Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-22
CENSORSHIP BR|NGS|
TO CAPITAL
Presidents Secretary Will
Confer With Morgenthau
on Press Relations.
With the newly ordered censorship

With the newly ordered censorship
rule being rigidly enforced at the
Treasury, word came by the Associated
Press from President Roosevelt's head
quarters at Warm Springs. Ga. that
Stephen A. Early, who is In charge Of
Government press relations. is return
ing to Washington today in accordance
with previous plans and that the Chief
Executive apparently expects him and
Acting Secretary Henry Morgenthau. jr,
to reach an understanding about press
relations at the Treasury.
When the gag" rule was applied as
the first official order of the new acting
head of the Treasury press CORES
pondents covering the building for
warded message of protest to the
President. No comment direct from the
President. however, has been received,
the explanation having been made at
the time that he had no knowledge Of
Morgenthau's order.
Capitalization Seen.
Commenting at Warm Springs today.
Early, however, was reported by the
Associated Press as saying: II know the
intention Of Mr.. Morgenthau Is not to
censor news. If the newspaper men
at the Treasury will wait and see how
things work out I think they will be
entirely satisfied. 1t Is the intention
to put out all news at a central point
as is done in the other Government
departments
Early insisted, 1t was reported, that
the new publicity order is meant rather
for accuracy. Herbert E. CASTOR Is the
newly appointed publicity man for the
entire Treasury Department and there
were indications that his control over
all news sources would extend even to
the individual press relations men of
several Of the Treasury agencies.
President Roosevelt's own silence was
regarded In many circles as indicating
that for the present, at least. the Chief
the Acting Secretary, Morgenthau, and
intends to let him run his own show"
as the Treasury official indicated on the
day the order was issued.
Express Resentment.
Department officials in private con-
versations expressed deep resentment
over this latest attempt to "muzzle" the
press, but are powerleSs to do anything
about it. When Mr. Morgenthau re-
ceived the press to announce new ap-
pointments. he took advantage Of the
occasion to object to the use of the
word censorship" as applied to his
publicity order
When he was asked about the con-
troller generals Office and the Bureau
OF Internal Revnue, which have indi-
vldual publicity agents. he said that
they, too. were being restrained from
making statements and that an ar
rangement would be worked out between
them and Castor. There was no indi-
cation early today how these arrange
ments would work out or whether Mr..
CASTOR himself would require that all
the press reports, usually given out by
these reliable agents, shall also pass
through his hands before given to the
press
At the Customs Bureau 1t was an
nounced to newspaper men that the
new Treasury ord:r has had the effect
of suspending the releases giving routine
information of interest particularly to
trade papers and ordinarily made public
Other bureaus with which working
arrangements regarding publicity are 10
be made by Mr. CASTOR include the
Coast Guard and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.