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EDITORIAL
Sense In
Censorship
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(Juneau Empire)
Action to revoke the license of
a commercial pilot who flew' a
newspaper photographer over
the crippled British battleship
Malaya as it limped into New
York harbor for repairs on April
6 is th: latest move in the strug
gle between the Navy and the
press over the “gentlemen's ag
reement” censorship which Sec
retary of th: Navy Frank Knox
has sought to impose on news
papers.
A few days before the British
warship, which was struck by a
torpedo on the high seas, reach
ed our shores, the Navy circular
ized the press in th: New’ York
area asking editors not to men
tion arrivals in the United State
of British vessels. Such informa
ton, the Navy said, might be of
value to Britain's enemie . Most
New York n wspaper- printed
nothing wmen the Malaya steam
ed slowly past the Statue of Lib
erty to anchor in plain sight oi
the German consular offices. But
one or two city editors couldn’t
resist the temptation. One of
them sent a photographer out in a
plane to record the arrival of the
vessel. The picture was f -alured
on page 1. The staffs f othci
newspapers grumbled. Meanwhil
thou ands of persons had se n th
Malaya in 'he harbor. Hundred
(had talked to Malaya sailors
ashore in New York's bars. These
seamen, wearing “Malaya” in
inch-high 1 tters on their hat
bands, were not reticent in tell
ing how they had helped shell
G noa a few weeks before and
how they h3d later be n struck
by a torpedo while on convoy
duty.
Now the Secretary of the Navy
has filed a complaint with the
Civil Aeronautics Board to d,
cipline the pilot who fit v over
the battleship. The flier is accus
ed of three violations: flying t ■
low 500 feet over New Y rk h r
bor, flying below 1,00 i. :t over
a congested part of Is. / Yore
City and flying claser than 500
f et from another plane in flight.
Very likely the pilot is guilty of
ail these technical violations of
the regulations. But we have look
e.d carefully at the Maiava photo
graph in this week's “Life'" mag
ezine and we would b willing to
testify that the plane wasn't any
do.-cr to the ship than numerous
p. to planes have been to other
ships in New York harbor in the
past. We are still waiting, too,
to learn wlv ther Secretary Knox
has filed a complaint against the
other plane, within 550 feet of
which the photo plane is accused
■of flying. If the photo plane was
within 500 feet of some other
plane, the oth.r plane must have
been within 500 feet of the photo
plane. The Secretary, we are con
vinced, is not motivated by any
desire to se. that air safety reg
ulation are complied with. He is
rather trying to scold the press
■for failing to hide a British bat
tleship up its editorial sleeve.
Censorship is a thing the Am
erican press dosn’t know very
(much about. But it knows enough
to be convinced that no such
system as the Navy’s will ever
work. If it is really important
that certain information shall not
be made public, a definite and ex
plicit policy must be laid down
by the Navy. To ask newspaper j
editors to be good fellows and
not publish anything about ship
movements, shore base construc
tion, vessel contracts, or anything
else concerning the Navy is ask
m§ something which newspaper*
m n, hewever willing to cnoper
ite, will never be able to carry
ugh to the Navy’s satisfac
tion. One gentlemanly newspaper
keeps still and sees itself scoop
ed by a rival. Or all nevvspap rs
might k>‘ep still and then see the
ru'-'iou.i information come out
lully-illus:ra*ed in a national
magazine.
I t- Empire has seen Navy cen
• -‘S-P v rk, attempt to work,
n pr pamg our recent Progress
1 Deveip }merit edition, we sent
f’ers to the Army and Navy
: inting cut that notions! de
JeilSP W0I'k ..as the biggest thing
happening in the Territory this
yt ar and a king that w. be fur
nished with articles telling ex
actly as much about Alaska work
u ; the Army and Navy wished tc
ei . The Army complied prompt
y with an excellent review of
;s activities in Alaska, telling its
base construction story as it
:-h d it told and not, we are
ure, giving away any secrets
i liable to potential enemies.
Fsom the Navy, by contrast, we
received a curt note: “There is
no additional material which wrc
wish to have published at this
time.” What could The Empire
do.' We couldn't pretend the
Navy wasn’t building bases in A1
aska. 1 he work had been widely
publicized in national magazine
articles. We had to write a story
from what information we had at
hand. If this story met with the
approval of the Navy, it would
be a coincidence.
We think that every American
citizen will agree with us that
the Army policy in this particular
matter was so far superior to the
Navy that there is no compari
son.
If we must have censorship in
the interest of the national saf
ety, lets have it. But let’s not
have an indefinite half censorship
that nobody can follow and
which accomplishes no good pur
pose.
Mr. Ickes
And Seward
—
(Anchorage Times)
The plight of Seward in facing
a very doubtful future because
of the forthcoming transfer of the
Alaska Railroad terminus to Port
age Bay, brings to mind the visit
of Harold Ickes, secretary of the
interior, to Alaska in 1938. . . .
Mr. Irk s declared that $12,000.
0 0 were taken out of the ground
at Rennecott and that the min
ing company, after exploiting the
resources of that section, was
walking out and leaving Cordova
•flat.’’
“How many Kcnneeotts can A1
aska stand?” the secr-tary asked
in asserting that some method of
retaining a portion of the Kenne
cott wealth should have been
made so that Cordova would not
be "denuded.” . . .
Perhaps th secretary has some
thing in mind that he will flash
before us some day soon—a plan
whereby the residents of Seward,
many of whom have their life's
work invested in property or
business, can c niinu their en
deavors without injury from the
railroad transfer. But we would
n’t bet a nickel on it.
One thing is certain. If a cor
poration had taken the action
that brought Seward to its pre
' nt predicament, Honest Harold
would let loos: his bristling ton
gue and in no uncertain terms
deplore the wanton exploitation
a "leaves a city denuded.”
The Sccietary asked, “How
many Kcnneeotts can Alaska
s t a n d I
W ask, “How many Ickes can
Alaska stand?”
R005EVEL < R O M A N C E—There rvere smiles all around
after Beverly ll>!!s weeding ceremony uniting James Roosevelt,
the President’s eldest son, and R j. :el!c Theresa Schneider who
was liis nurse during a serious stomach operation in 1933.
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luxuriant foliage which he raises each winter as protection against
chill winds. He says it helps him stay healthy, ti
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