EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. JOHN A CARROLL OF COLORADO

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• Publication Date: March 13, 1962
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EXTENSION OF REMARKS
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HON. JOHN A. CARROLL
OF COLORADO
IN THE SENATE OF THE UIrrr` STATES
Tuesday, March 13, 1962
Mr. CARROLL. Mr. President, two
newspaper items last weekend called at-
tention to the magnificent attractions
of the city of Colorado Springs and Its
surrounding area In my State of Colo-
rado.
In the Washington Evening Star, for
Saturday, March 10, a biographical
sketch described the qualifications of the
new Deputy Director of the Central In-
telligence Agency, .Maj. Gen. Marshall
Sylvester Carter. I note two paragraphs
of this article:
The happiest tour of duty for the Carters
was the 4-year assignment at Colorado
Springs, Colo. General Carter was chief of
staff of the North American Air Defense
Command on working days and an outdoors-
man during his time off.
Although he weL born on an Army post,
Fortress Monroe, Va., September le, 1009,
and has lived all over the world, he lists
Colorado Springs as htt home.
Another item, in This Week, Sunday
supplement, is titled "Take a Diplo-
mat's Tour of America." It is written
by Angier Biddle Duke, Chief of Proto-
cp1 of the United States. Mr. Duke says
that in showing the United States to dis-
tinguished foreign visitors he tries to
suggest places other than the large -met-
ropolitan centers, to give a picture in
depth of our country.. Of the 10 spots
listed by Mr. Duke, the'third Is- Colorado
Springs.
People everywhere rue discovering the
wonders of the Pikes Peak region, and
learning that it was here that Katharine
Lee Bates was inspired to write '.'Amer-
wa the Beautiful."
Colorado Springs began as a tourist
.necca and a city of fine homes. It still
boasts these attractions, but much has
been added In recent years-the splendid
new Air Force Aca4etmy a few miles to
the north; the North American Air De-
fense Command now being given a new
hard site under Cheyenne Mountain;
Fort Carson, where the new 5th Division
is being activated; the new headquarters
of the International Typographical
Union, and a whole hoot, of other private
and public Installations and enterprises.
A major cultural attraction is Colorado
College, a fine private liberal arts insti-
tU tioil.
't any season of the year. Accomotla-
tions range from the modest to the fabu-
lous, as embodied in the internationally
renowned Broadmoor Hotel. The Chey-
enne Mountain Zoo is one of America's
best.
Thousands of new people are continu-
ally discovering this overwhelmingly
beautiful spot and deciding that this is
the place to live. The economy there Is
growing at an unprecedented rate, and
is providing jobs for the many W*
would like to settle In Colgrado.~}tth.
I hope that those of my cells ttle~w1~o
vl ms
have never had the pleasure Of
Colorado Springs will avail themsehes of
the-first opportunity to do so. It will
be an eye-opening and thoroughllr ett-
joyable experience. I can Promise.
I ask unanimous oonsent that there be
printed in the Appendix of the Discos
an excerpt from the artiak by. Mr. Angler
Biddle Duke in This Week magealna for
March 11, together with an article from
the Washington Evening Star for Match
10 titled "Carter Well Qualified for In-
telligence Post,"
There being no objection, the excerpt
and article were ordered to be printed
in the RECORD, ae follows:
COLOR eo Sam b a
Here and in the surrounding countryside
you get a feeling for the infinite"n?iety of
America. Youte within easy driving dis-
tance of cattle ranches. irrigated farms, ski
resorts--including the fated ski and cul-
tural resort at Aspen--and the mining towns
of the storied Old West. The plains, streams
and valleys recall the spirits of folk horoi
such as Kit Carson and Jim Bridget, and
Leadville, even today the thriving center of
a mining district, was once the home of the
legendary Senator H. A.' W. Tabor and his
wife, Baby Doe.
Nearby is Pike's Peak, rising 14,100 feet
from the front range. There's a wonderful
cog railway, and a highway, too, to take you
to the top, where on a clear day you can
see for 100 miles In all directions.
At the toot of the Rampart range, 13 miles
north of Colorado Springs, lies the 11;500-
acre United States Air Force Academy. Its
modern design and architecture reflect the
youth and energy of its young men who will
noon qe flying the space craft of the future.
"Pat" Carter, the Nation's new ISO. 1 In-
telligence odleac,"is a box of brains." aocord-
ing to his friends.
More formally known as Maj. Gen. M&r-
%hall Slyveeter Carter,. V.S. Army. the i 3.
year-old soldier-diplomat will be the Deputy-
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
succeeding Gen. Charles P. Cabell. of the Air
Force. who resigned.
The White House made it clear yesterdsq
that General Carter will be a man of raft tt
Influence in the Intelligence community. H.
will be the principal executive officer of the
CIA and will have considerably wider powers
than his predecessor.
General Carter will be given the CIA's seat
on the U.S. Intelligence Board, while the
new head of CIA. Jolla A. McCone, will pre-
side as chairman. t
vores IN ssCvtONs
The new status of General Carter's job su-
tomattoally will give him a clear vote in na-
tional security deolslonmaking but admin-
istraLion sources any tat Mr. McOoau'6
uwtl'tod of opotatfolt will give the general
F'fe0 more scope.
Unlike retired CIA Director Allan Dulles,
Mr. M00one prefers to delegate a great deal
of power to his top men. Also, it is said, he
is more open to suggestions from his subor-
dinates.
General Carter's friends may that this will
suit Pat just fine. He is used to taking hold
of a difficult situation and running it with
quiet efficiency.
The late Gen. George C. Marahaj.f, who
made General Carter his once director when
he was Secretary of Defense, once wrote this
o[ General Carter; "One of the top men of
the Array. An omcer of the highest Integrity
and dependability. Has broad knowledge of
world affairs and figures"
F gmer Secretary of Defense Robert A.
Levitt,' who Used General Carter in the same
capacity, said: "General Carter Is an oeloer
of unusual ability. He is eminently qualified
for high position of trust and responsibility."
? ao asoacs IIV$TDM Tun
There is one thing about th0 job General
Harter will' a" Bias, however. It Will iske
him away heal hunting and ifsh1ng, the
bobby of both the gphersl and his ' wife,
FTeot.
The happiest tour of duty for the Carters
was the 4-year assignment at Colorado
Springs, Colo. General Carter warn Chief of
staff of the North American Air Defense Com-
mend on working days and an outdoorsman
daring his time on.
Although he was born on an Army post,
Fortress Monroe. Va., September 16. 1900, and
bas lived all over the world, he lists Colorado
Springs as his home.
He cane by his brains and his liking for
the Army naturally, his friends say. His
father, the late Brig. Gen. O. C. Car-
'tee, was, a loft time professor of philosophy
at West Potrit and dean of the academic
board.
Put Carter went to West Point: he was
graduated in 1931, and his son, Robert Mar-
shall Carter, Is a cadet there now, due to
graduate this spring.
TAVeNT AT Ws.T POINT
General Carter also attended the Wasaa;-
chusetta Institute of Technology (master of
science, 1986) and the National War College
(1950).
He joined the Coast Artillery Corps alter
graduating from West Point and served In
Hawaii. Panama, and the United States and
was himself a teacher at West Point.
During World War II be was on the War
Department General Staff and deputy and
assistant chief of staff at the China theater
headquarters.
He became assistant executive to the
Assistant Seo?tary of War in 1940 and then
was appointed special representative in
Washington for General Marshall, then In
Qbtna.
't'hat was his entry into the world of
diplomacy. 'lets next assignment was in the
State Department as a special assistant to
tfae.eearstsry. In i5 he became deputy to
the ambassador for military assistance pro-
grams for Europe, stationed in London. His
personal rank was minister.
After the War College and short service
as commander of the 1(IAth Antiaircraft
Group in Japan. General Carter joined Gen-
eral Marshall's odoe in Washington. He
stayed on with Mr. Lovett and then, In 1954,
became a deputy division commander In
Alaska.
He served in 19,55 and 1956 as commanding
general of the Fifth Region, Army Antiair-
craft Command, Fort Sheridan, Ill., and then
went to Colorado Springs.
sta? of the 'U.S. Sth Army in Korea. and
just a pear ago wont to Fort Bliss. Tex., to
run the Army Air Defense Center and Air
f hfwnsa A,+nnl
Gem Carter is "widely liked, by every-
one who ever worked for him," one colleague
said. lie has a "delightful, subtle sense
of humor "
In the evening& he likes to be with a few
close friends-not in the Washington social
whirl.
The city's hostesses lnay not gain from the
new appointment, but the country should,
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