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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1971
Page
7
Editorials argue the California budget process is fraught with political theater and secrecy. A public accountant could write a biting tale about a $6.74 billion governor’s budget, recurring deficits, and private budget deals, while suggesting reforms like a citizen budgeting commission.
Editorial notes that Japan's assumed security role in the Far East frames the Okinawa island return as a strategic step. The treaty requires ratification by Japan's Diet and the U.S. Senate, with debates over base retention, joint evacuations, and linking textile exports, and mentions undisclosed American nuclear arms and Japan’s $70 million payment for their removal.
The fragment outlines how the Pentagon Papers disclosure spurred Congress to demand McNamara study documents and sparked reform of information classification. It notes chaos in copying, retention, and private handling of official papers, naming figures like McNamara Bundy Dulles and Acheson while calling for congressional and executive regulation to improve the system.
The Pentagon's analysis reopens debate over Johnsons role in the Vietnam War and whether the public was misled. While critics claimed guile and half truths, a closer look suggests many readers grasped the stakes from contemporaneous news and radio coverage amid a flood of recriminations.
A Long Beach reader columnist argues the editorial misrepresents police salaries, retirement costs, and uniform allowances. She cites patrol top rate, incentive pay, rank promotions, and compares with Orange County, Los Angeles and Pasadena departments to claim Long Beach lags in pay and benefits while city manager pay stands out.
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