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rep. james <unk> d. ohio said the amendment which passed N would let the american worker know that we consider them occasionally |
but rep. <unk> said that the provision which he dubbed a special interest amendment was likely to make the bill even more controversial |
on tuesday the house approved a <unk> amendment that would require the transportation department to reject airline acquisitions if the person seeking to purchase a carrier had run two or more airlines previously that have filed for protection from creditors under chapter N of the federal bankruptcy code |
the provision called the <unk> amendment by its supporters apparently was aimed at preventing texas air corp. chairman frank lorenzo from attempting to take over another airline |
<unk> report |
you now may drop by the voice of america offices in washington and read the text of what the voice is broadcasting to those N million people around the world who tune in to it each week |
you can even take notes extensive notes for the voice folks wo n't look over your shoulder about what you read |
you can do all this even if you 're not a reporter or a researcher or a scholar or a member of congress |
and my newspaper can print the text of those <unk> |
until the other day you as an ordinary citizen of this democracy had no right to see what your government was telling your <unk> around the world |
that was the law |
and i apparently had no right to print <unk> what the voice was booming to <unk> |
it was censorship |
it was <unk> |
and it was stupid |
the theory was that the voice is a propaganda agency and this government should n't <unk> its own people |
that sounds neat but this government any government <unk> its own people every day |
government press releases <unk> <unk> tours of military facilities publications are all propaganda of sorts |
propaganda is just information to support a viewpoint and the beauty of a democracy is that it enables you to hear or read every viewpoint and then make up your own mind on an issue |
the restrictions on <unk> and <unk> of voice material were especially absurd an agency in the information business was not being allowed to inform |
in june N i wrote in this space about this issue |
assuming it was n't one of those columns that you <unk> and put on the <unk> door i 'll review the facts |
the voice of america is a government agency that <unk> news and views some might say propaganda in N <unk> to N million <unk> around the world |
it does a <unk> job |
its budget $ N million is paid for by you |
but a N law barred the <unk> of that material in the u.s. |
the law let scholars reporters and researchers read <unk> of <unk> material only at <unk> headquarters in washington but it barred them from copying <unk> |
and of course there 's that word <unk> |
how 's that again |
you may come by the agency to read but not copy either <unk> or by <unk> a voice official explained when i asked |
what if i tune in my <unk> radio <unk> an editorial or program and print it in my newspaper |
nor are you free to <unk> such material i was advised |
that sounded a lot like censorship so after years of letters and conversations that went nowhere i sued |
a couple of weeks ago i lost the case in federal district court in des <unk> |
at least that 's the way it was reported |
and indeed the lawsuit was dismissed |
but i i like to think of it in terms of we all of us won the point |
for a funny thing happened on the way to the ruling the united states information agency which runs the voice changed its position on three key points |
the usia said that on reflection of course i could print anything i could get my hands on |
the word <unk> it decided referred only to itself |
the usia officially and publicly declared the <unk> right of everyone except the usia to <unk> agency program materials in the united states my lawyer the <unk> mark mccormick of des <unk> said in a memo pointing out the facts and trying to make me feel good after the press reported that i had lost |
the court noted the new usia position but just in case officially found that congress did not intend to preclude plaintiffs from <unk> usia information domestically |
the usia said that on reflection anyone could view the <unk> materials not just the reporters scholars researchers and congressmen who are mentioned in the statute |
the usia publicly and officially stated in the litigation that all persons are allowed access to the materials notwithstanding the statutory <unk> because the usia has determined that it will not check the credentials of any person appearing and <unk> to see the materials mr. mccormick noted |
and the usia said that all of us could take extensive notes |
the agency publicly and officially declared in the lawsuit that persons who examine the materials may make notes and while the agency position is that persons may not take <unk> notes no one will check to determine what notes a person has taken mr. mccormick reported |
i had sought in my suit the right to print voice material which had been denied me and i had sought a right to receive the information arguing in effect that a right to print government information is n't very helpful if i have no right to get the information |
but the court disagreed |
the first amendment <unk> the government from passing laws <unk> the right to free speech judge donald o'brien ruled |
the first amendment does not <unk> a duty upon the government to assure easy access to information for members of the press |
so now the situation is this |
you have a right to read voice of america scripts if you do n't mind traveling to washington every week or so and visiting the voice office during business hours |
i have a right to print those scripts if i go there and <unk> but no longer <unk> copy them out in long hand |
but neither of us can copy the material on a xerox machine or have it sent to us |
in an era when every government agency has a public-relations machine that sends you stuff whether you want it or not this does seem odd |
indeed judge o'brien ruled that it would be easy to conclude that the usia 's position is inappropriate or even stupid but it 's the law |
so the next step i suspect is to try to get the law changed |
we i assume you 're in this with me at this point need to get three words for examination only eliminated from the law |
section N of the united states information and educational exchange act of N says voice material shall be available to certain of us but now thanks to the usia 's new position all of us for examination only |
if those words were n't there the nice people at the voice would be able to send you the information or at the very least let you <unk> it |
this is not a <unk> issue |
you have raised important questions which ought to be answered what does usia say about america abroad how do we say it and how can american taxpayers get the answers to these questions a man wrote me a couple of years ago |
the man was charles <unk> <unk> |
at the time he was director of the |
he had no answers then |
now there are some |
this democracy is suddenly a little more democratic |
i feel pretty good about it |
mr. gartner is editor and <unk> of the daily tribune in <unk> iowa and president of nbc news in new york |
r. gordon mcgovern was forced out as campbell soup co. 's president and chief executive officer the strongest evidence yet of the power that dorrance family members intend to <unk> in <unk> the troubled food company |
herbert m. baum the <unk> president of the company 's campbell u.s.a. unit and edwin l. harper N the chief financial officer will run campbell as a team <unk> responsibilities rather evenly until a successor is named |
the board already has been searching for strong outside candidates including <unk> executives with considerable international experience |
wall street reacted <unk> to mr. mcgovern 's departure and its implications |
in heavy trading on the new york stock exchange campbell 's shares rose $ N to close at $ N |
the profit motive of the major shareholders has clearly changed for the better said john <unk> a food industry analyst for prudential-bache in new york |
mr. mcgovern was widely seen as sales and not profit <unk> |
new managers would think a little more like wall street mr. <unk> added |
some of the surge in the stock 's price appeared to be linked to revived takeover speculation which has contributed to volatility of campbell shares in recent months |
campbell 's international businesses particularly in the u.k. and italy appear to be at the heart of its problems |
growth has fallen short of targets and operating earnings are far below results in u.s. units |
for example campbell is a distant third in the u.k. frozen foods market where it recently paid N times earnings for <unk> foods plc and wound up with far more capacity than it could use |
similarly campbell 's italian <unk> operation d. <unk> & co. has been hurt by <unk> and distribution problems |
such problems will require considerable <unk> to resolve |
however neither mr. baum nor mr. harper has much international experience |
mr. baum a <unk> marketer who is said to have a good <unk> with campbell employees will have responsibility for all domestic operations except the <unk> farm unit |
mr. harper a veteran of several manufacturing companies who joined campbell in N will take charge of all overseas operations as well as <unk> |
in an joint interview yesterday both men said they would like to be the company 's next chief executive |
mr. mcgovern N had been under intense pressure from the board to boost campbell 's <unk> performance to the level of other food companies |
the board is dominated by the <unk> of the late john t. dorrance jr. who controlled about N N of campbell 's stock when he died in april |
in recent months mr. dorrance 's children and other family members have pushed for improved profitability and higher returns on their equity |
in august the company took a $ N million pretax charge against fiscal N earnings when it announced a world-wide restructuring plan |
the plan calls for closing at least nine plants and eliminating about N jobs |
but analysts said early results from the reorganization have been disappointing especially in europe and there were signs that the board became <unk> |
campbell officials said mr. mcgovern was n't available yesterday to discuss the circumstances of his departure |
the company 's prepared statement quoted him as saying the ceo succession is well along and i 've decided for personal reasons to take early retirement |
but people familiar with the agenda of the board 's meeting last week in london said mr. mcgovern was fired |
mr. mcgovern himself had said repeatedly that he intended to stay on until he reached the conventional retirement age of N in october N unless i get fired |
campbell said mr. mcgovern had withdrawn his name as a candidate for re-election as a director at the annual shareholder meeting scheduled for nov. N |
for fiscal N mr. mcgovern received a salary of $ N |
he owns about N shares of campbell stock and has options to buy more than N additional shares |
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