SENATE RESOLUTION 243 - SUBMISSION OF A RESOLUTION RELATING TO AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT KENNEDY

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September 8, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SEN
added as a cospolisor of 8. 1196, a bill to
amlehd the Higher Education Act of 1965
to .establish a student internship pro-
gram to offer students practical involve-
ment with elected officials on local and
State levels of government and with
Members of Congress.
8, 1862
At the request of Mr. BENTSEN, the
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Hum-
PHREY), was added as a cosponsor of S.
1862, the Emergency Municipal Assist-
ance Act.
a. 1969
At the request of Mr. HARTKE, the Sen-
ator from Florida (Mr. CHILES) was
added as a cosponsor of S. 1969, a bill to
authorize recomputation at age 60 of the
retired pay of members and former mem-
bers of the uniformed services whose re-
tired pay is computed on the basis of
pay scales in effect prior to January 1,
1972, and for other purposes.
5. 2022
At the request of Mr. HARTKE, the Sen-
ator from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) was
added as a cosponsor` of S. 2022, a bill to
provide for the compensation of persons
injured by criminal acts.
8. 2119
At the request of Mr. FANNIN, the Sen-
ator from Idaho (Mr. McCLURE) was
added as a cosponsor of S. -2119, a bill to
amend the Communications Act to pro-
vide that licenses for the operation of it
broadcasting station shall be issued for a
tern of 5 years, and for other purposes.
5 2131
At the request of Mr. THURMOND, the
Senator from Arizona (Mr. FANNIN) was
added as a cosponsor of S. 2131, a bill to
amend title 18, United States Code, re-
lating to the production of false docu-
ments or papers of the United States,
involving an element of identification.
5. 813 6
At the request of Mr. THURMOND, the
Senator from Maine (Mr. HATHAWAY),
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr.
DOMENICI), the Senator from Pennsyl-
vania (Mr. HUGH SCOTT), and the Sen-
ator from Illinois (Mr. STEVENsoN) were
added as cosponsors of S. 2135, a bill to
authorize the National Committee of
American Airmen Rescued by Gen.
Drazha Mihailovich to erect a monument
in Washington, D.C.
5. 2203
At the request of Mr. HARTKE, the Sen-
ator from California (Mr. TUNNEY) was
added, as a cosponsor of S. 2203, a bill to
provide for paper money of the United
States to be_ embossed ' to indicate the
denomination thereof.
At the request of Mr*'. ROTH, the Sen-
&tor from New Jersey (Mr. CASE), the
Senator from Ohio (Mr. TAFT), the
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr.
SCHWEIKER), the-Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. CURTIS), the Senator from'Tennes-
see (Mr. EgocK), the Senator from Geor-
gia (Mr. Nulm), the Senator from Wyo-
ming (Mr. McGEE), the Senator from
Senator from Utah (Mr. GARN), the Sen-
ator from Texas (Mr. TOWER), the Sen-
ator from Tennessee (Mr. BAKER), the
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. HRUSKA),
the Senators from Oregon (Mr. HAT-
FIELD) and Mr. PACKWOOD), and the
Senator from Maryland (Mr. MATHIAS)
were added as cosponsors of S. 2299, a
bill which extends the Emergency Petro-
leum Allocation Act of 1973 to October 15,
1975.
SENATE RESOLUTION 157
At the request of Mr. NEELSON, the Sen-
ator from Colorado (Mr. GARY W. HART),
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
Asouxxza), the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. BUMPERS), and the Senator from
Alaska (Mr. GRAVEL), were added as co-
sponsors of Senate Resolution 157, a
resolution amending the Standing Rules
of the Senate with respect to service of
Senators as chairmen of committees of
the Senate.
SENATE RESOLUTIOF5 231
Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, on
July 21, 1 submitted Senate Resolution
231, to establish a timetable for Senate
consideration of, and action on, legisla-
tive proposals relating to continuing
congressional oversight of Government
intelligence and other surveillance ac-
tivities. At that time, the cosponsors
were not listed in the CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.
I ask unanimous consent to have
printed the the permanent RECORD the
complete list of cosponsors of Senate
Resolution 231.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Wit=hout
objection, it is so ordered.
COSPONSORS or S. REs. 231
Mr. Jackson, Mr. Muskie, Mr. Church, Mr.
Baker, Mr. Weicker, Mr. Ribieoft, Mr. Percy,
Mr Javits, Mr. Cranston, Mr. Humphrey, Mr.
Hathaway, Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Burdick, and
Mr. Hartke.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 53
At the request of Mr. HARTKE, the Sen-
ator from Minnesota (Mr. HUMPHREY)
was added as a cosponsor of Senate Con-
current Resolution 53, relating to award-
ing the Purple Heart to members in-
terred in the Tomb of the Unknowns.
SENATE RESOLUTION 242-SUBMIS-
SION OF A RESOLUTION RELATING
TO THE COMMEMORATION OF
CITIZENSHIP DAY AND CONSTITU-
TION WEEK
(Referred to the Committee on the ju-
diciary.)
Mr. SPARKMAN submitted the follow-
ing resolution:
Resolved, That (a) at an appropriate time
after convening on September 17, 1975, Citi-
zAnship Day, the first day of Constitution
Week, 1975, a Senator, designated by the
President of the Senate, will read the Pre-
amble and Article I of the Constitution of
the United States.
(b) The National Conference on Citizen-
ship, chartered by Act of Congress, is in-
vited to provide a replica scroll of the Con-
stitution at an appropriate time and place on
September 17, 1975, for the purpose of per-
mitting the Members of Congress to sign the
replica and thereby symbolically rededicate
themselves to the principles of the Consti-
tution.
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SENATE RESOLUTION 243-SUBMIS-
SION OF A RESOLUTION RELAT-
ING TO AN INVESTIGATION OF
THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESI-
DENT KENNEDY
(Referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Operations.)
Mr. SCHWEIKER submitted the fol-
lowing resolution:`
S. RES. 243
Resolved, That (a) from funds available
for investigation of intelligence activities
by the Senate Select Committee to Study
Governmental Operations with respect to In-
telligence Activities (hereinafter referred to
as the "Select Committee"), the Select Com-
mittee shall fully investigate matters relat-
ing to the death of former President John F.
Kennedy, including the extent, if any, to
which Lee Harvey Oswald or Jack Ruby was
involved in, or the subject of, activities of
United States intelligence agencies, and the
extent to which United States intelligence
agencies effectively gathered, analyzed, and
disclosed to the President's Commission on
the Assassination of President Kennedy all
information requested by. or relevant to,
such Commission and the duties with which
it was charged.
(b) (1) In conducting such investigation
the Select Committee is authorized to have
access to any information in the National
Archives or elsewhere which relates to the
death of Former President John F. Kennedy.
(2) In carrying out the investigation re-
quired under this resolution, the Select
Committee is authorized to exercise all
powers granted to it under Senate Resolu-
tion 21, Ninety Fourth Congress, agreed to
January 27, 1975, as amended.
SEC. 2. The Select Committee shall make
a final report to the Senate, stating the re-
sults of its investigation and findings under
this resolution at the earliest practicable
date.
Mr. SCHWEIKER. Mr. President, I
send to the desk a resolution to modify
the authority of the Senate Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence Activities, to per-
mit full investigation into the effective-
ness with which the intelligence com-
munity discharged its responsibilities to
the Warren Commission.
Recent disclosures have devastated the
credibility of the Warre Commission
Report. We now have evidence the
destro ed and sssed evidence.
revious y c ass a ocumen , such
as the transcripts I send to the desk,
dramatically demonstrate the frustra-
tion and resignation of Commission
members who felt they could not
genie
truth from thg~'~3I. -
In one transcript Commission member
Allen Dulles aeknowledged,-.,thn.t,_.ZBI
Dlrec ql OnYEr mTh't yp f~ +hr txra,lren
Lro`mmission about FBI links with Lee
ai~vey Oswald, even if asl~e~y.. the
President to answer lru icy. In an-
oi 1Fer-_transc prT t, three Commission
members agreed-the FBI was reluctant
to investigate evidence of a conspiracy
because of its own preconceived conclu-
sion that Oswald acted alone.
No wonder 60 percent of the American
people doubt the Warren Commission's
findings. The Commission members
themselves doubted they were getting
the whole story, and the FBI par-
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tiripated in who can only be called a
cpverup
FSI Director Clarence Kelley has now
confirmed that Oswald visited the Dallas
P13I office in November and agents there
later destroyed a. letter in which Oswald
threatened the F'BI, ','he letter, yvas re-
ceived several. day`s before the Kennedy
shooting and destroyed sometime after
It. This was never revealed to the War-
ren Commission.
This new admission proves false
Hoover's sworn statement to the War-
ren Commissitti, which I'send to the desk
with this statement, which limited to
three specific , dates the number of FBI
contacts with Oswald prior to the as-
sassination:
Moreover, the following factors also
underscore the inadequacy of the origi-
nal investigation:
The fact that only two '.-Texas FBI
agents and no CIA agents, testified be-
fore the Warren .Commission-this
despite persistent rumors at the time of
intelligence, community connections with
Oswald and his killer, Jack Ruby. There
were an estimated 50 I'BI agents sta-
tioned in Dallas alone at,the time of the
assassination.
The failure of the Warren Comm s-
sion to follow up on former Dallas Police
Chief Jesse Curry's report that he sup-
pressed evidence for 5 months following
the assassination at the direct request
bf the FBI. Curry now, says the high FBI
official inalstn the, suppression request
was acting on personal orders from
Hoover., The evidence in question in-
cheated that the FBI h.ad prior knowl-
edge that Oswald could be a threat to
ctor
U.S.
""10Ir. President. I Rag ng that
W2AA. If Oswald was indeed a 'madman
a g alone, what,justihcation is there
for keying these documents classified
75 years after the assassination? The
most probable explanation is that they
link Oswald, or Ruby, or both, to U.S.
Intelligence agencies.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is
the only existing institution with the
staff and expertise to investigate this
matter eftectievly and responslly.
charged with examining both tee c-
0 ~TtEty. _ .
with the resolution be printed in the
S T --1A +.11 e ident of
the nits States anyth nomT , yes. I am under
h~Ts court-of'r! sg"is mvy b ss w o iTdn_' eces-
lh lr l'y E'1e'i anybody e s . u i _ss .he Pruident
,ns ,1~e do It We. had _thaii come
up. times.
Mr. MCCLOY. You wouldn't tell the Sec-
retary of Defense?
Mr. DULLES. Well, it depends a little bit
on the circumstancee. If It was within the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense, but
otherwise I would go to the President, and
I do on some cases.
Mr. RANKIN. If that is all that is neces-
sary, I think we could get the President to
direct anybody working for the government
to. answer this question. If we have to we
would get that direction.
Mr. DULLES. What I was etti at I think
un er any a rcums ances, nk Hoover
' oti d say cer a n y a n t ave anything
to o w ow.
Mr. MCCLOY. Mr. Hoover didn't have any-
thing to do with him but his agent. Did you
directly or indirectly employ him?
W. DULLES. But if he' says no, I didn't
have anything to do with it. You can't prove
what the facts are. There, are no external
evidences. I would believe Mr. Hoover. Some
'people might not. I don't think there is any
external evidence other than the person's
word that he did or did not employ a par-
ticular man as a secret agent. No matter
what,
Now the difficulty with trying to get the
man in charge and asking him these ques-
tions is how much do you know about what
he is giving. If we got him here before the
Commission, I think you could ask him a
good many things but he would probably say
two-thirds or more of the time, "I told you
this and I told you this and my reports",
and so forth.
So I don't think we have equipped you as
Commissioners so that you could do that.
He would soon find you didn't know any-
think like what he did about the matter.
As far as we are concerned, the men are
getting advised of the areas as rapidly as
possible, and they are coming back with
these further inquiries, but there are vast
areas that are unanswered at the present
time.
We have some differences between the
Secret Service and the FBI, we have location
of their cars and where the shots were and
things where they differed as much as 17
feet, and we are trying to find out how they
could have that much difference between
them, and there is an explanation. It isn't as
bad as that, because some of it, is part of
calculations.
Mr. MCCLOY. Calculating their speed, I
suppose.
Mr. RANKIN. That is right. And whether or
not the first shot occurred behind the sign
or just as he came out from behind the sign
and matters of that kind.
Mr. MCCLOY. I can see the difficulty with
that. But on the other hand, I have a feel-
ing we are so dependent upon them for our
facts that it might be a useful thing to have
him before us, or maybe just you talk to
him,. to give us the scope of his investiga-
tion, and as of that date, some of the things
that are still troubling us, and we will be
able to ask him, for example, to follow up on
Hosty.
Mr. RANKIN. Part of our difficulty in regard
to it Is that they have no problem. They have
decided that it is Oswald who committed
the assassination, they have decided that no
one else was involved, they have decided-
Senator RUSSELL. They have tried the case
and reached a verdict on every aspect.
Representative Bocas. You have put your
finger on it.
in the supplementals than they were in the
first.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes, but they are still there.
They have decided the case, and we are
going to have maybe a thousand further
Inquiries that we say the Commission has to
know all these things before it can pass on
this.
And I think their reaction probably would
be, "Why do you want all that. It is clear."
Senator RUSSELL. "You have our state-
ment, what else 'do you need?"
[Commission Exhibit No. 8351
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,
February 6, 1964.
Hon. J. LEO RANKIN,
General Counsel, The President's Commis-
sion, Washington, D.C.
DEAR Mn. RANISIN: Reference is made to
our conversation of January 23, 1964. con-
cerning testimony furnished the Commis-
sion by Mr. Henry M. Wade, the District At-
torney of Dallas County, Texas. You advised
that Mr. Wade testified he had heard that
Lee Harvey Oswald had been an informant
of the FBI, had been assigned symbol num-
bol number "179" and had been paid $200
monthly in this capacity. You further ad-
vised that Mr. Wade also indicated that FBI
headquarters was not in a position to know
in all instances whether an individual was
an informant of this Bureau.
At the time, I advised you that Lee-Harvey
Oswald had never been an informant of the
FBI and that this Bureau's procedure in re-
gard to handling informants Is such as to
insure that FBI headquarters would have
all necessary facts concerning the develop-
ment and control of any and every Inform-
ant.
Enclosed for your Information and use
in this regard is an affidavit in which I have
categorically stated that Lee Harvey Oswald
was never an informant of the FBI and have
outlined our administrative procedures for
the handling and the payment of confiden-
tial informants.
Sincerely yours,
J. EDGAR HOOVER.
AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF WASHINGTON,
District of Columbia, ss:
J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Department of Justice, be-
ing first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he has caused a search to be made
of the records of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, United States Department of
Justice, by employees of the said Federal
Bureau of Investigation acting under his di-
rection, and that said search discloses that
,Lee Harvey Oswald was never an informant
of the FBI, was never assigned a symbol
number in that capacity, and was never paid
any amount of money by 'the FBI in any
regard.
Such a statement can be made authori-
tatively and without equivocation because
of the close supervision FBI headquarters af-
fords its security 'informant program and
because of the safeguards established to in-
sure against- any abuse or misuse of the
program.
FBI field offices Cannot proceed to develop
anyone as a security informant without au-
thorization from FBI headquarters. An in-
formant is assigned a permanent symbol
nulllber and code name to afford him secu-
rity. The informant never knows the symbol
number assigned to him. It is a number per-
manently assigned to him, and the same
number cannot be used again by the field
office under any circumstances for any other
individual. The individual also Is given a fic-
titious or cover name by the field office which
he, of course, Is made aware of, and he affixes
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it~Ai.I?i5 G mauunications with, the office. FBI's informant operations. But this is true
.. Lvery symbol number and code name Is in- only in regard to the fact that SIS men neces-
d
exed at FBI headquarters. sarily were given the latitude to. develop and
If the services of an informant warrant pay informants on the spot without prior ap-
payment on a regular basis, the field- offices proval from FBI headquarters. Nevertheless,
must also obtain authorization from FBI SIS men operated under a control system and
h ck uarters to make such payments. adhered to it by advising FBI headquarters
~. y wyauaa.~o -- -u uue ruericicy or tine in-
fie' d ces are authorized to make payments dividuals ,paid. Such payments were sup-
to in vlduals not utilized on a regular basis ported b
recei
ts in n
l
i
y
p
ear
y every
nstance.
as,in ormants, but here too FBI headquar- Mr. Wade, for example, entered on duty
tars controls this by limiting the amount with the FBI on December 4, 1939, On July 6,
an SAC can pay to any one individual in 1942, he was advanced the sum of $1,075 in
this category. FBI headquarters maintains connection with an SIS assignment. This was
col1rro of such payments since they must, be for subsistence and travel in connection with
accbul~11ted for by the field offices at the end his assignment in Ecuador as well as to pro-
of `each month through the submission of a vide him with. some money with which to
detailed accounting to headquarters. establish himself. 'His passage from New
Had, any of the FBI field offices made pay- Orleans to Guayaquil, Ecuador, cost over
ments,to?Lee Harvey Oswald under the SAC's $500 alone. In addition, he was required to
authority, those would have been shown In make full restitution of the -total amount
the receipts and vouchers submitted by each which had been advanced him and subse-
office. These records have been checked and quently did so. All of his expenditures of the
no such payment was ever made. Had Oswald total amount furnished him were sub-
been assigned a symbol number, this would stantiated by vouchers he submitted.
be a matter of record not only by number Mr. Wade arrived in Ecuador on August 16,
but also by name. As a matter of fact, the 1942. He operated in an undercover capacity
FBI can identify every symbol number used, with a symbol number, specifically Number
past or present. Oswald could not have been 345, and used the code name "James" iii
assigned such a symbol number without ap- signing communications. Within Ecuador, he
proval by FBI headquarters. There is no rec- was referred to as Confidential Informant
ord of any such request by any field office Number-6.
and. no record of any such approval. Although in an undercover capacity, Mr.
The only contacts FBI Agents had with Wade was required to submit vouchers twice
Oswald prior to the assassination of Presi- monthly through the Legal Attache's Office in.
dent Kennedy involved three interviews FBI Quito, Ecuador. They were reviewed there
Agents had. with him, The first was on and forwarded to FBI headquarters where
dune 26, 1962, at Fort Worth, Texas, shortly they were checked prior to approval and the
after his return home from the Soviet Union. transmittal of funds to Mr. Wade's account.
The purpose was to assess the possibility of
his having been given Intelligence assign- [From the Houston (Tex.) Chronicle,
inents by the Soviets, The second, on Au- Sept, 1, 1975]
gust 16, 1962, was In the same connection.
The third was at his specific request on Au- Following is a
rCproy lain in's left to of then r f Jus-
gust 10, 1963, following his arrest in New tice Earl police chief Jesse explaining Curry's role in
t
Orleans the preceding day on a charge of the cF Warren explai Jack ning ill's state
disturbing the peace and creating a scene. that FBI agent James told h himtn
At that time, he described some of his activi- FBI had information n th tLee tom ate
ties in connection with the, Fair Play for Cuba ation at nee resde t Oswald
Committee, the pro-Castro organization. was capable of assassinating President John
Oswald was again interviewed by FBI F. Kennedy.
Agents at the Dallas Police Department fol- MAY 28, 1964.
lowing his arrest after the assassination of ChaffrmanEARL resEN,
Chairman, President's Commission on the
the, President. This Interview
w
s
i
.
a
a
med at
eliciting any admissions -lie might make in Assassination of President Kennedy,
connection with the assassination, as well DEAR Snz AR SM: In In D.C.
as to obtain any information he might have a letter to me dated May 21.
been able to furnish of< a_seourity nature.
FBI headquarters h$;s Obtained affidavits
from every Special Agent who was in con-
tact with Oswald, as well as affidavits from
their respective SACS. These affidavits show
that none of these FBI Agents developed
Oswald as an informant.
Mr. Henry M. Wade, a former Special Agent
of the FBI and currently the District At-
torney of Dallas County, Texas, reportedly
testified previously to the.Commission that
he had heard that Lee Harvey Oswald was
an FBI informant with the symbol number
179" and was being paiid $200 monthly, As
the facts clearly show, this is not true.
Furthermore, the facts refute Mr. Wade's
reported statement to the Commission that
there is no record maintained in the FBI
of informant funds expended or the purposes
for which used by the FBI people to whom
they were furnished.
Mr. Wade rXi ortedly stated that he had
worked in the :' Special Intelligence Serv-
ice (SIS) and that he was- supplied from
time to time with various Sums of money for
which he did not ,have to account and for
which he did not have to obtain any receipts
from the persons to whom he disbursed the
-money.
The emergency conditions that prevailed
during World War II when the FBI conducted
its SIB program did not permit the tight
supervision- that prevails currently in the
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After the appointment of the Warren
Commission, I was reasonably sure I would
appear before that body, so I decided to pre-
sent the report, personally, at the time of
my appearance. I felt that the Commission
would probably like for the statement to be
notarized, so I had this done on April 7, 1964.
Mr. Rankin's next question concerned the
date that the report was placed in the Intel-
ligence Unit's files. I instructed Lieutenant
Revill to keep this report confidential. He
said that after his copy was returned to him,
he kept it looked in his desk drawer until
after I returned from Washington where I
delivered the report to the Commission. He
then placed his report in the files.
Mr. Rankin further asked if I knew of any
additional information in the possession of
the Dallas Police Department that had not
been made available to the Commission. I
know of no such Information.
Very truly yours,
J. E. CURRY,
Chief of Police.
l From the Times-Picayune, Sept. 9. 1631
CASTRO BLASTS RAIDS ON CUBA
EDITOR'S NOTE.-Prime Minister Fidel
Castro turned up at a reception in the Bra-
zilian Embassy in Havana Saturday night
and submitted to an impromptu interview
by Associated Press correspondent Daniel
Harker. Barker's account of the interview
reached New York Sunday afternoon.
(By Daniel Harker)
HAVANA.-Prime Minister Fidel Castro said
Saturday nieht Sta e 1 a es"w ould
kle in danger if they help .~ i 1. s a,tt mpt
to do away with 'AWAE .,r Pillla
Bitterly denouncing what he called recent
U.S.-prompted raids on Cuban territory, Cas-
tro said: "We are prepared to fight them
and answer in kind. United States leaders
should think that if they are aiding terrorist
plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they them-
selves will not be safe."
Speaking with this correspondent at a
Brazilian National Day reception in the Bra-
zilian Embassy, Castro also disclosed that
Cuba has not made up its mind about sign-
ing the limited nuclear test-ban treaty drawn
up last month in Moscow.
RUSSIANS PUZZLED
(A recent dispatch from Moscow indicated
the
the President's Commission on the Assassina- treaty. Speculation-therea was uthatl Castro
tion of President Kennedy, raised several was holding out for mare Soviet economic aid
points concerning Lieutenant Jack Revill's and threatening to cast his lot with the Red
report of November 22, 1963, on his conver- Chinese.)
sation with FBI Agent James Hosty on that Castro said Cuba is studying the treaty
date. "With extreme care."
The first question posed by Mr. Rankin "This is an important decision ... and we
was why Lieutenant Revill's report was not are not ready yet to make up our minds," he
made known to the Commission prior to my added.
appearance before that group. When I re- The prime minister did not explain which
ceived the report on November 22, 1963, I points in the treaty were given most consid-
immediately realized the gravity and serious- eration. But he said: "We are taking into
ness of the information it contained, On account the current world situation, which of
that date, before newsmen, I stated that I course involves the Caribbean situation
had received information that the FBI knew which has been, deteriorating in the last few
of Oswald's presence in Dallas and that the days due to piratical attacks by the United
Dallas Police Department had no informa- States against the Cuban people."
tion on Oswald in its files. This statement
Within a few minutes of my statement to World affairs, he said, "seemed to be en-
the press, I received a telephone call from tering a more peaceful climate a few days
Mr. Gordon Shanklin, Special Agent in ago, but now this trend has changed with
charge of the Dallas Office of the FBI, in attacks."
which Mr. Shanklin stated that the Bureau He accused the United States of carrying
was extremely desirous that I retract my out "double-crossing and shifting policies,"
statement to the press. I.then appeared be- He added: "The United States is always
fore the press again, and retracted my state- ready to negotiate and make promises which
ment to this extent: I stated that "of my later it will not honor. This has happened
own personal knowledge" I did not know in promises made during the October crisis.
that the FBI knew of Oswald's presence in They have been broken, as can be seen with
Dallas, and that if they did they were under new attacks. But I warn this is leading to a
no obligation to the Dallas Police Depart- very dangerous situation that could lead to
ment to pass on the information. ? a worse crisis than Oct9ber's.11
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thu.S..political scene. saying he expects no
nya a?ra is Wku pe fi, b6tWeen
(President) Kennedy and (Sen. ) Gold-
-Vater (R-Ariz.). Both are ch9ap and crooked
politicians," Castro said.
'We, have heard Goldwater I. tough. Well,
if be ever is elected, let hiin. try his tough
policies on ' * .'
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TIONS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
'ON THE JUDICIARY .i
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD.Mr. President,
the following ]dominations have been
referred to and are now pending before
the-. Committee on the Judiciary
max( Johnson, of Kansas, to be
U 8,_Warna. for the for the tom off ears vice n Kansas
Robert Roth, resigned.
Julio Morales-Sanchez, of Puerto Rico,
to be U.S. attorney for the district of
Puerto Rico for the term of 4 years
James B. Young, of Indiana, to be U.B.
attorney for the southern district of
Indiana, for the term of 4 years, vice
Stanley B. Milller, resigned.
On behalf of the Committee on the
Judiciary, notice is hereby given to all
persons interested in these nominations
to file with the committee, in writing, on
or, before Monday, September 1L 1975,
any representations or objections they
wish to Present concerning the above
nominations, with a further statement
whether it is their intention to appear
at any hearing which, may be scheduled.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARINGS ON
THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF
SMALL BUSINESSES, FARMS. AND
3WIE$ IN TU.E STATE OF
MAINE
Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I wish
to announce that the Select Committee
oli_ Small Bess will hold a public
hearing on the current economic prob-
lems of small businesses. farms, and
fisheries on September 13, 1975, in
Prisque We, Maine, The location of the
healing will be in the Weiden Audi-
torium, University of Maine, 181 Main
Street, and will begin at 10 a.m.
Coehairing the hearing will be the
Senator, from 19aine (Mr. HATHAWAY)
and the Senator trpm Oregon (Mr.
PACF;W oD).
Further information on the hearing
can be obtained from the of#lces of the
committee,. 424 Russell Office Building,
telephone [phone].
-. ~.+ Nvt./vv,IDVG1 0, 1,71e)
NOTICE OF BEARING in speed that high-tailing European and
Mr. PELL. Mr. President the R?hnn,v,_ Japanese flyers hold over American trains.
,4au.rr asiu ru~VN are 4aS speed projects and are pouring more money
U
hearings on Se 16
d Into their, -
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uccu by Senators 'T'OWER, BARTLETT,
HRUSKA, and LAXALT, which would amend
title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972 to exempt certain revenue-produc-
ing intercollegiate athletic activities.
Those wishing to submit statements to
the subcommittee for the hearing record
should contact Stephen J. Wexler, coun-
sel to the subcommittee, at 224-7666.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARING BE-
FORE THE ENVIRONMENT AND
LAND RESOURCES SUBCOMMIT-
TEE, INTERIOR AND INSULAR AF-
FAIRS COMMITTEE
Mr. HASKELL. Mr. President, I wish
announce, for the information of the
mate and the public, the scheduling
of a public hearing before the Environ-
ment and Land Resources Subcommittee
of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee, on S. 1506, a bill to designate
a 175-mile segment of the Missouri River
as a component of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System.
Mr. President, a public hearing was
held on this bill on August 2,5, 1975, on
S. 1506. At that time the subcommittee
heard from many concerned public wit-
nesses. Therefore , the purpose of the
hearing in Washington will be to receive
testimony only from administration
witnesses, _
The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m.,
September 19, 1975, in room 3110 of the
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
OTHER NATIONS OUTSTRIPPING
AMTRAK GOALS
Mr. ABOUREZK. Mr. President, the
time is nearing when we must decide
whether we will continue to pump Fed-
eral money into the present Amtrak sys-
tem or provide this Nation with a totally
new program to improve and rejuvenate
our railroads.
The following article points out some
current problems confronting Amtrak.
It notes that despite Amtrak's efforts
and suggested programs, the Northeast
Corridor run will not soon be comparable
or competitive with the European or Jap-
anese rail systems. This is distressing
and disappointing. I believe we deserve
much more from a program that de-
mands so much-and ever more-of our
money.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that the article be printed in the
RECORD.
There being no objection, the article
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
[From the New York Times, Sept. 1, 19753
OTHER NATIONS OUTSTRIPPING AMTRAic GOALS
(By Edward C. Burks)
Amtrak's new priority plan to upgrade the
Northeast Corridor over the next two to
three years will, not reduce the big margin
rcaently?vutlmed the following "basic tar-
gets" in a first-stage speed-improvement pro-
grain for the four-year-old national rail-
road passenger system:
In "two working seasons"-1976 and
1977-to increase top speeds on the New
York-to-Washington Metroliner run from
105 to 125 miles an hour and to cut the run-
ning time (including four or five stops) from
three hours to 2 hours 45 minutes, meaning
a gain in average speed from 75 to 82 miles
an hour.
In the same period, to reduce the running
time on the twisting New York-to-Roston
line from nearly four hours to approximate-
ly 3 hours 15 minutes, an Increase in average
speed from 60 to 72 miles an hour.
The improvement in -speed to be accom-
panied by much greater riding comfort be-
cause of track upgrading and new equipment.
JOLTING RIDES CITED
Mr. Refetrup and a legion of Metroliner
passengers have complained that, the had
tracks produce a jolting ride. Some call the
Metroliner and the new Amfleet coaches with
their airliner-like interiors tomorrow's trains
on yesterday's tracks. Others say the Metro-
liner cars need seat belts.
As Amtrack moves toward 82-mile-an-hour
average speeds in the New York-to-Washing-
ton corridor by 1978, the Japanese continue
to expand a high-speed network engineered
for top speeds ranging from 125 to 155 miles
an hour.
France, which operates the fastest train in
Europe, already has a 90-mile-an-hour aver-
age speed on the 360-mile run between Paris
and Bordeaux. This is being improved to
reach a 100-mile-an-hour average.
'The French Government also authorized
this year the construction of a new, electrified
passenger railroad in its busiest corridor-
from Paris to Lyon. The project, scheduled
for completion in 1982, calls for 160-mile-an-
hour top speeds and for 130-mile-an-hour
average speeds to connect the cities in two
hours.
West Germany has two new high-speed
lines under construction and two more will
follow in the next few years.
ITALY MOVES AHEAD
Italy, despite chronic financial problems, is
completing Europe's first high-speed line, the
"direttissima" (very direct line), to connect
Rome and Florence with average speeds above
3.00-m1le-an-hour average.
French expresses cover more than 25,000
miles daily at speeds exceeding 75 miles an
hour. In this country, outside the Northeast
Corridor, the great majority of Amtrak's na-
tionwide total of 247 daily trains average
speeds of 50 miles an hour, far below those
of the fifties, because of bad tracks and a
passenger car fleet averaging 24 years in age.
Amtrak is aware of the progress in Europe
and has benefited from it. It bought six
handsome turbine-powered French trains
capable of 125-miles-an-hour speeds and
found them to be reliable in Midwest cor-
ridors. It has ordered the construction of
seven more, based on the French design, to
be. built in California, and most of these are
scheduled for service on the New York-Al-
bany-Buffalo "empire" route.
But Amtrak, a quasi-Federal corporation, is
not a policymaking agency of the Federal
Government, and expensive high-speed proj-
ects involve Federal policy decisions. Amtrak
urges, recommends and cajoles, and Mr. Rels-
trup an experienced railroader who came to
Amtrak from the Illinois Central Gulf calls
for a reasonable approach geared to the reali-
ties of the American rail situation,
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