...was particularly significant for this new law. For, as President Johnson said upon signing the bill: "This legislation springs from one of our most essential...permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest." Called the "freedom...

...good sense, to the public. President Johnson wrote recently when he signed the Public Information Law "a democracy works best when the people have all the...information that the security of the Nation permits ... I signed this measure with the deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in...

...good sense, to the public. President Johnson wrote recently when he signed the Public Information Law "a democracy works best when the people have all the...information that the security of the Nation permits ... I signed this measure with the deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in...

...June 20, considered and passed House. STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON UPON SIGNING PUBLIC LAW 89-487 ON JULY 4, 1966 The measure I sign today, S. 1160, revises...permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest. At the same time,...

...4, 1966. l It went into effect on July 4, 1967. On signing the bill, the President stated, in part: "This legislation springs from one of our most essential...permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest." This new public...

...Although the Act was hailed by President Johnson in 1966 as deriving from the essential principle that "a democracy works best when the people have all the...information that the security of the Nation permits," many observers at the time recognized the difficulties in administering and interpreting the new law....

...the FOIA : "This legislation springs from 1 of our most essential principles. A democracy works hest when the people have all the Information that the security of the Nation permits. No one should he nMe to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public...

...President's ess upon signing the FOIA : "This legislation springs from 1 of our most essential •iples. A democracy works best when the people have all the information that the •ity of the Nation permits. Xo one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around ions which can...

...within nine stated exemptions. At the time of the signing, the President then stated ( in part ) : "This legislation springs from one of our most essential...have all the information that the security of the .Vafion permits. Xo one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed...

...President said in his statement : "This legislation springs from one of our most essential principles ; n democracy works best when the people have all the...permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around décisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest ... I signed...