Evening star., 1924-04-23
MOVES is REELECTED
PRESIDENT OF "A. p
Five Directors Renamed and Two
Vacancies Filled at An
nual Meeting.
TYPE SET BY HARDING, GIFT
Boards and Committees for Nation
Appointed for Year.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23.--Frank b.
'Noyes of The Washington Star today
was reelected president of the As
sociated Press by the newly organized
board of directors.
E II. Butler of the Buffalo News
was elected first vice president and
c. p. ]. Mooney of the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal second vice president.
The counselor Melville f. stone,
was reelected secretary and the gem
eraI manager. Frederick Roy Martin
was reelected assistant secretary.
J. Il. Youatt was reelected treasurer.
Executive Committee.
The executive committee was re
elected with one exception. Members
are: L. Lansing Ray, st. Louis Globe
Democrat; Clark Howell, Atlanta
Constitution; Charles Hopkins Clark,
Hartford Courant; Ebert II. Baker.
Cleveland Plain Dealer; r'ra"!; r.
Noyes. Washington Star: Adolph 5.
Ochs, New York Times; Robert Nc
Lean, Philadelphia Bulletin, who was
elected to succeed his father, W. L..
Mclean
Five directors were reelected at the
annual meeting yesterday. Two new
caused by designations from the board,
which has fifteen members. The follow
ing were reelected for three years:
Lawson Is Honorcd.
Victor f. Lawson. Chicago I'll
Daily News; w. II. Cowles. Spokane
(Wash) Spokesman Review; Frank
p. MacLennan. Topeka, (Kans.) State
Journal; L. Lansing Ray. st. Louis
tMo.) Globe Democrat, and. Frederick
I. Thompson, Birmingham (Ala) Age
Herald.
TO fin the vacancy caused by the
resignation of V. :. AcClatchy, Sac
ramcnto (Calif) Bee. whose term
would have expired next year, j. r.
Knowland, Oakland tCa!tf) Tribune
was elected.
Vacancy Is Filled.
To fill the vacancy caused by ;he
resignation of w. L. Mclean. Phil
aielphia Bulletin. whose term would
have expired in 1926, Robert Mclean,
Philadelphia Bulletin, was elected.
AS a special tribute to Mr.. Law
son he was elected by acclama-
tion. Ballots for the others were
counted. The honor was paid to Mr..
Lawson on motion of Ralph II. Booth
of the Saginaw tMichD News-Courier.
Withdrawing his own candidacy, MIR.
Booth said
The outstanding thing about the As
Sociated Press is its character, ard char
acter comes from the head down. !
think there is nothing that has con-
fributed to the character OF the Asso-
cIated Press more than the headShip of
It's first president and chief organizer,
Mr. Victor F. Lawson. 1t is unthinkabe
as long as Mr.. Lawson is able and will
ing to serve this association in the
capacity of a director that we should
lose one scintilla of the opportunity to
give him undivided support"
Honor Is Appreciated.
After the secretary, amid great ap-
plauSe, had cast one ballot for his re-
election, Mr. Lawson said
II am quite unable adequately to ex-
press my appreciation of the generous
action of this association, but ! do want
TO say, in just literally a single word
that | am deeply sensible of your good
opinion and good will and generous
tSeatment of me- / thank you very.
very deeply"
The last stick of type set by President
Harding was presented to the Associated
Press by Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace on behalf of W. f. Thompson, pub
Usher of the Fairbanks (Alaska) News
Miner-Citizen. The type was set in the
papers composing room when President
Harding was visiting Alakka shortly be-
fore his death. Mr.. Wallace, who, be-
sides the President, was the only MEM
Der of the Harding party to have been
a printer, said that Mr.. Thompson re-
garded the Associated Press as the
most worthy institution to retain in it's
custody precious memento of one who
brought honor to the newspaper profess
sion and of one of our most dearly be-
loved Presidents.
Membership Vote Close.
Voting on the application of the
Baltimore Evening Sun for member
ship was close and indecisive, the
Baltimore American and the Balti-
more News objecting thereto. The
meeting instructed the board of direc-
tors to canvass the members by mail
on the matter. The same course will be
taken on an application for member
ship in Rochester, n. Y, which did
not come to a vote.
The following boards and commit
tees were elected:
Advisory boards: Eastern division
Richard Hooker. Springfield
tMassachusetts) Republican, chair
MONTY Times, secretary; Charles 7.
American; Frank f. Gannet, Ithaca
New York; Journal-News, and
sylvania), Gazette Times.
Central division--h J. Powell,
Coffeyville tKansas) Journal, chair
man; Mrs. Zell Hart Deming, Warren
tOhio), Tribune, secretary; F. 4.
Miller, South Bend Undiana) Tri-
bune: Arthur r. Treanor, Saginaw
(Michigan) News-Courier, and NJ. f.
Hanson. Duluth (Minnesota) Herald.
For Southern Division.
Southern division--Robert Ewing.
New Orleans (Louisiana) States,
chairman; ch F. E;ouoi G; Bell; els Savannah 4
Gazett; A. G. Carter. Fort, Worth
{Texas), Star-Telegram, and w. C.
Dowd, Charlotte .(North Carolina)
News and Chronicle.
Western division-C. b. Blethen,
Seattle (Washington) Times, chair
man; James D. Meredith, Sacramento
California; Union, secretary; c. A.
Morden, Portland (Oregon) Ore
gonian; A. n. Mckay, Salt Lake
Gutah) Tribune, and Dwight B.
Heard, Phoenix (Arizona) Republi-
can.
Nominating committee: Eastern di-
vision-Jerome d. Barnum, Syracuse
ward Flicker, Bridgeport (Connecti-
nut) Telegram and Sunday Post, Sec
retary.
Central division-W. Y. Morgan,
Hutchinson (Kansas) News. and Mar
'cellus NJ .Murdock, Wichita (Kan-
,sas) Eagle.
Adler LIS Elected.
Southern division-H. c. Adler,
Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times, and
j. S. Cohen, Atlanta tGeorgia) Jour-
nal.
: Western division--Frank H. Hitch
Isock, Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, chair
,Inan, and Harry Chandler, Los An
sgeles California; Times.
5 Auditing committee: Eastern di-
vision-Arthur G. Satples, Lewiston
bCMaine) Journal, secretary.
{ Central division--J. l. Sturtevant,
Wausau wisconsin, Record Herald.
I Southern division-James M. Thorn
son, New Orleans Gouisiana) Item,
chairman.
I Western diyision-Fr-ank q RaLar