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The granting Of grazing pernuu, on.national forest lands » perfectly proper, of course, under P««n* laws, but the idea that what is done with public property f a pnvate matter", as reflected from me minds of Government 'k“*ct***’ aires, gives reason enough for concern over Federal restrictions on the release of information to the
taxpayers. Last week, the news reports brought into the spotlight again a different example of the secrecy problem..the situation m which the President insists disclosure ot information sought “would not be compatible with the national interest”. Mr. Eisenhower used these words in denying release to a Congressional subcommittee of an evaluation report prepared within the Executive Branch, on the foreign aid operations of the United States in the Asian nation of Viet Nam. The appropriation bill for the continuation of he foreign aid program, as passed by Congress this year and signed by the President, requires the Presidential ^certification of “national interest” consid-_ erations whenever information is refused a Congressional Committee. (The original House version of
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