The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
Newspapers Affected By Wartime Measures Office of Censorship Announces Rules Govern ing Stores on Military Naval Movements Photographs, "Rumors"-Coopera-
 ton Solicited.

Washington, Jan. 15.-(UP)-The office of censorship today issued the following announcement of censor ship rules and wartime practices to be followed by newspapers and magazines:
 A code of wartime practices for newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals was announced today by the office of censorship.
 Under the code, which was draft ed by Director Byron Price and As sistant Director J. H. Sorells after conferences with the industry, the government asks that certain classes of information which might be of aid to the enemy be withheld from publication except when officially given out.
 Many of the practices proposed al- ready have been put into effect by publications on a voluntary basis
 It was disclosed that MT. Sorrells would be in direct charge of admin istration of the code, assisted by a small board of editors and an ad- visory council of the publishing in- dustry, soon to be appointed.
 The office of the censorship issued the following statement:
 This statement responds to the many inquiries received by the of flee of censorship, asking for an out line of newspaper and magazine practices which the government feels are desirable for the effective prosecution of the war.
 It is essential that certain basic facts be understood from the be- ginning.
 Public Security
 The first of these facts is that the outcome of the war is matter of vital personal concern to the future of eve49 American citizen The sec- ond is that the security of our armed forces and even of our homes and our liberties will be weakened in greater or less degree by every disclosure of information which will help the enemy.
 If every member of every news staff and contributing writer will keep these two facts constantly in mind, and then will follow the dic- tateS of common sense, he will be able to answer for himself many of the questions which might other wise trouble him. In other words, a maximum of accomplishments will be attained If editors will ask them selves with respect to any given de- tail, Ifs this information I would like to have if were the enemy?' and then act accordingly.
 The result of such a process will hardly represent business as usuaW on the news desks of the country. On the contrary, it will mean some sacrifice of the journalistic enter prise of ordinary times. But it will not mean news or editorial black out. It is the hope and eXpecta- tion of the office of censorship that the columns of American pubHca- tions will remain the freest in the world, and will tell the story of our national successes and shortcomings accurately and in much detail.
 The highly gratifying response of the press so far proves that 1t un- derstands the need for temporary sacrifice, and is prepared to make that sacrifice in the spirit of the Presidents recent assurance that such curtailment as may be neces- sary will be administrated fin har- mony with the best interests of our free institutions"
 Below is a summary covering specific problems. This summary repeats with some notifications, requests previously made by various agencies of the federal government, and it may be regarded as supersed- ing and consolidating all of those requests.
 Proper Authorization
 Special attention is directed to the fact that all of the requests in the summary are modified by a proviso that the information listed may properly be published when author ized by appropriate authority. News of all of these subjects will become available from government sources; but in war, timeliness is an impor- tant factor, and the government un- questionably is in the best position to decide when disclosure is timely.
 The specific information which newspapers and magazines are ask ed not to publish except when such information Is made available off, cially by appropriate authority falls into the following classes:
 Troops
 The general character and move ments of United States army units, within or without the continental limits of the United States their location; identity or exact compost tion: equipment or strength; their destination, routes and schedules; their assembly for authorization prospective embarkation, or actual embarkation. Any such information regarding the troops of friendly na- tions on American soil.
 The request as regards location and general character does not ap- ply to troops in training camps in continental United States, nor to units assigned to domestic police dutv