The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-20
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PLAYS NO F4VORITES
Declares Frank B. Noyes of Washing
ton, Addressing Members of the
Association in New York.

new 10TH, hpill Eo'~--htiuDcis ol~Int
Associated Press met at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel here to-day to elect five
directors, four advisory boards, anC
auditing and nominating committees
| At a luncheon in connection with the
meeting, President Frank b. Moves OF
the Washington Star proposed toast
to President Wilson, saying:
'In offering toast, the formal wish
for health is usually of little signifi-
canoe With us this year, in our only
toast it is our custom to offer, the case
is profoundly different, for, very ear
nestly, very hopefully and very sim
cerely. we drink to the health, the full
restored health, of the president of the
United States"
Every season of the year is an open
season for the critics of the Associated
Press" said Mr.. Noyes, beginning his
address.
1--WE are accustomed through long ex-
perience to the ratings against our
service of the uniformed, the notori-
ETY. seeker and the common or garden
liar who charges bias or suppression in
the report of the Associated Press.
Every newspaperman, every in
formed person, knows how preposter-
ously untrue these charges are-who-
ever may make them To you need
not explain that our very organization
was in response to the demand OF the
newspapers that their news service
should be owned and controlled by
themselves and themselves alone, that
it should be their servant and not their
master, that it should give an ade-
quate and truthful record of the days
world happenings, free from bias and
from opinion or propaganda. While
laying no claim to inerrancy, our serv-
ice has been singularly successful in
attaining the objects we sought, and
the line. BY the Associated Press has
become a hallmark of accuracy, wheth
err the event recorded is the election of
a president, the signing of an armi-
stice, decision of the supreme court,
or the death of the pope.
Secure in our knowledge that our
agency is serving us faithfully and
we may contemplate the
outbursts against lis of radicals and
with good toler-
ance when their attacks are due to ig
norsnce and contempt when due TO
malice
while at all times this open season
continues. every four years comes a
special period OF tribulation. When the |
presidential campaign rolls around, |
svery can $50 for the nomination and 1
he sc sing ,idential candidates |
md every manager of every candidate (
inds clear evidence i'm our report of !
bias against every candidate mentioned /
until after the election, and then all
gree that the Associated Press has I
,een eonspicuously fair This has been 4
mr. experience in the past, and there is
very indication that the present cam
aign viii be no exception.
II say this. for there is a measure
i truth in the charge, for on the the
ny that he who is not for us is
gainst us. the Associated Press is
gainst every candidate. for ii surely
] not for any one of them"
Mr.. Moves explained that while
very one of the candidates win have
he support of individual members, the
associated Press will continue serenelv
Indifferent as to the outcome of the
conventions and elections,
ontenting itself to supplying its mem
ers with the news as il happens, play
ne no favoritcs and Furnishing no
'The report Of the Associated Press
oes not grow or simply come into be-
nc without effort" continued Mr..
,oyes. Every line. every word is the
roduct of an individual worker of
yhom hundreds toll and adventure
ally TO supply 4 fair percentage of
he worlds happenings.
Everyone Of You know that at bot
ON these charges of bias are charges
gainst our anonymous workers-who !
We. are betrayed are the betrayers,
rho, IL these charges are true, are re-
reant to the trust we have placed in
hem.
"You know them. YOU know them
II. division chiefs. bureau chiefs. edi- |
orr, correspondents, reporters, oper-
tors. working tirelessly, faithfully, ef
intelhgently.
"You know that these men are the
ait Of the earth. the pride Of our pro-
ession and neither your opinion nor
line can be fifty expressed on an oc-
ASTON of this sort of the ignoramuses,
he blatherskites or he liars who de a
anne them"
Mr.. Moves. in introducing Vice Pres
lent Marshall the principal speaker I
{ the luncheon. said; '
Some men shrink in stature on fur d
her acquaintance. while few grow. I
S the people of the United States
ave observed one OF tho chief of their {
,rvauts from day to day and from {
ear TO wear there has been an increas-
Y appreciation with each day and :
,ch wear not only VI his delightful
ersonality and Of his great tact in a {
nry trying and difficult position, hut s
T his rcsolute cheerfulness and sturdy
pod seRse-and ghat Is saying a great I
raj in these days. and especially Of (
AN who has been in his precise geo ;
raphical position. IN
1T gives me great pleasure 10 pre-
mt to YOU she vice president Of the
nited States. Thomas r. Marshall.