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Show The Salt lake Tribune, Saturday June 10, 1972 Government Owns Reports? u Ellsbcrg Prosecution Threat to Press Freedom J.i IN k U. Li Newbon-- c WASHINGTON id. vrvk" The ptndm; e m.-r.- Dr. Dam. prosecution against poses as subMantial a threat of government pre.-- s censorship as did the Justice Deoartment's attempt last summer to stop publication ol the Pentagon i Papers. In an eflort to legally justity its chaige that ElMmrg sole government "intonnation." the Justice Department has quietly evolved a and novel constitutional theory that the govnot the public ernment has "exclusive ownership" rights to all research reports and studies which the government, m its sole discretion, decides should be "classified." L.il.sbe! g on this unprecedented doetvme of "exclusive ownership" of government information winch may be of news value to the public, that Justice Denar' ment goes even turther by arguing that gov err incr.t information such as the Pentacan be regarded as stolen gon Papers even if the .same information had been previously "leaked" to friendly nmvsmen by State Department and Detente Department oihcials. Tnese newly contrived legal lunita- Ba-.e- VMWM Joseph Kraft McGovern: A In the reassessment WASHIViilOX nf George McGovern's candidacy which it now behooves us all to make, there is a central personal quality to bear in mind. Sen. McGovern is a deep-dyed provincial. More than any other national political figure m the post-wa- r era. he was shaped in rural America. While that connection bears some distinct disadvantages, it also explains why the senator is probably the only leader around apt to move the country towards the is m essential. which Deep-Dye- of things have happened since then. Sen. McGovern has acquired experience and polish, new friends, new ideas, a new wardrobe and a new hairstyle. He has become an astute professional politician. A lot Style Endures aspects of his provincial style endure. The Fundamentalist outlook "of the Preachers son still colors the McGovern approach. He the words "right" and "wrong" a lot. and he does not use them lightly. u-- es Mv own sense of McGovern's por.-on-al midiities goes back to our first meeting, timing a flight from Sioux City. Iowa, to Mitchell. S.D . on John Kennedy's presidential campaign plane in September. Kennedy was to speak at the Corn Palace m Mitchell, and as a speechwnt-er- . I had prepared for him a few light remarks about the corn cobs used in the decor of the building. 10 Kennedy was wary of the elfeet these remarks might have on local sensitivities, and he decided to check the matter with McGovern, then a congressman running for senator, who was on the plane. In their discussion, two things stood out. Not So Funny that McGovern seemed about the Corn unselfeonscious wholly Palace. It did not strike him as odd or funnv or anvthing else that his home town would have a town hall featuring co-- n mbs in its architecture. The first was The second was that while McGovern was plainly suffering in his own cam V -- he was bc.ng me"! liaumn nts au-Hsir- an sive government control "ot the of" classified studies. It is a federal crime lor anvono (a newsman'') to tet.ui stolen govunnu.J information alter he has been mlormed that the into. motion was lemoved vW mit auihonzu'nm. li- Crime i Transmit Inlorniutiun teiktal crime transmit (vu the press?) any classified intonnation. oven information which has been prevIt is a to iously published mid which poses "lntury" to the rational seiunty. no While the grand jury investigation, the indictment and the trial brief have avoided impbeatmg the press oi the Eilsberg ease, the sweeping arguments made by government appear to apply uis? as directly to the news media as to El.sberg and ins codeienriant. J. Rimso. v of the trial Until the presentation brief. ElLberg's lawyers were assuming - li- u ii Vietnam .duty pre.-eu'e- It is a federal crime for am one (a to umspire to obsp.i.ci exclu- us of stealing gov ei Hum the mlor-m.ithe in (ontamed lather In dealing with complicated subjects. That approach does not always serve him well. McGovern's tax proposals seem to me insufficiently sensitive to the delicate nature of confidence in the American economy. Tht latest drop in the Average may well indicate what one broker has called a "McGovern market." Dow-Jon- The senator's approach to foreign policy and defense problems seems to me to want a certain discrimination also. No doubt the country does not need 15 aircraft earners. But isn't going down to six m a hurry unwise? Still, these are details. The critical point is to get the United States moving m the right direction, and the right direction is not much in doubt. The right thing is to wind down the country's overseas commitments. It is to cut back the foreign military presence. It is to divert funds and energies and tal ents spent abroad to more pressing internal needs. The rough natuie of the internal needs is no mystery either. In the past 15 years, the headquarters of American soe class, has been on ciety. the a spree of We have had the benefit of too much money, too many privileges, too much progress in innovation and growth. The need now is to concentrate on those left behind. More income has to be made available for the urban and rural poor. The tax burden has to be shitted e from the low- - and groups to those better able to pay. upper-middl- Based on Traditional Law 'Die detense lawyers had made this assumption based on traditional constitutional law that iniorm; tic" m government reports belongs to the public, except lor the limited category ot intonnation posing a "dear and present danger" to the national st runty" such as secret Hies and b'tn prints, troop movements and wartime intelligence reports. This was tiie assumption the Justice Department used during the Pentagon Papers litigation last June when it argued, noi that it had "ownership" rights ot the stmiy, but that publication posed a "duvet, immediate and iirepaia-bithieat to the national security, a conclusion winch the Supreme Court relucted. Public muici-hi- p nf government information is alsu the assumption of the PUW ct winch says the governCopy right ment may have no copyright or owner-sinu- s in government right Saturday specials people who really know a bargain when they see one. For middle-incom- in Higher quality services medicine, law i mm cetransportation, ment and other fields have to be nmae available on a wider bass. The pmuore' of the country as a whole need to me! that headquarters cares. Speeds Resources Shilt Nobody can doubt that Sen. McGovern is prepared to move in these directions. His tax proposals may not be periecl. but they will certainly set in motion a redistribution of income. IIis defense ideas may not be finely calibrated, but they will surely speed the necessary shift m the distribution of resources awry from foreign, and towards internal, claimants. My own temperamental prefei cnee in these matters is to move m a gradual way. But the country seems to feel that incremental progress is no progie at all that moving step only consolidates inequities and unfairnesses. If the system is going to oe changed at all. it will probably have to be done by someone who truly believes it is morally somebody prepared to giv wrong shock. McGovern, and perhaps McGovern a ve. fits that prescription. And the reason is precisely that he is outMrie the that he is a provincial. system bv-ste- p ei'a London Leller World Beholds Coming of Carnivorous Italian Bv John Lloyd safely be said that the English, at least, it never occurred that there would come a day when the Italians would be off their spaghetti. So when the news came through that pasta eating is on the decline in Italy, it left the English, as it must have leit other people around the world, in a state of bewilderment. There is little doubt that "export" eating. so to speak, will save for humanity this delectable custom, even if Italians at home carry their present puzzling course LONDON - It tocan Dr. T. JL Van to an extreme. But what will happen to the Italians themselves, some lighthearted comfnentators are asking? England, like oilier countries, is speckled with Italian restaurants, and that spaghetti. macaroni, cannelloni and similar are here to stay is an accepted conclusion. Not llaimful, English Say And since much, if not most, of the pasta products consumed m foreign lands are imported from Italy, it may be that exports will save the day for the Italian industry. Men Fanners Skin? Its Not Akin To Aging - J Age Age is no! a Isnt a facor Factor since maim tann- ers with siinbitlen hands and Lice have beautiful skin over the ies ol die body and under the shadow of the cap or hat Lightskinned people are nioie siisup t r Tailored bikini panties in soft nylon satin tricot, lots of coiors to choose from. Sizes small, medium, Italy's drastic change in culinary direction may indeed be put down to the Dalian woman's sudden figure consciousness. he allowed. Rut think of the other effects! large. le "If a decline in pasta eating is repuled to have a r'duetive effect on the body physical, who is to say what tremendous metabolic upheav als it may cause in the body politic?" tible; Caucasians with swarthy skin and Weighted Down Politics Negroes are not bothered in this w ay. Look at England, with its ."cmnp:ra-tivol- v The earnest signs are redness, irreguplacid electoral scene." Would this lar pigmentation, and the appearance of be so if the population were not so pervisible capillaries m the skin. Later, the manently weighted down with chips. darkeiu.il regions assume a variegated or Yorkshire pudding and other wholesome maibk'd pattern. The skin over the nose' stodge"? and cheeks is thinned and stretched, "You ate what you eat." someone whereas that covering the temples and once said. Ami it must be dear." added neck becomes thickened and wrinkled. the commentator, "that without the bal-Lof a healthy dollop of pasta in his Time To Be on Alert the Italian's reputation for volastomach, The time to be on the alert is when is onlv too likelv to see itself lul-- f tility scaluig, red patches are noted, especially tiled." if the lesions are covered with thick, adNews of the change in Italians' ealmg herent, horny scabs. These keratoses are less potentially cancerous, which is what fancies, which could become nothing than hirtoric. cam: through when Italian makes farmers skin a serious disorder. Prime mimsi'W Giulio Andreotti disThe affliction can be avoided by takm a speech that in the last 20 closed 1c the sensible toward attit ing a more' 1.M0 pasta factories in Italy have hat years .sun's ravs. Wearing a to ckwe them pt eduction lines had and hghtvveig.it clothing over the arms and neck ollcis piv.tectnon Du. mg the same pound the comitrs Umbrellas or awnings on tiactois also annua! meat consumption has giown Horn 2 paumls to ovet S3 pounds a head help Piotoctre creams and lotions, ; I hat wit nnuli, even at Urn new when uwu early in the season, but it could be that gradually the ah. p. have ment, as well as suntan pills Hull win Id is to belmld tin1 nmitii': of the shmiilile the fmmatmii of pi elective Italian Just Lots of Sun At one time farmers skin was thought to be part of the aging process that developed as a result of long exposure to vwmd and weather. We Know now that it is caused by repeated sunburn and is no different Irani the pigmented, wrinkled, dry skin common in and others .sailors K who spend months Dr. Van DelJen jm ie sun Many carefree rrsidents of Florida. Texas. Arizona, and California are victims of farmer's skin. This condition is coitimed to ur, exposed areas and Hie cxtcii! oi ((.image depends upon the amount of pigment in die skin and its abiliiv to ri.nkcii -- Eut just to give that little boost that may be needed, the English have been saying that spaghetti 'eating is not so harmtul as a wave of Italian opinion has apparently been thinking. One young woman with a stunning slim figure has been pictured m the papers stowing away an immense plate of spaghetti. She says that as long as she holds herself to four plates a week, it docs her no harm whatever. At the same time, a commentator in the Evening Standard chose to look at the situation from a political point of view. fondue pot of baked enamel finish. Complete with server tray, sterno burner, fondue Two-qua- rt recipes. Men's casual socks in rich, deep tones or summery ligh colors. Virgin ecracstretch nylon. Size lQto 13. Set of 4 fondue forks, 99c iarge-brimme- d JCPenney The values are here every day. Downtown v Cottonwood Mali Sugar House Valley Provo V Fair-Grang- er Midvale t. . Provincial d paign for Senate from association w ith a Ca'hobc. he remained unflinchingly indeed unnecessarily loyal to Kennedy. He seemed never to have heard about nice guys finishing last. As it happened. McGovern introduced Kennedy at the Corn Palace and Kennedy then said something impromptu about McGovern being especially "honest." But d i.lnlitv to ob'a.n g.v-e- i on the pte-inner! n.ioin.ulion wete fust dctai.cd two weeks ago ni the El. berg caw when d the Justice Department its Rial buef. winch also s.ut' . News Valley Tooele Center-Bountif- ul |