# Claim 125

Roosevelt created the Office of Censorship under Byron Price, a former Associated Press news editor, who wrote a Code of Wartime Practices for newspapers and radio stations.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Roosevelt created the Office of Censorship under Byron Price, a former Associated Press news editor, who wrote a Code of Wartime Practices for newspapers and radio stations.
- Field: occurred_on
- Value: Office created December 19, 1941
- About: [incident 1941-us-office-of-censorship-wartime-press-code](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1941-us-office-of-censorship-wartime-press-code)
- Source: Reporting America at War: Chronology, December 18-19 1941. https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/chronology/12181941.html
- Publisher: PBS / WETA
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current

## Quotation from the source

> Roosevelt creates the Office of Censorship. Under the direction of Byron Price, former executive news editor of the Associated Press, the office established a Code of Wartime Practices for newspapers and radio stations.

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