Removing Politics from the Administration of Justice

proposal, like S. 2803, can be a vehicle for a new and serious look at the need to depoliticize the Department of Justice.

In addition, the House Committee on the Judiciary has begun the preliminary phases of a major oversight review of the Department, with an eye toward achieving a lasting, substantive, and vigorous legislative oversight.

Although I regret I shall be unable to make an appearance before your subcommittee at this time, I look forward to submitting a contribution for the record.

With warm personal regards.
Sincerely,

PETER W. RODINO, Jr., Chairman.

Senator ERVIN. The committee will stand in recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when we will meet here in the judiciary hearing

room.

[Whereupon, at 3 p.m., the subcommittee recessed to reconvene at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 28, 1974.]

REMOVING POLITICS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF

JUSTICE

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1974

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPARATION OF POWERS,

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 10 a.m., in room 2228, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Sam Ervin presiding. Present: Senator Sam Ervin.

Also present: Rufus L. Edmisten, chief counsel and staff director; Walker F. Nolan, Jr., deputy chief counsel; Telma P. Moore, executive assistant; Joe L. Pecore, assistant counsel; Clair W. Rodgers, Jr., minority counsel; J. Michael Carpenter, professional staff member; Prof. Arthur S. Miller, consultant.

Senator ERVIN. The subcommittee will come to order and will call the first witness.

Mr. EDMISTEN. Mr. Chairman, the first witness is Hon. Charles E. Goodell, chairman of the Committee for Public Justice, a former U.S. Senator from the State of New York. And he's accompanied by Mr. Leon Friedman, executive director of the Committee for Public Justice.

Senator ERVIN. I'm delighted to welcome you to the subcommittee. It brings back to me memories of the many occasions when we stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the freedoms of the American people.

STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES E. GOODELL, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE, ACCOMPANIED BY LEON FRIEDMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLES E. GOODELL

Born and brought up in Jamestown, New York, the youngest of six children. He is a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School, with a master's degree in government from Yale. During World War II he was a seaman in the U.S. Navy and was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean conflict. In 1954 and 1955 he was an assistant to William P. Rogers (Secretary of State) who was then Deputy Attorney General in the Justice Department. Returning to Jamestown as a trial lawyer, he became a member of the Ellicott Town Board, then Republican County Chairman of Chautauqua County and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election on May 26, 1959. As a member of Congress, he was particularly active in writing legislation in the fields of education, labor and civil rights as well as being the author of the original Manpower Training Act and the Equal Pay for Women Act. Mr. Goodell led successful revolts among House Republicans in 1963 and

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