for the FBI?

Mr. Rowley.

I think it is a difference of three grades. As I understand, the lowest FBI grade is GS-10.

Mr. Rankin.

$10,000.

Mr. Rowley.

Grade 10.

Mr. Rankin.

What salary would that be?

Mr. Rowley.

It might be for example, GS-11 is $8.410. Now, it could be somewhere between $7,500 and $8,000.

Mr. Rankin.

Are you able to get at that salary the quality of men that should for this kind of work?

Mr. Rowley.

Yes; we have found to date that we have been able we been selective. And, of course, the fact that we have only appropriations a limited number of men.
For example, today we have well over 40 men waiting to be accepted, completed investigations, some a year or more. Sometimes when we put in requests for a given number of men we want to put these men on at beginning of the fiscal year, so we undertake to recruit them and complete their investigation, so that everything--the character and the physical is up to date and we can put them on. if we get the funds precisely at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Mr. Rankin.

You recognize that your starting salary is not favorable in comparison with some police forces, do you not?

Mr. Rowley.

I recognize that. But at the same time, we are guided by Treasury law enforcement examinations, and the other Treasury investigative standards. But we are below some of the west coast police organizations, for example. They are well-paid and great organizations.

Mr. Rankin.

Now, what kind of a workload do your agents have on an average?

Mr. Rowley.

Well, at the present time we have a caseload of 110.1 cases per man.

Mr. Rankin.

How does that compare with other intelligence agencies?

Mr. Rowley.

Well, I think--a satisfactory caseload per man per month is from 14 to 15 cases.
Now, I am quite certain that in other agencies it is a little more than that. But whether or not it is as high as ours at the present time, I have no way of knowing at this time.

Mr. Rankin.

Do you thing that is a handicap to your operation?

Mr. Rowley.

Well, it is a handicap. But I think it is testimony to the dedication and the industry of our men, that we are not complaining. We are conducting ourselves and performing our services for the Government to the point that even though we are understaffed, nevertheless we are not quitters, and we are carrying on the work within the responsibility entrusted to us.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you write the Commission a letter telling the history of the early development and growth of the Secret Service operation over the years?

Mr. Rowley.

Yes, sir.