Not long ago, the Nixon Administration promulgated the notion of the "inoperative statement." Now it has come up with the inoperative audit. One month ago the White House announced that only $39,525 had been paid out of tax revenue to improve President Nixon's home at San Clemente, Calif. The money, the Government spokesman explained, had been spent, for the most part, on security measures requested by the Secret Service. Two and a half weeks later, under pressure from inquiring newsmen, the White House dug further and reported a fresh figure more than ten times higher—$456,352. But West Coast reporters...
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