The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-27
PUBLISHERS WANT PRACTICAL MEN
 APPOINTED CENSORS
Would Select Committee of Trained Newspaper Men to Do the Work in
 Washington

New York, April 2s-As the result of a suggestion made before the American Newspaper Publishers as- sociation Tuesday by Hopewell Rog CTS. the organization today decided to seek cooperation by the government in establishing voluntary censorship bureau, composed of practical news paper men.
 Under the plan proposed today a committee of trained journalists would be selected to gather from the various departments such news IS would be of interest to the public and of value in the prosecution of the war and at the same time eliminate such material as publishers regard as unimportant. thereby saving the time and effort now used in sending out copy" which reaches waste baskets.
 committee to confer with the gov ernment departments on this en- barkation will be appointed before the convention adjourns
 President Wilson sent the following telegram to Mir. Rogers:
 May I not expresses to you and
 
 daily newspapers of the United States assembled at the meeting of the Amer ican Newspaper Publishers association my very deep and warm appreciation of the generous message sent me un. der date of yesterday Wednesday, {? It is indeed stimulating and deeply en- couraging to receive such assurances and I beg that you will convey to the members of the association my hearty greetings not only, but my sincere hope that our united efforts may bring to the world the peace and jus tice which we all desire and for which we are all ready to fight To the ut most. WOODROW WILSON" Secretary McAdoo's message to Mir Rogers said:
 Will you be good enough to ex- press to the members of the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers association now in session my sincere and warm appreciation of the great service they have rendered the country by their consistent. unselfish and patriotic sup port of the successive Liberty Loans which have been offered by the treas- ury department?
 These loans could not have sue ceeded without the support of the newspapers and it gives me great pleasure to make this acknowledg- ment.
 An enlightened public opinion is the chief asset of a democracy By keeping the people of America in formed on public events and trans hitting to them word of the financial and other needs of the government the American newspapers are per- forming public service of inca1cul. able benefit to the nation. I know that the service will be continued and that the newspapers will do their full share in assisting America to win this war for democracy and justice @- .'W. G. M,ADOO." The association decided to make the | fund used by the committee on news print paper charge upon the organi- zation rather than a matter of volun- tary contributions by members, as during the last few years. This con- mittee, of which the newly elected president, Frank P. Glass, has been chairman, conducted an exhaustive in- vestigation of the paper supply sit- uation during the last year The publishers board of directors met after the annual meeting ad- iourned and announced that standing committees and the special committee to confer with government officials on the proposed voluntary censor ship" plan will be appointed within a few weeks.