All Set

The correspondents were on their marks. The censors' blue pencils were ready. The moment was fast approaching when the starting gun would send away the race to the war's biggest news: the invasion of western Europe.

All news of all kinds must pass through terse-tongued Brigadier General Robert Alexis McClure's P&PW (Publicity and Psychological Warfare Division). Infantry-trained General McClure learned a lot about how to run his outfit (and how not to) in the Africa and Sicily invasions. He is well liked, tries to meet newsmen's requirements. His chief deputy is bland, balding British Brigadier William A. S. Turner, formerly War Office public-relations director.

As he did in Africa, General McClure is collaborating with established press groups, such as the Association of American Correspondents. Already outlined are flexible rules regarding the distribution of U.S. wire servicemen, newspapermen, magazinemen and broadcasters on various kinds of invasion jobs.

General Bob has pledged the minimum censorship necessary for security. But no one--including the General--expects the machine to operate without clashes of temperament and delays of hot news in the hands of officers who do not know hot from cold.

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