As of last week, U.S. radio stations had yet to see any Government censors around their studios, and it was the hope of the Government that they never would.
But a kind of censorship was in force: For straight news broadcasts, both domestic and short-wave stations were sticking to press-association materialmeaning material that is certainly going to be played safe (see p. 60). Material prepared for short-wave use only, by the Coordinator of Information, the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs or wire services, was censored by the Navy in Manhattan before being sent to stations. Analysts and commentators were still on their own,...