A Letter From The Publisher, May 17, 1943

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

Some people seem to think TIME'S treatment and interpretation of various stories in the news is thought out and ordered in the sanctum of some Editorialissimo (see left and take your pick), that thereupon all vice presidents, managing and senior editors and other executives snap into line, and that teams of writers and researchers then proceed—with a precision that would make the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes look like an awkward squad—to produce that exact story down to the last semicolon....

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