A Letter From The Publisher, May 3, 1943

To answer some of the questions our subscribers have been asking about how TIME gathers, verifies, writes and distributes its news.

"The first pony has arrived and is already distributed to the front and to the west, with combat troops getting the heaviest share. Reception enthusiastic all the way from the top down."

This cable from Correspondent Will Lang at the front in Tunisia had nothing to do with horsemeat. The "pony" is a miniature edition of TIME—and Lang was reporting the safe arrival of the first shipment flown 10,000 miles over land and sea to our news-hungry fighters in North Africa.

Because the...