The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-18
CLEAN BILL OF HEAL I'll IS
GIVEN ASSOC TED PRESS
sBysUnited States Attorney Gen
eral Who Wants an Opinion
on Complaint Made.
CLEAR OF ANTl-TRU 81 L
Are Its Objects, Practice and
the Like ecIares the De-
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WASHINGTON. Mar. AttoTney
General Gregory In d letter addressed
to- James NJ. Beck. counsel for the
sun Printing and Publ fishing Associa-s
tdon or New York holds that there iKss
no ground for action by the federal
authorities against the Associateda
Press under the antitrust law. The
attorney general 's letter. dated March
q IL and just made public is II as fois
lows: %
81 have given consid deration to tlla
conn plaint against the Associated
Press for alleged VIC lation OF the fed
eral antitrust act presented to- my
predecessor by You as counsel for the
Sun Printing and r PubliB Bhing Associas
ton.
.sThe Associated Press was organ
lied under the menIbe bershtp corpora=
ton law Of the state OF New York. AAc-A
acording to it's Scertif ificate OF incorp0ra-
ton it is 52 ES
AN association of certain persons,
who. owning or representing certain
newspapers, unite in a mutual and Coz
operative organization for the colfecz
ton and nterchange with greater eff
ficiency and economy, Of Information
and inte lltgence for publ lion tn th4N
newspapers owned or representa- by
them.
Its Objects.
AtThe objects of the association as$
stated in the certificate, are
TO gather, obtain and procure by
its own ms mentalities by exchange
with its members and by any other
appropriate means, any and al kinds
of Information and intel hgence, teleF
graphic and otherwise. for the nee
and benefit OF its members and to fur
nish and supply the same to- its mem
bers for pub LEGATION in the naWspapers
owned or represented by then, under
and subject to SUCH regulations con-
ditions and 1imtta ations as ma be pre
scrfbed by the by laws; or the ra,i itiia
co-ope grafton, eft and protectibnEo
its members. ss
Further Provisions.
'tThe certificate further provides
that:
y The corporation is not to make a
profit nor to make or declare fFizs
dends and is not to- engage in the
iness OF selling Intelligence. nor TRAIT
fic in the same.
Those eligfb1e for membe rship are
thus descrfbedsin the by. q avs. Article
1T section il:
The sole or the part owner OF
newspapers. or an executive officer
corporation, flmfted liabil ility com
spany or joint stock company or
er association which a. the assoMner ofT
Der OF this corporation in the
and upon and subj ject5 to the condfH Hon
and 1imit tation hereinafter specided,
provide that not more than one per-
son at a time shall be eligible by reak
on Of come don vi ith any one#neW
paper No other person shall be elf tn
glble.
members may be selected by 5ti 6
affirmative vote Of mo- less than tfonrs
afths OF ali til e neInbers of the cor
poration Cby laws. Art. 1II. Sec.
..sM embers may also be elected
the board Of directors when no meet
ing al stlles a ennbers 81 lie cor1nrS
ton is in session, but no applicant nE
for nle1nbersiiip can be elected by tti az
directors over the Bopposit Hon of ana
man1l,ar entitled to 4 tile srieh sof SpTos
fsssst 1T III sec q The s,,fss
protest Is the right to object tos :fIie
ati1nissinn AZ 4 49, n erlI,ers sfrnni
given territorial5ifs a fstrict GA rt. IrI Sec
81 1t can only be conf erred by tti e
affirmative vote of seven -eight tbs of sal
the members (Art In. Sec.
ne llnt 81 y nas
bys q fo.ll-d1rths vote O. t1e
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