The Washington times., 1921-04-12
White HOUSE.
SCR|BESELECT
Frank r.. Lamb, OF The Times,
Chosen President of Cor
! respondents Association.

Officers were elected Yesterday
afternoon by the White House Cor
respondents Association to control
the activities of the news paper men
covering" the Executive Mansion
and the President, the organizations
acts always being snbjec: to the ap-
proval and supervision of Mr.. Hard
ing and his secretary, George B.
Christian, jr.
LAMB CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
Frank r. Lamb, OF The Washing
ton Times, a charter member of the
association. was elected president;
Russell Young, of the Evening Star,
fvice president, and Byron Price, of
The Associated Press, secretary
treasurer. These officers. together
with Frank A. Stetson, of the Inter
national News Service, and Wallace
j. Macnamee, of the Universal Serv-
! ice, constitute the executive COM
mittee.
President Harding was elected
honorary president and Mr.. Christian,
under. whose supervision the election
vas held, was elected chairman ex
officio of the executive committee.
Walter G.. Ferguson, secret service
operative and personal bodyguard to
PRESIDENT Harding, was appointed
; sergeant at arms, his duties to be
the detection of illegitimate news
raper men" who sneak into the
Presidents conferences. which are at
tended by hundreds of writer's. The
policy of the association is to exclude
from these conferences all those who
are not bona fide newspaper men.
OBJECTS OF ASSOCIATION.
The charter of the association,
which was granted by President Will
son on February "a, 1914. sets forth
tnat the primary object shall be the
promotion of the interest of those
reporters and correspondents assign
ed to cover the White House."
"Only members of the organiza-
tion and those regularly accredited
to the press galleries of Congress
shall be entitled to the privileges Of
the press ROOM" Is one of the i'm
portant rules laid down In the char
ter, which has the full approval of
the new Administration. Because Of
the fact that the White House is
now the center of all Governmental
activities around which revolves most
of the Administration news the rigid
enforcement of this rule is regarded
as necessary to protect the mutual
interests of the Chief Executive and
the newspaper profession generally.
Those whose duty it is primarily
TO cover. and who are directly re-
spQnsible for handling the news and
events OF the White House, shah be
eligible to membership when duly
authenticated by their newspapers or
the heads of bureaus, according to
the charter provisions. This group
of writer's, together with those hav-
ing the privileges of the press gal
leries of Congress and thereby max
ing them eligible to the White House
press room, aggreAate more than 900
correspondents entitled to attend the
conferences held by President Hard
ing with the press.
The privileges of the White House
press room. upon complaint and hear
ing, are revocable. according to the
regulations adopted. This is for the
purpose Of eliminating bogus news
paper men" plying the such side-lines
as lobbyist, commission man. propa-
gandist and kindred occupations:
1t Is expected that the new officers
will shortly confer with President
Harding for the purpose Of outlining
positive policies in connection with
the distribution of White House news
in a manner that will be mutually
satisfactory