European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 24, 1985 the stars and stripes pages firm May have violated Security rules Washington not the company that employed a delivery Man accused of trying to sell secret documents to the soviet Union appears to have violated government rules requiring thorough destruction of classified material a senior Federal official said. The official Steven Garfinkll head of the information Security oversight office said sunday the procedures attributed to the Acme reporting co. Of Washington by the Federal Bureau of investigation for discarding Classi fied documents did not comply with a june 1982 Federal directive. It requires companies and government agencies to shred or Burn Unn ceded classified material or turn it into pulp. Garfinkll s assessment was based on testimony by an Fri agent Michael Giglia at a court hearing saturday that Acme maintains copies of top secret and secret documents in its Safe. These documents Are disposed of by ripping them by hand and placing them in the  the Acme deliveryman. Randy Miles Jeffries was arrested Friday evening and charged with espionage. The Fri said he tried to sell transcripts of secret mouse of representatives committee hearings to the soviet Union. Congressional officials said Acme prepared transcripts for the House armed services committee. Garfinkll said the directive on procedures for disposal of sensitive information had been distributed to All govern ment contractors dealing with such material. Government sources familiar with the Case said sunday that suspicions arose after Jeffries was spotted at the of fice of the soviet military attache in routine surveillance of soviet facilities. They said a meeting at which Jeffries offered to sell secret documents to an undercover agent who was posing As a soviet spy had been videotaped for possible use at trial. Giglia testified at the hearing that Jeffries had told the undercover agent that he had Access to a bag full of top secret and secret documents which were ripped up but which could be put Back  Jeffries was to be arraigned before a Federal magistrate monday. His lawyer at a hearing saturday did not say How Jeffries would plead. An official of Acme who spoke on the condition that he not be identified said that the destruction of documents in the manner described in the Fri agent s testimony was not the company s Standard procedure. He said the classified material at Issue in the Jeffries Case was being prepared for destruction in a government approved shredder. A statement issued by the company on saturday said that Acme had cooperated with the Fri in the investigation. It said Acme has comprehensive Security proce dures in place to protect classified and confidential Materi Al. Acme has handled classified data for More than 11 years and this is the first time a question has Arisen involving a person working for  government sources familiar with the arrest of Jeffries said the Case appeared to be an instance in which routine  procedures paid off. A report by a Pentagon commission headed by a retired army general Richard g. Stilwell. Said that enforcement of the government rules on classified information for Pri vate contractors should be improved. It said a Force of Only 225 defense department investigators police the practices of an estimated 13,000 contractors a system that it called seriously  Giglia testified after a Friday meeting arranged be tween Jeffries and the undercover agent that Jeffries re counted How he had already Given the soviets a Sample of 60 pages and would provide a full set of three documents from which they were compiled for a payment of $5,000. The Fri said that Jeffries worked from 1978 to 1980 for the Fri As a clerk in the identification division which deals with fingerprints. A spokesman said he resigned his position in 1980. . Blames Sanctuary movement aliens from Central America increasing san Francisco not Federal officials say a spreading Campaign by religious groups to designate american cities As sanctuaries for illegal aliens has stimulated a new flow of immigrants from Cen trial America. By a 5-2 vote of the City Council Sacra mento Calif., last week became the latest City to declare itself a Sanctuary for Central american aliens. San Francisco s Board of supervisors was to consider a similar Decla ration monday. The Sanctuary designations usually Call on the police and other City employees to decline to Aid Federal immigration agents or otherwise interfere in the lives of illegal aliens from Al Salvador and Guatemala. Immigration agents say the declarations carry no weight regarding the status of Ille Gal aliens. But they say intelligence reports show thai news of the cities actions is being spread widely in Central America encouraging More and More immigrants to come illegally to the United states with a mistaken expectation that they will not be prosecuted or deported. The Campaign to persuade cities to de Clare themselves sanctuaries for immigrants from Central american countries is being led by a coalition of protestant roman Catholic and jewish leaders. They argue that the United states has a tradition of taking in refugees from coun tries at War and that it is inhumane and inconsistent with Federal and International Law to Deport aliens to countries where they May face oppression or hostilities. In our View sending these people Back to Al Salvador or to Guatemala is the same thing As putting jews on a Boxcar bound for Dachau said the Rev. Peter j. Sammon pastor of St. Teresa s roman Catholic Church in san Francisco a Leader of tie Sanctuary movement. We claim what we Are doing is based not Only on religious conviction but the deepest values of our United states traditions of being a place of Refuge a place to where persecuted people can come he said. The Reagan administration maintains that the vast majority of immigrants who Are entering the country illegally from Cen trial America arc not fleeing oppression or War but Are refugees seeking a better life in the United states where Many ultimately will compete with citizens for jobs. They want to come to the promised land they want the Good life said David la Chart director of the immigration and naturalization service s Northern califor Nia office. If they were seeking merely to escape life threatening War or oppression la Chart said the immigrants would Stop their trek As soon As they entered Mexico or another country. These resolutions la Chart said of the Sanctuary declarations arc tragically sending out false Hope to these people that if you can get to this City or that City it s going to be Safe. Well it s not  if the Sanctuary movement continues to spread Harold Ezell the Agency s Western regional director it is going to damage the future of this  whatever the respective merits of their arguments people on both sides in the Dis Pute agree that the spreading Sanctuary movement was having the effect of stimulating More migration from Al Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua and other Central american countries. While the language contained in their declarations differ the following cities have Given formal support to the Sanctuary movement in one form or another this year Berkeley Calif. Burlington it. Cam Bridge mass. Chicago Ithaca .  Angeles Madison wis. Olympia Wash. Sacramento Calif. St. Paul  Park. My. And West Hollywood Calif. In new York mayor Edward i. Koch signed a memorandum instructing depart ment Heads not to report refugees to the Immi Gration and naturalization service unless they were suspected of criminal activity unrelated to their status As illegal aliens. Many san Francisco officials expect Pas Sage of the Resolution declaring it a City of Refuge for salvadorans and guatemalans. No one knows How Many salvadorans now live in this country illegally although Many experts place the number at about 600.000, including 50,000 or More Here. The Effort to persuade cities to designate themselves As sanctuaries for illegal aliens is the latest phase of a movement that took Root in the Southwest about four years ago. At that time Small groups of protestant and roman Catholic clerics and Lay work ers began acknowledging to reporters that they had been helping salvadorans to enter this country illegally and to escape Federal agents. The Reagan administration the religious workers contended was ignoring stat utes requiring it to Grant Asylum to political refugees. Eleven Church workers arc on trial in Tucson ariz., on charges that they conspired to smuggle illegal aliens into the country. Immigration officials say that the cities Sanctuary declarations issued so far have had Little practical effect on their enforce ment of immigration Laws. Jyz Alt � Isney s cruelly s very furry Christmas i be never been so humiliate up Fuk Coats report gives Gold thread cold shoulder Washington Apall that glitters does t have to be Gold a Feder Al Agency said in finding the military could have saved $42,000 by using cheap thread in Epa lets instead of Gold thread that Cost $60 a Pound. The general accounting office recommended saturday thai the military revise its thread specifications for the ornamental shoulder pieces in uniforms and substitute cheaper thread for the expensive imported thread now used. It noted that on one recent contract for 4 million Epa lets the use of a $7.50 per Pound yellow Rayon thread would have saved the government $42,000. These May not seem like Over whelming figures when you consider a military budget of almost $300 billion but if we could save $42,000 on every Pentagon contract the savings could be significant " said democratic rep Joseph Addabbo of new York. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 24, 1945 within established immigration quotas. President Truman directed entry into the United slates of euro Pean refugees at a rate of 39,000 per year. 30 years ago today. Dec. 24, 1955 a Lawrence mass. Man disclosed As an impostor in 1951 after performing Brilliant surgical feats on the korean Battle front turned up As an employee of a Texas prison. Ferdinand w. Demara or. Has posed As a surgeon a psychology professor and an eminent zoologist. 20 years ago today. Dec. 24, 1965 the Cleveland Browns Jim Brown has been named the nil s most valuable player in an a poll. 10 years ago today. Dec. 24,1975 within 24 hours arbitrator Peter Seitz is expected to Rule on the cases of pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave me Nally who arc seeking free agent status. A decision in their favor would destroy the re serve clause which makes a player property of one team until traded or sold