The Press: Shouting Distance

In Jerusalem last week, the A.P. set a record for roundabout communication. A.P. Correspondent Carter Davidson, on the Haganah side of the battle line, was only a few hundred yards across no man's land from A.P. Correspondent Dan De Luce, with the Arab Legion. To communicate with De Luce, Davidson had to send his message via the U.S. consulate to Washington, then to the A.P.'s New York offices, which sent it back to Arab Legion headquarters at Amman, Transjordan, which delivered it to De Luce in Jerusalem. Total straight-line distance: 12,700 miles.

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