Evening star., 1928-11-06
NOMINEES THANK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hoover, Smith, Curtis and
Robinson Praise Efficiency
in Reporting Campaign.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November Com
mendation for its success in adhering
in this campaign to impartial but thor
ough news coverage has been written
to the Associated Press by each of the
two leaders of the two major parties.
The communication in each case gives
signal recognition to each member of
the Associated Press staff assigned per-
sonally to the candidate.
Immediately after the conventions
Kent Cooper. general manager of the
Associated Press, wrote letters to Gov.
Smith and Secretary Hoover assuring
them that the Associated Press would,
as always. end03Nor to adhere to its
principle of unbiased reporting of facts,
and expressed the hope that at the close
of the campaign each candidate would
feel that he could say that in this effort
the Associated Press had been success
full Cooperation with the Associated
Press writer's was also asked. Through
a strenuous campaign these writer's
have written hundreds of thousands Of
words, covering every conceivable angle
of the political activities.
Smiths Letter.
Today Mr.. Cooper is in receipt of the
following four communications
"At the outset of the campaign I re-
ceived letter from you restating the
well known non-partiSan position of the
Associated Press. In that communica-
ton you said the Associated Press again
would do its best to be fair and ac-
curate and present an unbiased report
to its members.
1.-THE end of the campaign is now at
hand and I wish to congratulate you
and the personnel of your organization
on the work it has done. I have fol-
lowed the Associated Press report as
closely as the demands of campaigning
would permit and this report in my
opinion has been an accurate one of
what has taken place.
"You have set forth my views and
position fairly and I wish to congratu-
late you and the members of your staff
assigned to me, Miss Dalrymple and
Messrs. Haupert, Oliver and Chamblin,
for what has been done.
Sincerely yours;
"(Sgd.) ALFRED E. SMITH"
HoOver's Letter.
"I want you to know of my gratitude
for the uniform courtesy extended by
Mr.. James L. West, chief of the staff
assigned to me during the presidential
campaign. and by his assistants Mr.. w.
B. Ragsdale and Miss Mary Balm
bridge Hayden. Mr.. West and his CO.
workers have demonstrated their fair
ness in a most marked degree and am
thankful to them and TO you 1or tnelr
splendid cooperation
Faithfully yours,
"(Sgd.) HERBERT HOOVER"
Letter of Curtis.
'It gives me great pleasure to write
YOU in regard to the splendid service
of MIR. Francis Stephenson, who has
been with me in the campaign repre- |
senting your association up to the END
of the campaign. I have found him |
very attentive to his duties. always |
on the lookout for news and perfectly |
fair in his reports.
'sI am writing this of my own voli- |
ton because / think it due him Tor |
you to know of his splendid services. |
'sYours very truly,
Letter Of Robinson.
"Mr. Walter Chambiin in the first
stages of the campaign and Mr.. Ray
n1ond 2. Henle in the latter part OF
it, representing the Associated Press, |
attended me on my tour through 80
states. They we're at all times fair,
diligent and able in representing the |
Associated Press and in reporting my |
addresses. / found them both courte- |
Gus, companionable and ready to work |
at all times"
Sincerely yours,
JOSEPH T. ROBINSON"