Third Estate v. Fourth

Because of a picture showing English girls on skittish terms with Italian prisoners doing farm work in Britain (see cut), M.P.s last week loosed an attack on Britain's new (since July) Minister of Information, redheaded, brilliant Brendan Bracken. Britain's censorship makes a distinction between military information of value to the enemy and matter which might be bad for morale at home and prestige abroad. Winston Churchill's longtime friend, protege and confidential secretary was asked if he would stop future publication of such pictures.

Said Minister Bracken: "No, the Government ought not to take steps to stop it. It is a great mistake to suggest the Government should do so. Freedom of the press is as important as freedom of Parliament. . . . The publication of this photograph is a matter of taste and I am not director of taste in this country."

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