Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
ASSOC|ATEDPRESS
.HONORS Mr.. STONE
Members Make Presentation
to Manager In Recognition
of Is Years Service.

NEW YORK, April al-An officers Of
the Associated Press were today re-
elected BY the board Of directors. as fol-
lows;
Prssidsnt-grank 3. Noyes. Washing
ton star.
First Vice psesldent-Ralph H Booth.
Muskeson Chronicle.
| Second vice presidential P. Adler.
Davenport Times.
Secretary-Melvlle T. Stone, New York
city.
Assistant secretary-Frederick Roy
Martin. New York city.
Treasurer-J. R. Youatt. New York
city.
The Offices OF secretary and assistant
secretary carry with them those Of gen
eral manager and assistant general man
agsr. respectively.
| NEW YORK. April 24.-1n honor OF
Melville E. Stone, for twenty-five years
general manager of the Associated
Press, the members of that ASSOCIATION
made their annual meeting here yes
day Sssas9 %he f9a eenE gsso
Noyes,~ president Of thS Associated
Press, urging the editors to support
President Wilson in the prosecution OF
Mr. Stone was presented, on behalf
| of the board of directors, with an illu-
minated volume entitled m. E. s.: HIS
Book" q work intended to set forth
stones service. life and activities;
Members of the Associated Press had
also caused to be inserted In the book.
in loose form, what were described by
sions Of steel engravings."'. being TWEEN
ty-five one-thousand-dollar liberty
| bonds, millennium milestones, as it
were. Of each OF twenty-five golden
years"
Partisan Bias Removed.
Mr.. Noyes' appeal for support of the
| President was received with hearty APP
pan III Ss1n the senssraGt1xe critic he
said. utter It. but let US indulge in no
| reeriminations that have q partisan
birth" He declared It was inevitab BILE
| that in the vast number of appoint
| Duties vital to US have been intrusted
to hands governed by stupid malevo-
| lence that in other times would meet
| with swift reckoning" he said. This,
| troversy. for today every American
duty is to aid him (the President) in
every way in our power. r.
Mr.. Moves remarks were made in
| opening the speaking at the luncheon
| Of the members at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel, directly after the annual meet
ing. He was followed by other promi-
hent editors who have been associates of
Mr.. Stone in the building up Of the
upon because, he said. I'VE have
| thought 1t sweet and proper to devote
| Z little time this afternoon to q con-
alteration Of the service he has rem
dered u.s."
Credit for Associations Success.
| Each Of. these speakers-victor F.
Lawson of the Chicago Daily News.
| Adolph S. Ochs of the New York Time
and Gen. Charles H. Taylor of the
| Boston Globe-gave Mr.. Stone the chief
credit for the success OF the Associated
integrity, ability, efficiency and other
| qualities which he had devoted for a
| quarter of century to the achieve
ment Of = successful cooperative news
| service-one which 1t was pointed out
was controlled by the newspapers and
not maintained for pecuniary profit.
believe me. friends, Melville E. Stone
| wears well-the Associated Press is his
| greatest general mana ger Of a news as
or ever will see" 'The success Of tne;
Associated Press is Mr.. Stones success;
| its reports are only restricted by truth,
deeency and patriotism, and this is
Melville %. Stones CODE" These were
! soms OF the Characterization of Mr..
| Stone by the days speakers.
| Mr.. Stone expressed his thanks for
the gift of the book, and the liberty
| bonds In . voice that ,trembled with
| emotion. He told something of the in
| ception Of the Associated Press and of
| a prediction at the time that "a free,
| self-4overning news gathering organi-
| cation" could not survive one gene
| ration. He said 1t was his belief that
such an organisation might endure eff
cooperative in its character, resting
securely upon its membership. not an
| organization of any one, or two. or
| three men,"
II believe he declared, shat in a
self-governiflg people an honest news
service is Of the highest moment"
Cooperation Of Board Members.
He spoke in eulogy of the Cooper
ation Of the members of the board of
directors. saying you could have put
| bad man on the board of directors
and inside Of six months, touched by
| the right thinking and enthusiasm Of
that board Of directors. he would have
Become a good man." r..
| Mr.. Stone also paid a warm tribute
| to the employees of tho Associated
Press. asserting that "the badge of the
| Associated Press on any employe in the
| world is tho badge of a gentleman, of
an honest man."
| He told of the risks taken by the
men who are covering the war in Eu-
rope. and of the fidelity of the
men in the editorial and operating de-
partments at home. who have stood
! at their desks day in and day out un-
| finchingly."
The Associated Press, he said. in
vitedscriticism. for "a great deal Of the
criticism Of the Associated Press is
justified. 1t is by no means perfect"
No declared "All Of the frailties of
human nature attach to 1t. That sort
OF criticism is most helpful Crfti-
oism born Of ignorance could be easily
taken care of by an explanation.
| MaIisn criticism was q negligible frac-
tion. ana II you give an unfair critic
Havas Agency Representative.
| At the conclusion of his speech, after
| calling Tor toast to the allies and
| TO our allies in the work of the AS
| ISOLATED Press" Mr.. Stone introduced
Charles Houssaye, q member of the
board Of directors Of the Havas Agency
OF France: Referring to Mr.. Stone as
the faithful ally of France" Mr.. Hous-
sage said that the Associated Press and
the American press generally deserved
unlimited praise for the manner in
| which they had brought before the
american people the cause Of France.
You have shown to your people a
France without reproach and q cause
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