CURRENT DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HEARINGS BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CURRENT DRUG 97-789 MAY 2 AND 10, 1973 Serial No. 17 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CURRENT DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2226, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Don Edwards (chairman of the subcommittee] presiding. Present: Representatives Edwards, Drinan, Rangel, McClory, and Butler. Also present: Alan Parker, counsel; Ruth O. Robinson, assistant counsel; and Michael W. Blommer, associate counsel. Mr. EDWARDS. Good morning. The subcommittee will now come to order. We are pleased to have with us this morning Mr. John E. Ingersoll, Director of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) of the U.S. Department of Justice, and Mr. Kenneth J. Stallo, Director of Personnel and Training of the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Ingersoll, who will read the prepared statement, is a former chief of police in Charlotte, N.C., and also a former resident of California. He has served as BNDD Director since 1968. At the time of his appointment he was hailed by Attorney General Ramsey Clark as a man who would bring youth, vision, experience, leadership, and toughness to the task. Mr. Ingersoll's educational background is in the field of criminology where he has pursued advanced study and he is a former executive of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Accompanying Mr. Ingersoll is Mr. Kenneth J. Stallo who has served in his present position since 1967. Mr. Stallo, who is a past president of the Society of Personnel Administration, has worked in the field of personnel and training since 1949. He has been employed by several Federal Government agencies including the Veterans' Administration, the Department of the Army, the Federal Aviation Agency, and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The subject of the hearing this morning in accordance with the jurisdiction of the subcommittee will be current employment opportunities available to minorities in BNDD. The subcommittee is also equally anxious to hear testimony on affirmative action plans for the proposed Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) which if approved by Congress will be comprised of BNDD, the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement, the Office of National Narcotics Intelligence and transferred special agents from the Bureau of Customs, according to |