Word: 65th
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Last week, after the correspondents had made their protests, the 65th Infantry's public-information officer tried to explain away the seizure of correspondents' notes as a "misunderstanding." But in Seoul, U.P. Bureau Chief Wendell Merick was not satisfied. He wrote a letter to Eighth Army Commander Maxwell D. Taylor, asking about the command's press policy. At first Lieut. General Taylor's press officer said the questions would not be answered because they were "impolite." Then, apparently after consulting the Army's "ten commandments" on public information policy (sample: "The fundamental concept...
...Korea last week, United Press's Veteran Correspondent Victor Kendrick set off on a routine assignment: a reaction story on the 65th Puerto Rican Infantry, which was being reorganized after 97 members were charged with "bugging out" under enemy fire. Kendrick spent hours touring the regiment's front-line positions. Just as he was ready to leave, a lieutenant stepped up, demanded Reporter Kendrick's notebook, tore several pages from it and handed it back. I.N.S. Correspondent John Casserly, on a similar assignment, had the same thing happen to him; picture captions jotted down...
...were the latest evidence of what Korean correspondents call "Operation Clam-Up," a restriction on the press which stems from an order by Major General Paul D. Adams, the Eighth Army's chief of staff. Adams, angered by unfavorable stories, e.g., Operation Smack and the uproar over the 65th Infantry (TIME, Feb. 2 et seq.), passed the word down that there had been too much "irresponsible talk" and that he did not want a "gabby" army...
...65th year of publication, the Review prides itself on such contributors as Holmes, Frankfurter, Pound, and Ames...
William Yandell Elliott, Williams Professor of History, will discuss the question, "How Can We Have Effective Coordination for Foreign Policy Under the Constitution of the United States?" at a public meeting sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. The forum will be held at 45 E. 65th Street, New York City, at 8 p.m. tonight...