HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 387 
Mr. Grarr. When was he admitted to the bar? 
Mr. Burcn. I could not tell you. I think he graduated in the law 
school here. 
Mr. Grarr. How long ago? 
Mr. Burcu. I am unable to tell you. 
Mr. Grarr. Just a few years ago. 
Mr. Buron. Yes. 
Mr. Grarr. How old a man is he? 
Mr. Burcu. He is about 30 years old. 
The Cuarrman. The Committee heretofore has claimed that the law 
work should be done by the law department of the Government—in 
other words, the Department of Justice. 
Mr. Grarr. Have they nota law officer detailed from the Attorney- 
General’s Office for that Department? 
The Cuarrman. I claim there should be one—that this man should 
be detailed from the Department of Justice. 
Mr. Burcu. If you gentlemen will secure one for us, we have no 
objection where he comes from, but we certainly need one. 
P Mr. co Has there been a demand on the Department of Justice 
or one 
Mr. Burcu. I do not think there has; because of the fact that we 
are unable to get a decision in six months. 
Mr. Grarr. How was this man appointed? Under the Civil Service? 
Mr. Burcu. Yes; under the Civil Service. 
Mr. Grarr. How long has he been in the Department? 
Mr. Burcu. About two years. He was transferred from the Treas- 
ury Department. 
The Cuatrman. What was he doing in the Treasury Department? 
Mr. Burcu. I think he was an auditor. 
Mr. Grarr. He has never been engaged in the practice of law? 
Mr. Burcu. Not to my knowledge, except at the present time—in 
the last year. I guess you were not in the room when I read what he 
had accomplished last year. Shall I read it again? 
Mr. Grarr. No. I will read the hearing after we get through. 
Mr. Lever. His proposition is to facilitate the work of the Depart- 
ment? 
Mr. Buron. Yes. It isan aid in being present at all times; it would 
be impossible unless they detailed a man and sent him down there, to 
do the work properly. As you know, contracts have to be attended to, 
and attended to expeditiously; and there are a great many questions of 
law coming up in our Department now. 
The CHarrman. We do not disagree on that point, as to who should 
do the work; but I claim the work comes under the Department of 
Justice. This law clerk’s decisions will have no binding force on 
anybody. Ifa legal question came up, the Secretary of Agriculture 
would not be safe in following his decision, while the decision through 
the Department of Justice, of the Attorney-General would convict. 
Mr. Burcu. These trials and arrests throughout the country are 
carried out through the Department of Justice; but that is not the 
extent of his work. That is only a small part of it. 
The Cuarrman. I do not dispute his work; that I agree to; there is 
probably a lot of work for him to do there. ; 
The next change is ‘‘one telegraph and telephone operator (addi- 
tional) submitted at fourteen hundred dollars.” Tell us about that. 
