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utes oan Fecember 10, 18s i DEFENSE: vation subcemnittoa, headed by Congressinan Jehn anguiri2s into Cofense Depar an Ness said that ena resen for th: cament vas a lack of cooperation from Ratert Tripp Ress, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Jegislstive and public affairs. Ness alleged that Socratary Ross hai refused to give the sube ndations of a Pentagen group concerned with easing ro= - stricticns on the flow of technical and scientific information. F January. Congress 3 } i ' 1 ’ { The House conmittoe has been engaged for more than a year in an investigation of government informaiicn practices. The committee planned: to giw special attenticn te a report made ty a civilian investigating committee appointed last August by . sscre tary of Dafensa Charles B, Wilson, with instructions to plug the leaks in de- | fense informaticn to "unauthorized persons." This group, headed by Charles A. i } olidgs , Bosten attorney and fonrar *-s*ztant Secretary of Defense, had indicated at Derartzent policies were satisfactory for the most part, but had criticised tha cefartmont!s over-classification of information, The Coolidge ccmmittee also said thet the Departnent's security organization is so large and complex that it could tot function efficiently. Prior to the decision to put off the inquiry, the House committee had planned be *o question the three secretaries of the armed forces, heads of research and develep-~ nent units in the Departront of Defense, units that review Pentagon speeches and news releases, und public information officials. At the ccrmittee'!s meeting cn November 15 Congressman Moss objected to the way in which lee Hargus, deputy director of the Departuent's Office of Security Review, article on Spain. The ccmmittee released the Us indicating that the article in question weuld be pan ‘cisls. ‘ke article, according to iir. Hargus, had "not missed single chance to insult the Spaniards in their most sensitive spots." Congressman 288 complirented the Fest for publishing the article, which appeared en January 28, id said that ti “had deleted ixo sentences ccntaining military informa ti ‘re request of BUS» The American Civil Idborties Union ha: fippression, particularly in recent years when tight security rules nf information to the public. It sponsored a major report on tho subjec 7955 ty veteran neweran Allen Raymond which was credited with helping focus public 4 and congressional attenticn on the preblem. leng cempcigned against goverrment rv ded tne fl TUES! PUBLISHER STRESSES ¥ APSRS' CCNCERW FOR CIVIL LY Arthur Hays Sulato ger, publisher of The lew York Times, recently emphasized the papers and national organizations in Gsicnding edvil rights end 9s, in an address before ths Arerican Jewish Congress, Gceasion for the ad- aS the presentation ty the Congrass of the 1955 Stephen S, Wise award to tke S for “outstanding contribution in the extension of civil rights and civil ties in the United States." Noving that the civil liberties atmosphere is better than it was tuo or three years ago, the publisher declared: "The country is regaining its sense of humor and 4ts sense of proportion. Pri- vy credit for this inproveront must certainly be given to the Federal courts, whi 2 stocd Like = the wavos of intoleranen and even of panic, But I 2 aredit for the various organs of public opinion, in~ y voluitary associations suck as yours, and also including of the nation's great liberal neuspapers among which Tha York Tines ! | | i : { fortrately dozs rot stand alone. | | | i » Sulz 5 onsa," not enly with: national life. Ke also spoke out against the 4o insu passports to a group of reporters who had “| Ch "A free press," he said, "is guaranteed by a froo socisty in ordar to keap free ‘he char. refasal ty tho Depa’ been invited to visit Cormunis$ Ch: of information, in ortr to ensure for the public ivs right to know what is city. We in the field of nice but we hava no moral 1 obligation it implies: tad as hans with 21) Gir 90—- Unneenrly tion, in the stata, titations1 a fall eri their feu).