The Barricade of Secrecy
Ever since the thick veil of censorship first descended on radar and atomic bomb developments, government offices of all sorts have tended toward increasing concealment of their operations. Neither press, public, nor Congress can break “the paper curtain" surrounding at times even the most commonplace information. HAROLD L. CROSS, author of The People’s Right to Know, has been serving as guide and counsel to the American Society of Newspaper Editors and to the Moss Subcommittee of the House of Representatives in their efforts to restore public access to the nation’s news.