A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 25, 1943

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

In New York writing TIME'S War and Foreign News stories right now are, among others:

LONDON Stephen Laird, just back from a year in England as head of TIME'S London office—before that he was our Berlin correspondent;

CROYDON Roy Alexander, aviation expert, just back from two months with the American Air Forces in England;

GUADA-John Hersey, who spent all summer with Admiral Halsey's naval task forces and with the Marines on Guadalcanal;...