The Press: News from the Army

Washington reporters have something new to goggle at. It is a transformation in Army's press section. A month ago it was a hole-in-the-wall bureau, cheerless in appearance, raggedly staffed, desultory in action. Then, from Fort Bliss came short, dark Major General Robert Charlwood Richardson to take over. Last week Army's press section appeared well on its way to becoming an efficient organ for supplying the public with military information.

Now correspondents are greeted by a cordial captain in a brand-new, cheerful reception room. Army cars whisk them to interviews in the War Department's 20 outlying buildings. When brass hats refuse interviews, General...