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Show Rep. King Addresses Nutrition Group At N.Y. Meeting Rep. David's. King (D-Utah) Wednesday addressee? over 2000 members of the American Academy Acad-emy of Applied Nutrition in' New York City on his bill to combat "trial by press release." He told, the Carnegie Hall audience audi-ence that the bill is designed "to give citizens another legal weapon weap-on to protect them from being discredited as a result of administrative admin-istrative agency action before they have' had a fair hearing." ' "This legislation would ensure complete impartiality in the handling han-dling of these cases," Mr. King declared. The bill would empower reviewing re-viewing courts to set aside executive exe-cutive actions where they find that the agency involved issued before, or during the" administrative administra-tive proceedings, statements which tend to discredit the parties par-ties involved in the "decision. "This measure would have far-reaching far-reaching application in that it would affect all of the departments depart-ments and agencies which use administrative proceedings to enforce en-force its 'regulations," Mr. King declared. ne indicated tnat sucn items as labor disputes, mining claims and interstate commerce cases would come under the provisions of the bill. "The reform set forth in my bill was originally recommended by the Hoover Commission Report Re-port of 12 years ago, and subsequently sub-sequently has been advocated by the American Bar Association," Mr. King said. The bill will be heard by the subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee' presided over by Congressman Francis Walter, who is also chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee. |