What did President Eisenhower's press secretary say about classified documents?

Answer 1

President Dwight Eisenhower's press secretary, James Hagerty, claimed that the number of classified documents that were sent to the White House were overly classified. He resorted to bringing each one he received to President Eisenhower to have him declassify them as soon as possible. In vain, Hagerty attempted to have the president set up a new policy on such documents, especially ones that were clearly not "Top Secret". Although Eisenhower agreed with each of Hagerty's recommendations on declassification, the president was too cautious about revamping the system that created so many such documents.