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Discusses the status of the press in Cuba. Supportive role of the newspaper "Avance" during the regime of Cuban Prime Minster Fidel Castro; Popularity of the paper between 1952 and 1958; Freedom and censorship of other paper like "Miami Herald" during the same period.

The article focuses on the book "Sugar Pill," by T.S. Matthews. Most American cities can support no more than one morning newspaper and in at least 181 there is no competition because, if there is an evening paper, it is put out by the same management. The single-minded devotion to a particular segment of the population, characteristic of the London papers, is therefore impossible in this country. Hence a great deal of what Matthews has to say has little or no significance for American newspapermen who work for a different kind of institution.

Focuses on the role of the press in two consecutive U.S. election. Comments on the drifting of the press into bias by negation; Comparison between the newspapers published on the first three days of a week in the two consecutive election campaigns; Discussion of the comparative quiet of the papers on the campaign several weeks ago.

The article presents information about the U.S. educator Robert M. Hutchins' views on the editors. Hutchins somewhat unfairly ignored the quandary of the editors. It is this: how can the editor of a big-city newspaper be at once politically liberal and financially honest? He is practically never the owner of the property he controls, but he is its custodian. The paper usually represents an investment of many millions of other people's money, and a conscientious agent is not going to take chances with other people's money, even in circumstances under which he might gamble his own. Hutchins is wrong in implying that tarrying by the Wailing Wall is the deliberate choice of the editors, many of whom are really blithe fellows.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Facts regarding the pricing and the distribution of Highbrow Paper-back books; Contribution of the New American Library in bringing good books at cheap prices to the public; Comment on the Walter Goodman's article on the Mutual Network and its newscasters by a former coverage announcer.