Show BIDDLE REVEALS WAR PLAN LEAK WASHINGTON Feb 24 UP UP- UP Attorney General Biddle Tuesday testified that there have been se- se serious se serious serious rious leaks of information of a most confidential nature about the war program and plans He appeared before a senate judiciary judiciary judiciary ju ju- subcommittee on a bill that would penalize the divulging of I the contents of confidential confidential government government gov gov- government documents I The attorney general quickly conceded that the legislation al already already already al- al ready criticized by some newspapers newspapers newspapers pers involved freedom of the press and the right to criticize the government freely and suggested that congress might be wise in amending or modifying the original original inal proposal The original bill drafted by the justice department and approved by the budget bureau would prohibit prohibit prohibit pro pro- hibit use of any document or other information which had been declared declared de de- de- de dared to be secret or confidential confidential confidential by any government agency i iThe The penalty could range up to a afine afine fine of and two years in prison Biddle suggested that these broad powers might be limited to duration of the war and to a single central government policy agency or to a few agencies such as the war and navy departments or other procurement agencies |