A young American, WILLIAM CONGDON has had firsthand and sympathetic experience in the Italian Red Cross and in the reconstruction project of the Italian Abruzzo where he worked with the American Friends Service Committee in 1946 and 1947. A sculptor by profession, he closed his studio in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1942 and for three years saw service with the British 8th Army in Egypt, North Africa, Italy, and Germany. He is at present painting in New York.