More Open Government
Date: 17 October 1974
Ed calls on Pres Ford to sign amendments to '66 Freedom of Information Act; holds that this legis will enable legis to work more effectively
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Date: 17 October 1974
Ed calls on Pres Ford to sign amendments to '66 Freedom of Information Act; holds that this legis will enable legis to work more effectively
Date: 18 October 1974
By MARTIN ARNOLD
Martin ARNOLD
Pres Ford on Oct 17 vetos legis, in form of 17 amendments to '66 Freedom of Information Act, that would have made Govt-held information more accessible to public; most of pressure against amendments came from Justice Dept, Natl Security Council and other depts involved in domestic and foreign intelligence; Ford says he will soon submit his own legis to amend act; 1 of 17 amendments calls for judicial rev of classified foreign policy and natl defense information before it could be withheld; Ford in veto message says that he objected to cts being permitted to make what would amount to 'initial classification decision in sensitive and complex areas where they have no expertise'; calls amendments unconst and unworkable; says that he hopes Cong will enact his own proposals in next session; Sen Edward Kennedy issues statement after veto calling it 'distressing new example of the Watergate mentality that still pervades that White House' (M)
Date: 17 October 1974
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire article on how to protect individual's right to privacy and at same time defend public's right to know describes varying coverage given to recent incidents involving HR Ways and Means Com chmn Wilbur Mills and to Mrs Joan Kennedy; says Mills is now butt of jokes while gen reaction to Mrs Kennedy was properly one of sympathy; says reason usually advanced for invading privacy of public people in Washington is that the nearer a politician approaches great power, the more respectful of respectability he should be and that he should be more prepared for probes into his potential weakness; say editors who buried or ignored Joan Kennedy story were right, since she does not represent herself as candidate and there is no 'public right to know' her problems; holds Mills story deserved coverage, but not 'whoopdedo' it received; concludes that press has right to publish or broadcast nearly anything, but with that goes obligation to weigh need for exposure against right or privacy
Date: 18 October 1974
NY Daily News names Floyd Barger editor, Valfrid E palmer gen mgr, Michael J O'Neill exec editor, and William J Brink managing editor
Date: 18 October 1974
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
T Wicker comment on unchecked 'powers' of Pres Ford; notes that Ford made formal request of TV networks that they broadcast his speech to Future Farmers of Amer meeting in Kansas City during prime time hrs; notes that Ford was able to impose what he had to say to nation despite fact that news exec of ABC, CBS and NBC had decided in advance that Ford had little to say that was newsworthy
Date: 18 October 1974
NY Times assoc editor Tom Wicker is awarded honorary degree from Emerson Coll on Oct 16 in special convocation