Evening star., 1928-04-22
EDITORS SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS
Envoy, Two Senators and
Educator Speak at
Banquet.

After two days of self-invited criti-
cism. the American press, representea
in the American Society of Newspaper
Editors last night heard itself praised
by an Ambassador. two United States
Senators and the president of a Ieadino
university. The speakers at the ban
quet concluding the society's seventh
annual convention we're the Germa n
Ambassador, Herr Friedrich Wilhelm
Won Prittwitz Senator's FeSs of Ohio
and Vandenberg of Michigan. and DR.
Max Mason, president of the University
Of Chicago
Just before the dinner the new board
chosen Yesterday afternoon elected the
following officers for the coming year
President Walter NJ Harrison of ths
Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. Okla: first
vice president Willis Abbott of the
Christian Science Monitor: second vice
president. Grove Patterson of the Toledc
Blade treasurer. Edward s. Beck ..
the Chicago Tribune: secretary. Maryir
Creacher OF the Milwaukee Journal.
Members of Board.
The board consists of the following
Four-year terms, Mr. Abbott and
George z Miller, Detroit News; Free
Fuller Shedd. Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin. and Herbert Bayard Swope
New York World: two-year terms. Pau
Bellamy. Cleveland Plain Dealer. anc
Donald J. Sterling Portland Journal.
This board will consider amendins
the constitution to provide for censure
suspension or expulsion of member,
violating the society's code OF ethics.
This amendment was passed by tbs
society. but it was later learned that a
two-thirds vote was necessary and this
had not been obtained. The board voted
$1,000 for further development oi
journalistic study at the University OF
Peking. China.
The German Ambassador in his ad-
dress declared that the trend in modern
affairs. as exemplified in the younger
generation. was toward better organiZa-
tions on simplif1ed basis. This. he said
Is illustrated in the newspaper. He ap-
piled the conception to international re-
lations and welcomed the idea of out
lawing war. las 1t means a settlement
of international conflicts by peaceful
methods and replaces weapons of force
with arguments of Justice
Praises Flyers Reception.
The ambassador praised the courtes,
shown to the German transatlantic
flyers by the American press. In in
Producing the speaker, the POSTMASTER
william Allen White. had referred tc
the courage OF the flyers and desig.
mated their feat as the biggest piece
of news of the last 10 years"
Senator Vandenberg, editor of tht
Grand Rapids Herald. pleaded for con.
tinuence of the high ideals of the press
declaring that the newspapers are thu
eyes through which the Nation sees
God help us II the eyes get crossed.
he added. He declared that a faithles.
editor is guilty of potential treason
Just so long as integrity and honol
remain the primary objects OF tn:
fourth estate" he said. the Nation L
safe no matter what happens in house,
with green blinds.
Turning for a moment to politics N
declared: The fact that one Republican
or six Republicans may go wrong doesnv
mean that all Republieanism Is rotten
The fact that Tammany las blecl
chapters in its history doesn': mean tina
all Democracy is rotten" He said Iha
Michigan court had cree rteurned /:
libel verdict against him because he haC
said politician ~aS trying to organic
little Tarnm1nv."
Senator FeSs paid tribute to tn