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KNIT ENSEMBLE - All that
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skirt rate center stage with
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State Department Continues Caution on Release of N
THURSDAY, DECEMBER , 5SS2
what is going on Inside, no
matter what practices the top
By A.. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
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VyaShingion-(Spcclal)-Theim pro4esU;s there is
State Department was W':about sJreQy in government,
about a recent story in a . ,,
Canadian 11 10 B"""" ritugiiizcu
news paper, llial t,le mosl dcplorab" -concer
aing crccy is the cover-up of costly
new -KKotia- mistakes or deliberate wrong
tions over the ! clo'n6 which would be em
rnii.mhi ni. I barrussine to the early in
f er Treaty.! P0"'01' "r cost some olfk'ials
.1 "We checked1"10"' J0US or scncl them to
cws
mem
Smith
bad talked
newspaperman,"
ernment official
around and
couldn't find
anyone of our
people who
lo a Canadian
said a gov
' So we con-
a congres-
jail. Often it takes
sional investigation
off the lid - and even this
fometiincs fails, especially
when the administration re
sorts to the claim of "execu
tive privilege" lo shield lis
act and officials from scru-j operations, which includes ) cause the vev.v act of disclos-
to pry lease it
tiny by Congress.
Developments involving in
ternational mjliiary affairs,
however, must be weighed dif
ferently from purely domestic
civilian affairs. Arthur Syl
vester, long-lime Washington
newspaper corrcsp onden f,
takes an even tougher line
than Manning about the vir
tue he sets in withholding in
formation until the govern
ment finds it expedient to re-
Colorful Towels
Dress Up Both
Kitchen, Bath
One of the most delightful
presents you can give to a
homemaker is something new
and gay for her home. Costly
lo you? Not at all. New coor
dinated towel ensembles, for
either the kitchen or the bath
room, are moderate in price
and will pay handsome decor
dividends, say Ihe stylist at
Morgan-Jones.
Christmas collections are
literally abloom with fanci
ful brightly colored designs
. .. and the nicest part of
all, for the harried shopper,
is they are already handsome
ly prepackaged. Once thought
of merely as function items,
towels and their counterparts
can now be had in a range
of clear, fresh colors that can
revitalize a room quickly and
easily.
For the kitchen, there are
unlimited choices of ensem
blcd towel pretties . . . roost
ers; oversized apples; floral
bouquets; stylized fruits, etc.
Even the toaster, which sits
on the counter or open shelf
can gel a terry "dress up" and
be ready at all limes "for
quick service.
Though bathroom towels
ore necessities, they can
qualify as decorative acces
sories, too. Select from pert
designs such as stately roses,
or rambling types; practical
cvclel-lace designs; or med
lies of wild flowers in gay
colors. The towels are as prac
tical as lhey are pretty. Loom
ed with tightly anchored
loops and borders (hat do not
pucker, they're fashioned of
line cotton yarns, wondcr-wo-ven
to give soft touch and super-eager
absorbency.
And pretty towels are sure
lo repeat their Merry Christ
inas message over and over,
all year round, say the folks
nt Morgan-Jones.
COED BEAUTY
Nashville, Tenn. - HOT -Maria
Beale Fletcher of Ashe
ville, N.C., Miss America of
3962. is now a coed here at
Vanderbilt university.
RECORDS
Stillwater, Minn. - HOT -When
Babe Orff. gold pro at
the Stillwater Country club,
turned to bowling this fall he
came up with triplicate scores
or 213, 213 and 213. He said
the country club set a local
golf record this year, too -cvcn
holes in one by six
members and a visitor.
eluded that the Canadians
must have leaked it."
The significance of this In
cident is that it reveals the
standard caution of the State
Department about what it re
gards as premature news
stories. This attitude pre-dates
by many years the recent Cu
ban crisis and the recently
invoked - but - later - relaxed
policy of requiring State De
partment officials to report
any talks they've had with
newsmen.
As for t h e languishing
treaty which Canada has nev
er ratified, some exploratory
talks have been held between
Canadian and American tech
nicians, and more are sched
uled. Nothing definitive has
been concluded, informed
sources say.
But the Slate Department's
prevailing altitude is that
news stories about what is
going on or not going on
might rupture prospects for
accord. While ticklish differ-1
ences with a foreign govern-'
ment are being discussed,
State tends to share the Brit- j
i?h practice of telling the pub- j
lie what the government
thinks is expedient to tell.
American oflicials publicly
salute the concept of "the peo-
pie's right to know," but pri- j
vately they usually reserve !
the right to decide when. I
Central Point
Administrations of both
parties have followed this
practice. Yet this is the cen
tral point of the Kennedy Ad
ministration's handling of i
newsworthy information dur
ing the Cuban crisis; it re
served the right to set the
timing for release of informa
tion that was news to the
Soviets and the American
people.
Robert Manning, Stale's
public affairs chief, says there
is nothing sacrosanct about
immediacy - the reporting of
developments iinmcdi a t e 1 y
after or as they occur. He
argues that journalirm's chal
lenge is no longer to heat the
opposition paper with a hot
scoop but to make complex
development intelligible to
the reader.
As an ex-Time editor, Man
ning expresses the view of the
weekly news magazine which
shuns daily newspaper adhcr
ance to bold headlines or bul
letins of lale but piecemeal
developments. Whether it is
sound to apply news magazine
practices to public affairs is
debatable - and Manning wel
comes debate on this point.
Articles Mixed
Newspaper, of course, are
changing. Forced to report
more about more complex af
fairs, from African politics to
lunar rocketry, newspapers
have mixed more interpretive
articles with straight news
dispatches to help readers
understand the significance ot
rapid developments. But they
want to perforin this function
in the tradition ot the daily
press - interpreting develop
ments as soon as possible
after they occur, not wailing
until the end of the week or
until a government olticial
decides it is propitious to
make public certain informa
tion long withheld.
Responsible, cxpcncncca re
porters seldom are absolutely
blocked for long from learn
ing through trusted sources
No one is too critical about
the Kenned' Administration
clamping down on informa
tion about new military equip
ment and aboul intelligence
spying and reconnaisance. But
Sylvester has been severely i
criticiied for saying that he
regards news as a "Weapon."
This is not a very new iriea j
at the Pentagon, lov the)
Army, Navy and Ai- Force
lor some years have been
making news a political weap
on by leaking stories calcu
lated to stive their respective
interests in intcrservLe rival
ry. Other acencics have done
likewise in the conrUnt juris
dictional warfare that is part
oi bureaucracy.
Sylvester says ' he vv a s
thinking of news as a weapon
of government strategy be
ing certain inside develop
ments involving military de
cisions in Washington pro
duce counter - developments
inside )he Kremlin Dr else
where. The government, he
maintains, should be privi-
leyted to control the timing of
such disclosures for the maxi
mum strategic advantage. In
this sense, news becomes a
weapon of policy in the war
oi nerves with the Communist
heirarchy.
Tension To Continue
The tc't of (his ttmrcfit,
over the long haul, will be
whether the weapon of news
is ever aimed a) the home
tvont, cither to bombaid the
public with government prop
aganda or to withhold from
Sbe voters the information
they require to judge the ad
ministration's handling of its
responsibilities.
The tension between the
outsiders iprcss and public)
who want the new-, rlslvt now,
and the insiders who want lo
lo! il ou( tvlictt they think it
will "do the most good." has
been going on for decades. It
is apt to continue as lims as
this is a free society in which
part of the press is aggressive
ly enterprising and part of the
j government is nntictably de-
Gift Wrapping Can Be Enjoyable
D II
33 you don't wait until toe
last minute, and have all the
tissue, ribbons, paper, bows,
togs sntl other "msitditnts"
you need gift wrapping
Christmas paMs-.'s can be as
much tun a,& opening them.
Be sure you have a good
working surface; (tie dining
room table, a desk lop or a
card table can give you a good
area lor your hsippy tosh.
Always cut vnur oaoer a bit
larger than the box you are
ioing to wrap. This extra al
lowance will provide smooth
edges and a neater fit to (lie
uanet. Make the side folds,
first, then bring Ihe paper
down upon top and up Irom
the bottom. This is Die way
professionals do it
Tie your ribbons around the
parissge at square corners, or
diagonally. You can achieve
a smart look by (aping the
ribbons on at vavious anfttts.
Most rolls of ribbons pro
vide instructions on tyirg (he
various bows. IC you, ate at,
all dextroes. these instruc-
I tions are easy io loilow.
I However. pre-Ucd buw& in
gay colors, patterns and tex
tures are s vaiiabie in a wide
range of sizes and clever
shapes and (hey are as in
expensive alt Ucd-up, vcad to
put on your package as If
row had made them vwrv?f
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