The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-12

Washington, d. C.-The labor press
is now subject to the same code of
war time practices issued by the Of
flee of Censorship for the regulation
of daily newspapers and other publ
cations.
The Office of Censorship called upon
the American Federation of Labor
Weekly News Service to make this
code available to the labor press and
it is published i'm full herewith.
The key to the code is a simple one.
Editors are asked to consider before
deciding To print Il story whether the
Information therein contained would
accordingly.
The text of the code follows:
This statement responds to the many
inquiries received by the Office of
Censorship, asking for AN outline of
newspaper and magazine practices
which the Government feels are de-
sirable for the effective prosecution of
the war.
l is essential that certain basic facts
be understood from the beginning
The first of these facts is that the
outcome of the war is Il matter of
vital personal concern to the future
of every American citizen. The second
is that the security of our armed
forces and even of our homes and our
liberties will be weakened i'm 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 dictates of
common sense, he will be able 10
answer for himself many of the qlles-
tions which might otherwise trouble
him. In other words, Il maximum of
accomplishment will be attained if edi-
tors will ask themselves with respect
to any given detail, rs this infOrma-
tion | would like to have if | were the
enemy" and then act accordingly.
The result of such Il process will
hardly represent "buSineSS as usual"
on the news desks of the country.
On the contrary, it will mean some
sacrifice of the journalistic enterprise
mean Il news or editorial back-out.
1t is the hope and expectation of the
Office of Censorship that the columns
of American publications 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 it under
stands the need for temporary sacri-
flee, and is prepared to make that
sacrifice in the spirit of the Presi-
dents recent assurance that such cur
taiIment as may be necessary will be
administered ''in harmony with the
best interests of our free Institutions -
Below is Il summary covering Spe-
cific problems. This summary repeats,
with some notifications, requests
previously made by various agencies
Of the Federal Government. and it may
be regarded as superseding and con
solidating all of those requests.
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 prop,
erly be published when authorized by
appropriate authority. News on all of
these subjects will become available
from Government sources; but in war
timeliness is an important factor, and
the Government unquestionably is in
the best position to decide when dis,
closure is timely.
The specific information which
newspapers and magazines are asked
not to publish except when such infor.
nation is made available officially by
appropriate authority falls into the
following classes:
Troops
The general character aud move