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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