The Press: The Brass Moves In

Should the G.I. press be free or slave? In the precise military mind of Lieut. General John C. H. ("Courthouse") Lee, there was no question about it. Last week, at a press conference in Rome, the starched boss of the Mediterranean theater, famed as a stickler for propriety and protocol, sounded off. He had ordered all letters to the once-popular "Mail Call" column of Stars and Stripes "screened" by the brass before publication.

Explained Courthouse Lee: "This is not a free newspaper. . . . I can break up Stars and Stripes. I can order all these men somewhere else. . ....

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