The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-18
NO GROUND FOR
ACTION AGAINST
ASSOCIATED
Attorney General Gregory Holds That
Complaint of Sun Printing & Publish
ing Co. Does Not Hold Under the
Anti Trust Law.

Washington, D. c., March lS.-Attor-
ney General Gregory in letter addressed
to James NJ Beck, counsel for the Sun
Printing & Publishing association of New
action by the federal authorities against
the Associated Press under the antitrust
law. The attorney generals letetr, dat
ed March II, and made public yesterday,
was the result of a petition filed on Feb.
3. 1914, by the Sun Printing 4 Publish
ing association asking the attorney gen
eral to make an investigation and then
to institute proceedings against the As
ISOLATED Press The letter follows;
Il have given consideration to the
complaint against the Associated Press
for alleged violations of the federal anti
trust act presented to my predecessor by
YOU as counsel for the Sun Printing x
Publishing association.
"The Associated Press was organized
under the membership corporations law
of the state of New York. According to
its certificate Of incorporation it is:
Gan association OF certain persons,
who, owning or representing certain
newspapers, unite in a mutual and CO.
operative organization for the collection
and interchange, with greater economy
and efficiency of information and intelli-
gence for publication in the newspapers
owned or represented by them.
"The objects of the association as stat
ed in the certificate are: To gather, OBJ
tain and procure by its own instrument
talities by exchange with its members
and by any other appropriate means. any
and all kinds of information and intelll-
eence, telegraphie and otherwise, for the
use and benefit of its members and TO
furnish and supply the same to its mem
= bers for publication in the newspapers
owned or represented by them, under and
subject 20 such regulations, conditions
and limitations as may be prescribed by
the bylaws; and the mutual co-opera-
ton benefit and protection Of its mem
bers.
"The certificate further provides that:
The corporation is not TO make profit
nor to make or declare dividends and is
not TO engage in the business OF selling
intelligence. nor traffic in the same.
Those eligible for membership are
thus described in the bylaws, article H.,
section / The sole or the part owner OF
a newspaper or an executive officer OF a
corporation, limited liability company or
Joint stock or other association which ~
the owner Of a newspaper. shall be eli
gible as a member Of this corporation, N
the way and upon and subject TO the
conditions and limitations hereinafter
specified. provided that not more than
one person at a time shall be eligible by
reason OF connection with any one news
paper. No other person shall be eligible.
members may be elected By the af-
firmative vote Of not less than four
ffths Of an the members Of the corpora
ton Cby-laws. article III. section -.
Members may be also elected by the
board OF directors, when no meeting Of
the members Of the corporation l. in scs-
sion. but no applicant for membership
can be- elected by the directors over the
opposition Of any member entitled 10 The
right Of protest larticle ILL., section b..
The right Of protest b. the right % Oh
iect 70 the admission ~ new members
from q given territorial district tarticie
III, section 81. II can only H. conferred
bv the Affirmative Of seyen-eighths oi
al the members 'article I'LL. section o..
"The right 81 protest has ne applica-
ton 10 the election 81 applicants BY 2
four-ffths vote Of che members them
selves.
aEach member + entitled 10 one vote
br virtue of his mem bershin Iartieie VIZ
sastian and also q vote far each So
ai fha bonds "a fif association REGISTERED
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