Evening star., 1921-04-27
F. B. MOVES AGAIN
PRESIDENT Of A. P.
Officers and Directors Elect.
ed at Annual Meeting-vast
Expansion Reported.

.NP0ISSIVb iVkJO1 SONs
NEW YORK. April 27.-The board of
directors of the Associated Press at
the annual meeting today elected the
following officers:
President, Frank 3. Noyes. Wash
ington Star: first vice president. Her
bert F. Gunnison. Brooklyn Eagle:
second vice president. Stuart H. Per-
ry. Adrian Mich Telegram; coun-
Selor and secretary, Melville E. Stone;
general manager and assistant sec
retary, Frederick Roy Martin; treas
mittee, Victor F. Lawson. Chicago
Daily News; Charles Hopkins Clark,
Hartford Courant; w. l.. Mclean
Philadelphia Bulletin; Frank B. Noyes
Washington Star; Adolph S. Ochs, New
York Times; John r. Rathom. Provi-
dence Journal. and Charles A. Rook,
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
At the business meeting here YES
terday the. following resolution was
adopted
Resolved, That the members Of the
Associated Press, in convention as
semblcd. tender their thanks to the
president, board of directors and officers
of the Associated Press for their eficient
work during the past year. which has
made the Associated Press the greatest
news gathering organization in the
world and credit to the United States"
The report of the board of directors
follows:
serves to intensity the conviction that
the founders of this association laid the
corner stone of one of the most impress
sive structures of cooperative effort of
our time. Whatever its defects of plan,
whatever its mistakes of policy, what
sion the Associated Press. after twenty
one years of eventful existence, remains
the most successful and comprehensive
press association in existence, and no.
body. friendly or unfriendly. has yet
devised a more satisfactory machine for
collecting and distributing the news Of
the world.
Unbiased News Wins Praise.
I'VE have passed through another
presidential campaign serving to
papers representing all shades of
political belief reports of political
events, often most bitterly con-
troversial. Complaints have been
negligible. and those who depend
upon American newspapers for facts
believe that the Associated Press is
trustworthy chronicler of current
happenings. With over seventy leased
wire circuits and more than fifty
bureaus. with frequently changing
personnel. with the inevitable errors
of haste to overcome. the organization
continues to grow in the confidence of
its members. and thrives upon the
daily criticism that it cordially well
comes.
During the year we were able not
only to strengthen parts of our
operating machinery that had been
temporarily weakened by the inroads
hi i1t1 a
our staff, but also greatly to amplify
our facilities for increasing the value
of the report to our members. New
leased wire circuits and additional
mail services have been established
in every division. The mileage of
leased wires was augmented by $500
miles. making the total 69.432. The
number of operators increased to 1856,
and the number of automatic printing
machines to nearly 200.
ABROAD we expanded our news re-
sources as conspicuously as at home.
news agencies and more upon our
trained staffmen. More than 100 men
are now regularly employed in our
bureaus outside the United States.
Cable and Wireless Service.
Our cable service to Alaska and
our wireless reports to Hawaii, the
Philippines and Porto Rico keep our
territorial papers IN daily touch with
the continent Our reports to Mexico
and Cuba and our developing service
to our members in Panama, Colombia.
Ecuador. Peru. Chile, Argentina and
Erazil have effected a metamorphosis
in the exchange of news between the
United States and it's southern neigh
borS.
The Canadian Press, Limited, our
worthy ally to the north. continues it's
healthful expansion in the Dominion
and our Latin American services, both
in character and volume, are a credit
to the journalism of the republics to
the south of US.
Our revenues amounted to $5,372,-
090 and our expenditures to $5,191l43
leaving an excess of approximately
$1S1 900 for the years operations. Our
reserve fund amounted.
December 81, to $4,000.
The board continues to consider
each application for membership with
a view not only to the local situation,
but also to the general interests of
the organization. 1t adopts no policy
of forced growth. December 81 the
was 1883. OF these 73S
members received a leased wire re-
port. In six years the membership
has grown from 90S to 1.25S. but the
of papers receiving al
leased wire report has remained al
most stationary. huctuating in these
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