The Press: On Their Own

Newsmen in the Pacific got out of the fryingpan of censorship last week—and found the fire not altogether to their liking. As the Army withdrew its control, it also withdrew its help. And much of this help—transportation, post offices, banks, hospitals, even food—was irreplaceable in remote areas.

¶ In China, where the Army decreed that correspondents would be "disaccredited" Oct. 15, newsmen discovered that they would consequently be unable to move from one city to another in U.S. planes and cars. Shanghai newsmen tried to cable Secretary of War Patterson: "We feel the provision grants Army officers too much authority to...