The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-11-30
DEMOCRAT EDITOR CHOSEN
FIELO-SECRETARY Of WORLD
PRESS CONGRESS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN WASHING
TON LAST WEEK SINGLE OUT C I. RAND
FOR ONLY SALARIED POSITION IN
PRESS CONGRESS or The
WORLD

Clayton Rand, Editor and Pub
Usher of the Neshoba Democrat, the
DeKalb Democrat and the Tunica
Times, has been chosen field secreta-
/ ry of the World Press Congress. The
: Executive Committee of the Press
, Congress met last week in Washing
ton, at which meeting the field secre-
taryship was considered, and fol-
Z lowing which, Editor Rand was cal
; led to st. Louis for a conference with
DR.. Walter Williams, President Of
the Congress, and advised of his ap-
pointment to the place.
The World Press Congress az it's
name indicates, is an organization
OF the journalists of the world The
officers of the Congress are; Dean
Walter Williams OF the School OF
Journalism Of the University OF Mis-
souri,, President; Warren 6 Harding.
I President of the Unit States, Hon
orary Presdent; James Wright
Brown, OF Editor and Publisher,
New York City, Secretary aud Treas
urer, and the following on the Exec
utive COMMITTEES; K. Sugimure, pub
Usher of the Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo,
Japan; Virgilio Rodriguez Beteta.
Central American Press Associa tiOn,
Guatemala City, Guatemala; Gardi
ner Kline, of the Evening Recorder,
Amsterdam, MY Oswald Mayrand,
OF La Presse. Montreal, Canada;
and Colonel Edward Frederick Law
son OF the Daily Telegraph, London,
England. No preferences are shown
either party or country: practically
every country in the world is repre-
sented in the personnel of the gov
erning and a Interim commit tees.
The officers and committeeman serve
without remuneration. Editor
Rand will have the distinction of be
ing the only salaried member on the
working staff
His work will take him to most of
the larger cities in the United States
between now and the next meeting
OF the Congress in Europe this IN |,
and he will probably be sent on IL
commission to Europe early in the
year to help make arrangements for
: the 1923 Congress, which will be held
either at Geneva, the Hague or, more
likely, at Sevilla, Spain. World
;, ~,
much depends upon a strong Ameri-
can membership In making the Dom
gress in Europe, and the Congresses
that will follow, in the Orientin 1928
: and at Chill in 1927, u success, aud
Field Secretary Rand's task will be
that of increasing the membership,
distributing the 600 page book just
off the press, on the meeting held at
Honolulu, Hawaii last year, that of
making arrangements for he trans
port of the American delegation to
the meeting In Europe this fail, and
that Of probably conducting the
World Press Congress- delegates on a
tour OF Europe following the 1928
Session.
I, The World Press Congress is one
IN the most potent forces In the
world today. 1t has for its purpose
the cultiva tion of closer friendships
among the journalists OF the world.
that the peoples OF the world may
better understand each other. 1t l.
carrying on, as is not another or
ganization in the world, extensive
research in the field OF International
journalism. At the present time
committees are working ON the sub.
ipcts OF News Communications Free
dom OF the Press, Interchange, OF
Journalists (as colleges have been
exchanging professors. Journalistic
Education, Ethics OF Journalism,
Standards OF Practice and the Pro-
motion OF the Welfare OF Journalists.
The Congress proposes TO work con-
structively on the breaking down Of
the barriers OF communication, as 1t
helped to do, following the meeting
last year, when our United States
Congress was prevailed upon to per
NIT the government radio stations
to transmit news between America
and the Orient, which reduced the
cost OF sending messages from about
40 cents to 6 cents a word, facilitate
Ing the flow and quantity OF news