The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-29
Is Cooperative, NOn-Pr0fit-
Making Organization, De-
voting Itself Exclusively 10
Reporting Truth. Members
of w. c. L. u. Are Told at
Convention

Minneapolis. Aug 29--lP, -"Thc
Associated Press Attitude on Clean
News" was the subject Of an address
of Chicago, superintendent of the
central division Of The Associated
Press, at the fifty-thrd convention,
Of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
A lack Of information Of the real
| mission Of The Associated Press and
the more than POO daily member
| newspapers that it serves has, said
Mr.. Cutter. led in some quarters to
4 feeling that their particular doings
were not adequately covered to the
public.
~ Does Not Takes Sides
! If you will realize at the start
that The Associated Press mission is
to report impartially all happenings
Of general interest and that it can
have no interest in taking sides on
any question, whether it be peace or
| war, religion, woman suffrage, the
| politics Of republicans or democrats.
or the question Of dry or wet it
will bring us quickly to an under
standing of this worldwide news or
ganization. which has been spoken of
as one of the greatest forces for good
of our times he declared.
Perhaps | can state it best by
quoting the recent remarks Of Mr.
Ovid Bell. Of Fulton. Missouri, man
respected by his fellow newspaper
public questions and who has earned
place high in his state. Mr.. Bel
said this:
.. "In a free country it is essentia
that the people know the truth con
i, corning not only their government
but also Of those things of new:
which affect them as individuals. IL
free country intelligence must no
be bound or subsidized or corrupted
1t must be free; it must be honest
2 Because it collects and disseminate
, THE TRUTH in this free country
The Associated Press is great ma
{ tonal bulwark.
/ Reports Only Truth
v every intelligent newspape
t reader in America knows The Ass0
: ciated Press is cooperative, non
n profit-making organization which de
votes itself exclusively to just on
+ task-reporting the truth. He know
S The Associated Press has no editoria
y policies to conform to and no sell
Y seeking masters to serve. Hence h
J. trusts The Associated Press, eve
= though he mistrusts some Of its men
r Der newspapers.
h "Tf The Associated Press were
privately owned institution, seliin
r its services to whOmsOever wOu
It buy, it could not serve the nation 8
l. it does. for though it might be ev'
so honest and ever so capable,
j. could not be free itself entirely fro
Il suspicion and doubt. Because it
IS what it is, The Associated Press N,
4 the confidence of the public. And b
= ing incorruptible and unafraid,
It we'll as always intelligent and ev'
alert. it is a national asset of inca
N culable WORTH
d "In word. what Mr.. Bell tells "
II is this: Because The Associate
a Press is made up of newspapers
!" all beliefs, politically and religiousl
K and is controlled by them, the
It newspaper publishers would not t.
n crate their organization in treati
le unfairly any public question. TIL
Is insist that world events be cover
3 upon q strict news basis. and / a
you to remember that the mission
le this news association is to record t
II worlds daily history, not to make t
IT news. It is you who make the new
W and as you help us uncover it VIII
8, 1t yet is live, you do your part in {
ID operating in the recording OF tn
'. Must See Both Sides &
wi "Too often. however. w. ca T.
- workers ask that things regardi
re their organization that Is not ne
y but propaganda, or that IL 2 reps
/ ~Rk oto IN