Evening star., 1944-04-26
ANPA President Asks
Censorship Be Held
To Military Matters
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 2s.-Linwoo,
I. Noyes, president of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
said today there appears to be
need for getting back to the funda
mental principle" that the only rea
son for censorship Is military Sc
curity.
There must be no censorship fol
any other reason" he told the 58ti
annual meeting of the ANPA.
Censorship must not be used fol
political purposes, domestic or in.
ternational, nor should it be usee
to conceal inefficiency or cover uI
blunders." ssakksg
Declaring the question of wal
news censorship had come increas-
ingly to the fore in recent months
Mr.. Noyes said: -.
I'm general, those who have been
intrusted with leadership of our
fighting men have used good judg-
ment in their release of news. Un-
fortunately, there have been excep-
tions, and 1t is these which have
provoked criticism"
viii Join in A. p. Defense.
MIR. Noyes, publisher of the Iron
wood (Mich) Globe, voiced the
ANPA's determination to fight
along with the Associated Press, as
a friend of the court" in the press
associations defense against Gov
ernment charges that it constitutes
a monopoly.
I'm the light of the three Judge
special court it is more than an
Associated Press case, for it affects
the fundamental rights of all news
papers and all individuals" he said.
Mr.. Noyes said "the newsprint
situation is critical and probably will
remain so for the duration of the
war;" view taken also by the
ANPA Committee on Newsprint.
I'VE have the confusion of man
power shortage, we continue to ex-
perience pulp and pulpwood short
ages. still further tonnage is di-
verted to necessary military uses,
waste paper collections are not up
to requirements, much paper con-
tinues to be wasted and pulp and
paper are experiencing new de-
mands," he declared.
Problem to Increase.
He added that while every effort
was being made to safeguard news
paper interests, the problem would
become even more difficult and that
the most extreme conservation of
all paper products was required.
The associations newsprint report
asserted that the newsprint shortage
would have been worse during the
past year but for cooperative and
individual efforts by publishers to
conserve paper.
A committee on Federal laws re-
ported that publishers have been
more affected in their business by
the executive orders, the directives
and regulations of Government
agencies than by the legislation
either enacted into law or proposed
for consideration of the Congress-
The reading of these and other
reports occupied most of today's
session of the meeting, which will
conclude tomorrow after election of
officers. - =.
Generals Laud Press. ="
The Importance of the press as
"a fighting arm" Of modern warfare
which would play an influential
part in a United Nations victory was
stressed yesterday in messages toI
the ANPA from Gen. Dwight D. |
Eisenhower and lit. Gen. Jacob
Devers.
Gen. Eisenhower, Allied supreme
commander of the western front, de-
clared public opinion wins wars"
and said news of the impending |
European invasion would be facili-
tated.
From somewhere in Italy Gen.
Devers, deputy supreme commander
of the Allied forces and commander |
of the American forces in the Med
iterranean theater, sent message
saying the home front and the
press were equal in effectiveness"
to the ground, air and sea forces.
Gen. Devers said that in the crit
lcal times ahead, with an invasion |
pending, he considered it the para
mount obligation of the press ito
imbue and help maintain a determi-
nation and courage of our field
forces and our forces at home"
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