Evening star., 1926-04-20
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portant--that of the presence of a
knumber of the Latin American
| delegates to the first Pan-American
| Press Congress held last week in
/ Washington. Some of these delegates
are of our brotherhood of the Associ
| ated Press and to them and to, the
! delegates who are not of our number
| ! extend a most cordial and hearty
! welcome.
"One of the resolutions adopted at
| lhe Washington congress recon-
nended the formation of a Pan-Ameri-
can or Latin American press associa-
tion, and when this suggestion was
made by Senator Montenegro. a dis.
| tinguished journalist from Chile, ex-
m'essed the view, which I repeat now
that the press of the United States
as represented by the Associated
! fress. would rejoice at an opportunity
10 cooperate in q movement to form
IN Latin America an organization of
I tae newspapers of those countries
and would make them the masters
and not the clients of the news gath
erlng orga nizations that served them.
ine position of the Associated Press
could not be otherwise, for absolute
control by the newspapers constituting
It's membership is the very founda.
ton of it's organization.
This is best shown by it's attitude
toward its neighbor to the north
Many Canadian newspapers wished to
become members of our Associated
Fress. but we argued, and indeed, in
sisted, that 1t would in every way be
better for them to form their own as
sociatfon, under which they would be
masters of their news service; and we
are now in full alliance with the Cana
dian Press, organized on the same
lines as the Associated Press. but with
the same independence Of action as is
enjoyed by our Associated Press.
Harder Task i'm South.
This was comparatively easy to ac-
complish as to our immediate north,
where one flag floats from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
The task of forming such an or.
GaniZation to the south is much more
difficult. and for that reason we have
taken into full membership important
newspapers throughout Latin Amer
lea
1T is entirely possible that our form
of organization is not suitable to your
conditions, but ] am sure that YOU
sociated Press equally essential for the
basic principles of a Latin American
organization.
You see the Associated Press here
today. There is no separate entity.
The Associated Press is merely the in
strumentality through which 1900
newspapers exchange news. one with
the other, and collect original news
throughout the world through a staff
employed by these same 200 newspa-
pers. There is no stock. and profits
and dividends are forbidden by it's
charter.
THE administration is through a
board of directors of Is newspaper
men members of the organization.
News NOn-Partisan.
''The news service must he non
partisan in it's broadest and In it's
Strictest sense. it must be without
bias of any sort and it must be as
accurate as is humanity possible.
"Only one toast is offered at this
annual occasion. Although we drink
this toast in lawful fashion, point
out that this must not be construed
as an evidence Of bias on any pending
questions by the Associated Press.
THE members of the Associated
Press, regardless of party affiliations,
honor the great office of President of
the United States and are ever ready
to evidence their respect and affection
for the great American who fills it.
I ask you to drink to the health and
happiness of the President OF the
United States-Calvin Coolidge-and
to the gracious and lovely lady of the
White House.
Praised by South American.
Jorge A. Mitre of La Nacion,
Buenos Aires. paid tribute to the AS.
sociated Press as IAN international in
strument for the promotion of broth
erhood and peace" and praised it's
"matchless ideals of truth and fair
play"
His speech follows:
with the improvement of COM.
particularly the cable
and wireless. the interests of news
paper readers, so long provincial and
insular, have become International
This desire for world news. which has
grown with each year during and
since the war, meant that news cor
respondents had to be sent to every
important center until now nothing
can happen in any country. however
remote, DuI II is Tedu d lew nOOrS
later in every home.
"In this splendid work of educating
the public regarding other countries
of breaking down the barriers Of race,
color and distance-no organization
has done so much as the Associated
Press. With its far-flung staff of
trained correspondents rejecting
events in scores of countries, with its
matchless ideals of truth and fair
play, it has become something more
than a mere news-gathering organiza-
tion. 1t is an international instru-
ment for the promotion of human
brotherhood and peace. Before the in