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farther ahead today. The first 25 years of my
business career were not too fruitful. I've
been in the business 42 years."
Five of his children are married. The others
are single. He and his wife, Eleanor, are ex-
tremely fond of their seven grandchildren.
"They're great," he declared.
Though he lacked a high school diploma
Mr. Castellani was able to attain a captain's
rank in the U.S. Army during World War 11.
His business acumen and brain power were
also recognized in 1964 when he received an
honorary doctor of commercial science de-
gree from Niagara University.
He is on the board of directors of the
Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce, the
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County and the
Philharmonic Orchestra Society.
Two years ago he had a heart attack. "It's
slowed me down to a walk," he said good-
naturedly, adding, "But I still put in 40 hours
a week." '
As for retirement, "I've got a few more
years to go" he said. "Then I'll have the art
world to become more active in."
Collecting art, particularly by well-known
contemporary artists, is his hobby.
"Art is not a rich man's hobby," he pointed
out, "You can get very good lithographs for
$25 today. There's a lot of good art around
that isn't expensive."
So that other people in the community
can become more interested in art or just
add to their enjoyment of art, he was In-
strumental in Niagara Frontier Services open-
ing two art galleries. One Is the Brian Art
Galleries in the Hilton Hotel in Niagara
Falls. The other is in Tops Plaza, Transit and
Maple, Amherst.
The Amherst one is currently celebrating
its grand opening, featuring the works of
Tickets to the Boys' Town f Italy ball are
$125 per couple and the alai open to the
public. It's formal. Anyon ho ants tickets
GerWral chairmen a~V\'~Mr/an Mrs. Burt
.P. Flittinhpr Jr. Ac I,tk airm n are Mr.
ro tempore. Under a
p v' dr~i the House, the gen-
tl n eW York (Mr. BINGHAM)
is r n for 5 minutes.
[M GHAM addressed the House.
rks will appear hereafter in the
CIA ABOUT TO DESTROY FILES
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
woman from New York (Ms. AezuG) is
recognized for 15 minutes.
Ms. ABZUG. Mr. Speaker, I am
deeply disturbed that we may be about
to witness the destruction by the in-
telligence agencies of records of their
misdeeds and blunders-making it im-
possible to evaluate those agencies' ac-
tivities.
I insert in the RECORD below a letter
released today by the minority leader
of the Senate, HUGH SCOTT. The letter
is dated June 2, 1976, and is from the
Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency, George Bush. Mr. Bush asks
that the Senate leadership lift the pres-
ent moratorium on the destruction of
intelligence-related documents so that
the CIA may destroy "records which
were collected and maintained by the
Agency and which were subject to in-
vestigation by the Rockefeller Commis-
sion and the (Senate) Select Commit-
tee."
The CIA's proposed destruction plans
are so broad, that they would include
the destruction not only of documents
inspected by Select Intelligence Com-
mittee investigators "on loan" and re-
turned to the CIA, but documents "sub-
ject to investigation" which in fact were
never examined by congressional in-
vestigators.
The CIA has an additional self-inter-
est in destroying these documents. A
number of cases brought by civilians
spied upon by the Army in the late sixties
were thrown out of court for lack of
evidence because the Defense Depart-
ment had destroyed files in 1971. Simi-
larly, CIA might avoid litigation by de-
stroying the basis of potential suits.
I also insert a letter dated April 23,.
1976, from The Deputy Secretary of De-
fense to-Senator Church on this subject.
The Government Information and In-
dividual Rights Subcommittee, which I
chair, is presently considering my bill,
H.R. 12039. This measure would require
that those who were the subjects of such
programs as the FBI's COINTELPRO,
the CIA's CHAOS, FBI and CIA bur-
glaries and mail openings, National Se-
curity Agency cable interceptions, and
the Special. Service Staff of the IRS be
notified that they were subjects and
have files, told of their rights under the
Freedom of Information Act and the
Privacy Act, and afforded the option of
having the illegally gathered informa-
tion destroyed.
George Bush, Director of the CIA, is
well aware of our active consideration of
this legislation, since he testified on it
before the subcommittee only a few
weeks ago. Mr. Bush, anxious to have the
CIA's unlawful activities dead, buried,
and forgotten as soon as possible, wants
to destroy the records of such programs
as CHAOS, mail opening, and burglaries
without any notification to the subjects.
Apparently fearful that Congress will
perform its legislative functions under
the Constitution and enact the notifica-
tion legislation, Mr. Bush has asked
Senators MANSFIELD and HUGH SCOTT to
lift the moratorium on records destruc-
tion that was instituted when the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence began
its investigation. Of course, Mr. Bush
knows full well that if he goes ahead
with his plans, a notification law will be
moot as to the CIA, and the CIA's victims
will never know of their status as Such.
This attempted end run will, if suc-
cessful, wholly subvert the purpose of
H.R. 12039 and the entire legislative
process. I might add that it will hardly
do a great deal to restore public confi-
dence in the CIA in particular or the
executive branch in general.
Instead of destroying the evidence in
the dead of night, the CIA should-for
once-trust to the constitutional proc-
esses of this Nation and allow the elected
representatives of the people to work
their will. To do otherwise will only rein-
force the popular image of the agency as
a secret and lawless entity.
The text of Mr. Bush's letter Ito Sen-
ator. SCOTT, the Defense Department let-
June 3, 1976
ter, and a relevant article from the May
issue of First Principles follow:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
Washington, D.C., June 2, 1976.
Hon, HUGH SCOTT,
U.S. Senate, Office of the Minority Leader,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. SCOTT: On January 27, 1975, fol-
lowing adoption of S. Res. 21 creating the
Select Committee on Intelligence, you and
Senator Mike Mansfield requested that the
Central Intelligence Agency "not destroy, re-
move from (its) possession or control, or
otherwise dispose or permit the disposal of
any records or documents which might have
a bearing on the subjects under investiga-
tion, including but not limited to all records
or documents pertaining in any way to the
matters set out in section 2 of S. Res. 21."
In response to this request, the Agency
placed in effect a complete moratorium, on
the destruction of records, including normal
administrative records scheduled for routine
destruction.
The purpose of this letter is to advise you
that it is our intention to proceed with de-
struction of records, now that the Select
Committee has completed its investigation
and issued its final report. We have so ad-
vised Senator Church.
Along with the backlog of routine admin-
istrative records, the Agency will destroy
records which were collected and maintained
by the Agency and which were subject to
investigation by the Rockefeller Commission
and the Select Committee. The Agency is
required to destroy much of this latter ma-
terial by the Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-
579) and by Executive Order 11905. Of
course, all records destruction will be fully
consistent with other applicable laws, Presi-
dential directives, and the requirements of
pending litigation and Justice Department
investigations.
I trust you agree that this action is now
necessary and appropriate, and I would ap-
preciate your confirmation of this under-
standing.
I am sending a duplicate of this letter to
Senator Mike Mansfield.
Sincerely,
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
Washington, D.C., April 23, 1976.
HOn. FRANK CHURCH,
U.S. Senate,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR SENATOR CHURCH: Last January 27,
1975, Senators Mansfield and Scott, in their
capacities as Majority and Minority Leaders,
wrote to the Secretary of Defense requesting
that Department of Defense components not
destroy, remove from their possession or con-
trol or otherwise dispose of any records which
conceivably might relate to the subject mat-
ter of Senate Resolution 21, establishing the
Senate Select Committee:
As you are aware, the Secretary of Defense
immediately responded to this request by
placing a strict moratorium on the destruc-
tion of a wide range of intelligence or in-
telligence related, counterintelligence and
investigative records. This resulted, we be-
lieve, in the preservation of all essential rec-
ords-e?.Jnterest to the Senate and House Se-
lect Coinmittees. However, it has also re-
sulted in our accumulation of a vast body of
extraneous material and records which ordi-
narily would have been disposed of under
normal records disposition schedules. For ex-
ample, the moratorium has had the unfor-
tunate result of investigative files on appli-
cants for employment being retained in ex-
cess of the one year period ordinarily applied
to such files when an. applicant is not ap-
pointed. There are numerous other examples
of various kinds of transitory material and
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The OPEC nations are also determined
to increase prices of the oil we import.
Their goal, as with any cartel, is to
Increase pri s as much as possible with-
out endange g the existence of the
cartel. The pri of oil has nowhere else
to go but up, u up.
These certain increases in the price
of crude oil will anslate directly into
increased gasoline ices. In other words,
gasoline prices this ar and next can be
expected to rise atl st 10 percent and
probably closer to 20 ercent per yea )r.
That means that the allon of regular
gas which cost 62 cen now may cost
as much as 89 cents a ga on in 1978. By
the autumn of 1978, we in all likeli-
hoodbe buying our last ga line at less
than $1 a gallon. In 1979, aI ontrols on
domestic oil will be off-an domestic
crude oil prices will rise to th level of
foreign oil. Gasoline prices in situa-
tion will be well over $1.10 per gall and
Of course, there is a possibility at
the averagehourly wage may keep Pike
that much-we may be in serious trou-
ble. We do not need a computer to tell of
the special burdens in heavy and unnec-
essary gasoline consumption.
For new car buyers, the implication of
higher gas prices are enormous. For ex-
ample, with a new ear one may have the
choioe between one model with an eM-
eleney r 1g of 22 miles per gallon and
a larger, more inemclent model with a
14 miles-per-gallon rating. In 1979, with
gasoline prices over $1 per gallon,
the ear buyer will be spending over $260
in additional gasoline costs with the
larger car. In the first 4 years, the larger
car could cost over $1,000 in additional
gasoline alone, not to mention higher
maintenance costs.
The oil price control laws were not en-
acted by Congress to lull the American
people to complacency in the energy
crisis. They were enacted to give the
American people a chance to prepare
and adjust to life styles which consume
less energy. To those people of greater
life expectancy-who expect to live in
the eighties, nineties, and the new cen-
tury, this planning for reduced energy
consumption has become even more of a
necessity. This adjustment does not
mean that the quality of our life must
suffer. Rather, conservation Is the only
way the quality of our life is certain to
be extended.
Today, the purchaser of a home or a
new car must include in his judgment
the effects of $1.10 per gallon of gasoline
within the next 4 years.
A. J. CASTELLANI TO BE HONORED
FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE-TO
CHILDREN
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from New York (Mr. LAFALCE) is
recognized for 30 minutes.
Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, on Satur-
day, June 5, 1976, Armand J. Castellani
of Niagara Falls, N.Y., will receive the
Michelangelo Award from Boys' Towns
of Italy, Inc., for his distinguished serv-
ice to children. Mr. Castellani is one of
only 10 Individuals throughout the world
being honored with this award in 1976,
and I cannot imagine.anyone more de-
serving of the honor.
I would like to share with my col-
leagues the following news article which
appeared In the Buffalo Courier-Express
on Sunday, May 30, 1976. The article de-
scribes in some detail the extraordinary
service Mr. Castellani has provided as
the benefactors of hundreds of needy
boys in Italy-
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO CHILDREN
(By Rita Smith)
Armand J. Castellani of Niagara Falls,
father of 11 children and benefactor of hun-
dreds of needy boys in Italy, will receive the
Michelangelo Award given by Boys' Towns of
Italy Inc. for "distinguished" service to
children.
Mr. Castellani is one of 10 individuals
throughout the world who are being honored
with the award this year. He will be pre-
sented the award, an onyx and bronze stat-
uete, at the annual "Ball of the Year" of
the Western New York Chapter, Boys' Towns
of Italy Inc., on Saturday evening in the
Golden Ballroom of Hotel Statler Hilton.
The affair begins with cocktails at 6,
flowed by dinner at 7. Rt. Rev. Msgr. John
and ief executive officer of Niagara Fron-
tier ice Inc., which includes Tops Mar-
kets, wik and Wilson Farm stores.
Hemie s, needy boys frogs many coun-
txlee and ffering faiths are brought to the
Italian Be ' Towns, located in and around
Some. Th live in the towns, receive an
edusa\ion a training In a profession or
skill so they a make worthwhile futures
The nominai.l commission for the Mi-
chelangelo Award eats in Rome to decide
the recipients. Its embers cite individuals
"of upright life, wi ut distinction of race,
nationality, social co tion or religion, who
have eontrbutcd in truly outstanding
fashion to the welfare children and have
also rendered notable se ce to the cause of
In effect, emphasizes the mmission, "they
are persons who have ested by their
love for children and by eir dedicated
service, their faith in the' u ersal Father-
hood of God, whereby all men a brothers."
The Michelangelo Award de s Its name
from a homeless, orphaned bo arced Mi-
chelangelo, who Msgr. Carroll-A rg met in
Naples In 1944, when the Irish p st began
his first boys' town. The youngs having
the same first name as the immorta oren-
tine sculptor and artist, had been a oned
to the streets of Italy like countless hers
conferred for service to children, especial
to those less fortunate, it is intended
recognize the great spiritual, cultural and
social talents latent in every child, talents
which need the dedicated help Of their elders
if they are to come to light and to grow to
maturity.
"He who sacrifices himself to give to less
fortunate children, such as the little Michel-
angelo on the streets of Naples, a chance to
achleva-'the maturity of their talents, be-
comes the instrument of Divine Providence
by giving perhaps other Michelangelos to
art and-more Important still-by building
upright and hardworking men who by their
own life and activity, no matter how humble
it may be, will contribute to their own wel-
fare .tind to that of their children tomorrow
(anti, will contribute to the betterment of
the Human race,"
G slal Mr. Castellani one recent afternoon
leaned back in the comfortable chair behind
the desk in his attractive office at 60 Dingens
St., 4eadquarters for the Western New York
base,i food empire he heads. He talked en-
thuE:astically about four obviously favorite
subj+cts with-him-his. family, young people,
the, I?rocery buqne- a-' art.
"1' 'e been involved for the last dozen years
with Boys' Towns," he commented, "because
it's i.,nother youth activity and I take a lot
of ii- erest in youth activities. I have, since
I started cut years ago with the Niagara
Fake: Little League and the Niagara Falls
Boys Club."
Mr Castellani was one of the organizers
and developers of that Little League. He's
a grc at believer in providing worthwhile ac-
tivities for young people.
Born in Italy, he came to the United States
with his parents when he. was 3-years-old.
His. family eventually settled in Niagara
Falls
"Rtaen I was a little fellow in the North
end of Niagara-Falls, he recalled, "sports- ac-
tivities always kept kids out of trouble. There
was e lot of activity all the time. Nobody
was evolved in a police blotter or a drug
bust,'
He believes In Boys' Towns of Italy because
"thee prepare boys for life tomorrow. Life is
ocrnpetitive. If kids learn this when they are
young- they will learn to live with it when
they get older. Boys' Towns are run like
demo,' racles and they have good, healthy
lead'e; ship,"
The food executive was introduced to Boys'
TOWI?3 by Holnce Gioia, president of Gioia
Maeesoui On. Mr. Gioia is peemanent West-
ern lcew Yoxt airman for Boys' 'T'owns..
Mr Gioia s bone a great job heading the
Boys' Tow Ifittnittee, He's the guy who
has done job."
Mr. Ose refexe, to his 11 children as
"very Pry - Se h seven bo ante four
girls. The Oldest t$ eft, who Sr, the
youn,.est its 17 gear a $Anne ,Ge le.iobert
The s;.cond oldest son, Larry;`wiio is is
co-di: ector of operations for Top~s"Mati,9e s,
Jame,, and Alfred are also in the 7'bodbusi-
ness.
Mr. Castellani proudly noted, "We,) ava,.a
total if 87 stores now. We're in' Buffalo,. Nia-
gara ]Palls, Lockport, Olean, we spread out to
Syrac-ise, Rochester, Cortland, Auburn, Can-
andai _cua, Geneva and Bradford, Pa. Our
new& -, store opened north of Syracuse in
Fulton. two weeks ago."
When he or his staff hire young people to
work n the stores, "We look for two pri-
mary actors," he reported, "desire and atti-
tude, now bad they want to get ahead and
their attitude to achieve it.
"Yc'ith today are just as responsible and
even righter than the youth of the past.
These young people we hire today are good.
They ,et promoted fast, some of the young -
men .--come managers of stores in four to
five years."
Mr. Castellani started out iii his father's
ornei? neighborhood grocery store in Niagara I
eve
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e wa 16
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said.`"I left school when I was 16. I'm not
proud of that. Kids don't know theprice you
have t,,) pay for that. The school of experience
Is a to-,igher school than the academic school.
"Trial and error are very expensive when
you Could learn the theories and know-how
cheap?.~r and easier in school. Going- to school
can sr ve you an awful lot of time in the
busincas world-It's a short cut to success.
Tod;y one of the most successful execu-
tivesaai the food business, Mr. Castellani still
feels "If I had gone to high school I'd be
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temporary files being held until the mora-
torium is lifted.
Now that the Senate and House Select
Committees have completed their fact-find-
ing, we propose that the moratorium on the
normal destruction of these intelligence and
intelligence-related documents be ended.
It would be understood that no records re-
lating to pending litigation, or to any out-
standing requests for records from congres-
sional committees, would be destroyed but
rather that these records would in the nor-
mal course of business be preserved. On the
other hand, we would return to prior pro-
cedures for the normal disposition and de-
struction of records which no longer have
utility, or which have no archival value,
under established records disposition sched-
ules approved by the Archivist of the United
States.
Regarding the materials provided to your
Committee by the National Security Agency
(NSA) on the so-called Watch List, I have
instructed NSA to turn over to the Office
of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense (Intelligence) all such materials
still held by NSA. Consequently, I request
that those watch List materials which the
Committee does not intend to retain be re-
turned to the above office rather than to
NSA.
. A letter from Senators Mansfield and Scott
rescinding their request of last January 27,
1975, would be deeply appreciated. We at-
tach for your possible use a proposed joint
declaration rescinding the request for the
preservation of records, it being understood
that certain essential and identified records
would be preserved in any event.
Your consideration of this request will
greatly assist us in the day-to-day opera-
tions of the Department of Defense.
Sincerely,
ROBERT ELLSWORTH.
Attachment.
Hon. DONALD RUMSFELD,
Secretary of Defense,
The Pentagon,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR SECRETARY RUMSFELD: Last January
27, 1975, .we wrote your predecessor, Secre-
tary Schlesinger, requesting the Department
of Defense to impose an embargo on the de-
struction, removal, or other disposition of
records relating to the inquiry to be made
as a result of Senate Resolution 21, which
created the Senate Select Committee to Study
Intelligence Operations of the United States
Government.
We are pleased that the Department re-
sponded promptly and affirmatively to our
request at that time and that essential rec-
ords have been preserved.
The important work of the Select Commit-
tee now being completed, it is appropriate
that various elements of the Department of
Defense end the moratorium on the destruc-
tion of intelligence or intelligence-related
records, and that normal records disposi-
tion schedules and procedures be reinstated.
It is understood? that records which are of
continuing interest to congressional commit-
tees, or those relating to pending litigation
and other important records of archival
value will be preserved.
Sincerely yours,
HUGH SCOTT,
Republican Leader.
.MIKE MANSFIELD,
Majority Leader.
[From First Principles, May 1976]
ILLEGAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS: NOTIFYING
THE VICTIMS
(By Wendy Watanabe and Christine
M. Marwick)
There is now an extensively documented
record of illegal surveillance and harassment
carried out by the intelligence community,
yet many of the victims remain unaware that
they were the subjects of such programs.
As a step toward remedying the effects of
its own programs, the intelligence commu-
nity could notify the targets of its mail open-
ings, disruption tactics, warrantless elec-
tronic surveillances, burglaries, and other
discredited programs, and advise them that
they have rights under existing laws-the
Freedom of Information Act provides access
to files, the Privacy Act allows the amending
of inaccurate and irrevelant records, and, on
the basis of what is learned under these acts,
victims could consider suing for damages and
additional release.
Given this situation, where does the gov-
ernment currently stand on the question of
notification?
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE: PRESIDENT FORD
The Office of the President is apparently
uninterested in the question. On October
30, 1975, the American Civil Liberties Union,
the Center for National Security Studies and
five other organizations sent a joint letter to
President Ford requesting that he take the
initiative and notify those individuals who
had been victims of programs and advise
them of their rights in court.
President Ford has not yet responded to
the letter, nor has he publicly discussed the
issue of notification.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: ATTORNEY
GENERAL LEVI
Attorney General Levi has been the first
executive branch official to do something
about the problem of notification. On April
first, Levi announced the establishment of a
special review committee to notify some sub-
jects of COINTELPRO activities, Set up with-
in the Justice Department's Office of Profes-
sional Responsibility, the "COINTELPRO
Notification Program" includes the following
policies:
Subjects of improper actions which may
have caused actual harm should be notified;
doubts should be resolved in favor of noti-
fication.
Those individuals who are already aware
that they were subjects of COINTELPRO will
not be notified.
In each case, the manner of notification
should protect the subject's right to privacy.
Notification should be given as the work of
the committee proceeds, without waiting for
the entire review to be completed.
Where appropriate, the committee should
refer matters to the Criminal or Civil Rights
Division for disciplinary action.
No departure from these policies can be
made without the express approval of the
Attorney General.
CONGRESS: THE HOUSE
Rep. Bella Abzug, Chairwoman of the
House Subcommittee on Government Infor-
mation and Individual Rights, introduced a
notice bill (H.R. 12039) on February 24, 1976
and has held hearings on the bill. In open-
ing the hearings, she observed that the De-
partment of Justice's decision to notify CO-
INTELPRO victims is "far too narrow in
.scope and purpose"-COINTELPRO was only
one of many documented programs which
violated the rights of Americans, And while
a notification program limited to COINTEL-
'PRO victims might be seen as an experiment,
in itself it does nothing to respond to the
problems of the victims of other extensive
programs, such as the CIA's Operation
CHAOS, illegal wiretaps, mail opening, or the
IRS Special Services Staff. These latter pro-
grams are covered by the Abzug bill.
The Subcommittee took testimony from
Director of Central Intelligence George Bush
on April 28th, Bush opposed a notification
program, maintaining that it would be im-
possible to identify and locate the, people
involved, and "simply unnecessary" because
the volume of requests under the Freedom
of Information and Privacy Acts indicates
1-1552 97
that the public is already aware of its right
to access. But Bush did not deal with the
problem that the records contain informs=
tion on many people who would not have
expected a CIA file on them, or who would
hesitate to open a file under the FOI/PA
when the agency may not have an investiga-
tory file on them.
The May 11th testimony from IRS Com-
missioner Donald C. Alexander and Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense David O. Cooke
argued that the Privacy Act amendments re-
quiring notification were impractical, expen-
sive, time consuming, and in conflict with
existing law. Cooke also faulted the amend-
ments for being overboard-they would open
investigative files to foreign nationals and
"jeopardize our intelligence efforts."
Further hearings, from witnesses favoring
rather opposing notification, are planned for
June 3rd.
CONGRESS: THE SENATE
The Senate Select Committee on Intelli-
gence Activities has also advised extending
Attorney General Levi's COINTELPRO noti-
fication program, and recommended in Book
II of its Fnal Report that the government
take responsibility for notifying all targets
of illegal intelligence programs:
"Recommendation 90. The Freedom of In-
formation Act (5 U.S.C. 652(b) and the Fed-
eral Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)) provide
important mechanisms by which individuals
can gain access to information on intelli-
gence activtly directed against them. The
Domestic Intelligence Recommendations as-
sume that these statutes will continue to be
vigorously enforced. In addition, the Depart-
ment of Justice should notify all readily
identifiable targets of past illegal surveillance
techniques, and all COINTELPRO victims,
and third parties who had received anony-
mous COTNTFL PRO communications, of the
nature of the activities directed against
them, or the source of the anonymous com-
munication to them." (Book II, p. 336)
CONCLUSION
Given what we. now know about the pro-
grams of the intelligence agencies, it is a
logical step for the government to assume
responsibility and institute a program for
accountability. Notifying the subjects of such
programs is a beginning; no oneAhould have
to guess whether he or she was the object
of discredited government programs.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Arkansas (Mr. ALEXANDFR) is
recognized for 30 minutes,
[Mr. ALEXANDER addressed the
House. His remarks will appear here-
after in the Extensions of Remarks.]
SESQUICENTENNIAL AT ST. PAUL'S
CATHEDRAL IN SYRACUSE
(Mr. HANLEY asked and was. given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. HANLEY. Mr. Speaker, in this
period of the Bicentennial of America's
Revolution, we observe the many mile-
stones which mark military conflict and
success which gradually allowed the
colonists to establish an independent na-
tion. And while there was a separatist at-
titude toward the political form of the
colonial relationship to the British
monarch, there was an abiding affinity
for many of the other institutional forms
which were transplanted from Europe
to the New World. Especially deeply in-
grained in the American lifestyle and
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psyche were the traditions of an inter-
dependent public and personal identity
which was rounded in tolerance but
bore expressf within a religious frame-
work brought om abroad.
The tradition spiritual values were
freely and open) observed by any who
shared them and rotected from per-
secution by all Wha. oved liberty.
It is that same spit which today ac-
counts for the religiou:i,pluralism of our
country and, I feel, folhhe ecumenism
which marks our society a *unique among
Recently, St. Paul's Epis pal Cathe-
dral at Syracuse, N.Y., ce rated its
sesquicentennial anniversary nth great
and solemn rites of rededication nd joy-
ful worship. As a major pillar of a corn-
munity, St. Paul's has been a vit ele-
ment in the spiritual tone and ral
bearing of our citizenry. Even a g
men and women of prominence who were
affiliated with the church.
A news article by Peg "ram of the
Syracuse Herald-Journal has outlined
some of the background of this church
and I would like to share some of it
with you.
With the opening of the Erie Canal in
1825, Syracuse grew by leaps and bounds.
Many new settlers were Episcopalian and
became communicants of St. Paul's. Moses
D. Burnet gave the land upon which the
first St. Paul's was built. The second edifice
was built at Warren and Fayette streets and
dedicated July 6, 1842. The next move was
to the present location at East Fayette and
Montgomery streets. The new church of grey
stone was finished in 1885.
The rectors of St. Paul's have been the Rev.
Henry Roswell Lockwood, who served, for 32
years until his death in 1905; followed by
the Rev. James E. Empringham until 1916;
the Rev. Dr. Henry Harrison Hadley; the Rev.
Franklin P. Bennett; the Rev. Dr. Harold L.
Hutton, who served for 25 years, retiring last
June. The ascendance of - the church was
recently marked by its designation as the
cathedral church of the diocese under direc-
tion of the Rt. Rev. Ned Cole, Bishop of
Central New York.
Today the cathedral is In the skillful hands
of the Very Rev. William M. Hale, dean, and
the leaders of Bishop Cole and the Rev. Dr.
William George, canon of the cathedral.
As part of the commemorative pro-
gram, the Very Reverend Harold C. N.
Williams, Provost of Coventry Cathedral
In England, delivered the homily and
presented the Cross of Nails, a symbolic
link of the Coventry congregation with
that of St. Paul's.
I enclose the following record from
the Syracuse Post Standard as written
by Ramona Bowden, renowned religious
reporter III central New York:
PaIEsT ExTOLS ETERNAL Tavrns
(By Ramona B. Bowden)
With magnificent pomp and pageantry, St.
Paul's Episcopal Cathedral yesterday cele-
brated the sesquicentennial of its existence
in this city.
Filled to capacity with members and clergy
from all parts of the diocese, it was a
Eucharistic service both impressive and in-
spiring.
With banners flying and trumpets blar-
ing, the procession came down the center
aisle, signifying the grandeur that has been
_a part of -he Episcopal -tradition for cen-
turies.
The high point of the service was the pres-
ence of the Very Rev. Harold C. N. Williams,
provost of Coventry Cathedral in England.
Provost Williams was not only the homilist,
but came especially to present the Cross of
Nails, a symbolic plaque linking the cathe-
dral with Episcopal dioceses around the
world.
The provost explained that the original
Cross of Nails was made from band-forged
14th century nails found among the charred
beams in the rubble of the medieval-Cathe-
dral of St. Michael in Coventry, which was
destroyed by German incendiary bombs in
1940 during World War IL
"The cross was formed by a young -patriot
who held it over the blackened rubble to
which the glorious Cathedral was reduced.
Implying, whether consciously or not, that
if one places the cross of Christ with all its
hidden meaning of forgiveness and healing
over the scenes of human destruction, it fol-
lows that those who observe its meaning are
committed to work for a resurrection," he
said.
"That declaration of crucifixion, forgive-
ess and resurrection is the central rhythm
Christian life in any circumstance. Its
th Is unassailable." he said.
la on should be your meditation on your
150th iversary," declared the priest.
The vest reminded his listeners of this
chaotic rid. noting that the future has
Hover app in such apocalyptic patterns
as now. It time to identify the patterns
that endure, declared, pointing out that
all through t Bible there is written evi-
dence of the h c Jewish people who, be-
cause of theirs fast faith in God, have
survived persecu captivity and the
Jesus, he noted, ed to many of the
Jews to be the long-a ted Messiah, saying
that at last history has en vindicated the
prophecy was true, prom rg the crowds to
cry, "Hosannah to the Sod David, the One
The provost also asked, ' a man com-
promising his religious all rice under
pressure from the hard facts life?
He noted that the hard facts esus' day
were very real-taxes, real crosses the hill,
and hanging corpses; they faced re tragedy,
yet they were taught to believe In a un-
of life, they found. little discomfort in
promising religious truth with opportu
could inspire the crowds to cry, 'Crucify Hi
He's let us down.'
"How does this apply?" the provost
asked.
"On Sunday we kneel in prayer in church,
but on Monday we face the hard facts of life,
economic and political advantage, the ex-
cuses we make because certain sets pay in
social terms, when our uncompromising
Christian integrity would not.
"Much of the character of the secular
world is imposed by events, and simple folk
like you and me seem impotent to do any-
thing." he said.
"So what has the God of=history:of whom
we are conscious as we pause after 150 years
in the life of this church ... what does this
God have to say in this Babylonian confu-
sion of tongues, in this boiling pot of hate,
this arid desertof despair?" he asked.
Again he referred to the Jews surviving
through centuries of efforts to exterminate
them, yet through the centuries they never
lost their identity, he said. Why? Because the
devout Jew daily recttes the prayer, "Hear. 0,
Israel, the Lord thy God is one, and thou
shalt -love Him with all thy heart." The Jew
never lost his faith In the transcendence of
God, he said.
"Throughout history God stands, unchang-
I ig, unchanged, holding out His never failing
r,:ercy," he said, noting the crucifixion of
Jesus qnd the suffering of His followers
Ingainst the power of the Roman Empire.
"Yet it is gone like flotsam on the tide of
history. Those who were powerful are gone,
-bat those who suffered and died live on In
the great truths. He proclaimed truths
shout justice, mercy and forgiveness, peace
and serenity of mind," the provost said.
"These truths have survived political cor-
guption and human destructiveness, and
they still shine," he declared.
"These truths still stand astride history as
,Cod does."
"It Is for Christians to hold on to these
truths in every level of life, so that those
caught up in despair, soured by frustration
co destroyed by hopelessness may regard the
r oook-like strength of our faith and say of us.
`Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
AMERICAN RED- CROSS GUAM
AID CITED
(Mr. HANLEY asked and was given
j)ermission to extend his remarks -at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. HANLEY.- Mr. Speaker, Americans
are widely regarded as among the most
responsive people in the world when
called upon to aid a neighbor in distress.
'This is especially true when the help Is
needed by our fellow Americans in dis-
tress. Well, we have such a situation
right now. Out where "America's Day
Begins" there is the ruin and devastation
of nature's havoc-the storm-tossed re-
mains of towns and villages which were
leveled by Typhoon Pamela's rampage
of the Island of Guam.
Guam has been a U.S., possession since
1898 and a territory since 1950. Its citi-
zens are as American as any born In
Syracuse, N.Y., or Los Angeles, Calif.
Though an important element in the de-
ense structure of U.S. forces in the
South Pacific, Guam is also popular as an
island vacation spot, often called- -the
Gateway of Pacific Paradise.
The scene was far different when, -for
.7 hours, winds up to 190 miles per hour
bent the palm trees almost to the -ground.
Sweeping waves and lashing rains
washed away roads and utilities in the
harbor and in the remotest valley. In be-
tween, the storm tore through almost
nel an
an
u cleanup h
rapidly.
ffort to bring back the
mark of Guam will require much more
in the sway of reconstruction and re-
placement than can be borne by the
people of Guam alone. The estimates of
damage place the needed economic in-
fusion in the millions of dollars.
The American Red Cross last Thurs-
day launched a $5 - million emergency
fund drive campaign to support Its work
on Guam and other islands stricken by
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