Young Republicans Hit Truman For Directive Classifying News

The Young Republican Club, in a statement yesterday, denounced President Truman's new clarification directive as a "last-ditch usurpation, utilized for the purpose of concealing the incompetence and colossal blunders of the Truman administration."

Truman's order grants discretionary right to heads of departments to classify news material if necessary to the national safety. The H.Y.R.C. called this a "severe blow to freedom of the press."