Mr. RANKIN. You know those are the affidavits in regard to whether Lee Harvey Oswald was an agent or connected in anyway with the Bureau that you have just testified to? Mr. HOOVER. That is correct; and the affidavits of all agents, who had any contact with him. Mr. RANKIN. I call your attention to Exhibits 864 and 865, and ask you if you have seen those before or, you have seen the original of 864 and 865 is a photostatic copy of your letter to us in answer to 864, is that correct? Mr. HOOVER. That is correct; yes. I recall very distinctly. Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall those letters involved an inquiry as to any connections of Lee Harvey Oswald with Communists or any criminal groups or others that might be conspiratorial? Mr. HOOVER. That is correct; and my letter of April 30 states the facts as they are in our files. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Chairman, we offer in evidence Exhibits 864 and 865. The CHAIRMAN. They may be admitted. (Commission Exhibit Nos. 864 and 865 were marked for identification and received in evidence.) Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Hoover, do you have any suggestions that you would like to tell the Commission about of your ideas that might improve the security of the President, and you might comment upon information the Commission has received. You have a special appropriation that is related to that area. Mr. HOOVER. Well, I, at the request of---- The CHAIRMAN. Director, before you get into that question, and may I ask something that I would like to hear you discuss in this same connection? Mr. HOOVER. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. You have told us that you had no jurisdiction down there in Dallas over this crime. Mr. HOOVER. That is correct. The CHAIRMAN. Because there is no Federal crime committed. And I assume that that caused you some embarrassment and some confusion in doing your work? Mr. HOOVER. It most certainly did. The CHAIRMAN. Because of the likelihood of your being in conflict with other authorities. Do you believe there should be a Federal law? Mr. HOOVER. I am very strongly in favor of that. The CHAIRMAN. Against an attempt to assassinate the President? Mr. HOOVER. I am very strongly in favor of legislation being enacted and enacted promptly that will make a Federal crime of attempts upon the life of the President and the Vice President, and possibly the next two persons in succession, the Speaker and the President pro tempore of the Senate. In the Oswald case, we could not take custody of him. If we had had jurisdiction we would have taken custody of him and I do not believe he would have been killed by Rubenstein. The failure to have jurisdiction was extremely embarrassing. I think the killing of Oswald has created a great fog of speculation that will go on for years, because of the things that Oswald might have been able to tell which would have been of assistance in pinning down various phases of this matter. This must be done now by collecting evidence from third parties, and not from Oswald himself.