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Thu 06 Jun 2004Martin testifies on residential abuseA 1955 memo from an official at the Department of Education, concerning a residential institution for children, said "the wonderful conditions in which the cattle are kept in marked contrast to the care and feeding of the boys."The then assistant secretary at the Department was refuting complaints about lack of funding by the religious congregation which ran the institution.