Evening star., 1928-04-23
DR.. CADMAN Halls
ASSOCIATED PRESS
News Service Above Parti.
sanship, Members Told.
Directors Reelected.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23--The mem
bers of the Associated Press, gathered
for their annual luncheon and meeting,
were told today how their organization
and their profession appeared to
noted clergyman and to the head OF the
worlds greatest broadcasting chain and
listened to brief word Of appreciation
from their president.
The Associated Press at its annual
meeting at the Waldorf Astoria unani-
mously adopted the report OF a special
committee authorizing bond issue. to
be allocated to all members of the or
ganiZation The amount Of the issue
was fixed at $500,000.
The association also unanimously
adopted the report of the special COM
mittee that the right of protest over
the election Of new men be extended
to all members who have been In good
standing for five years.
Directors Re elected.
The following members OF the board
OF directors, whose terms expired, were
unanimously reelected:
Clark Howell, Atlanta, Ga. Constitu-
ton: Ebert II. Baker. Cleveland. Ohio,
Plain Dealer; Tuart H. Perry. Adrian
Mich, Daily Telegram; J. r. Knowland
Oakland. Calf. Tribune. and Richard
Hooker. Springfield, Mass Republican
The luncheon speeches we're broad
cast through WIZ and the affiliated
network of stations OF the National
Broadcasting Co.
Milton H. AyleSworth. president OF the
National Broadcasting Co. told the
assembled publishers and editors his
ideas of the relation of radio broadcast
ino, to the gathering and distribution of
news.
Tribute by DIR. Cadman.
Rev Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. presi-
dent of the Federal Council of the
Churches OF Christ in America, told
by a blending of sound business sense
with unselfish aims and integrity and
efficiency in administration had achieved
IAN unprecedented procedure In the an
nails OF your profession and one not
often equaled by organizations avowedly
altruistic."
Frank B. Noyes. president OF The
Evening Star Newspaper Co. OF Wash
ington. d. c., and president of the
Associated Press, spoke briefly In com
mendation Of the purpose and methods
OF the organization
DR.. Cadman said that the record of
the Associated Press offers no apollo
gies and requires no defense.
1T Is impossible to sever the news
of the day from the sovereignty Of the
people or from their lawful freedom"
he said Hence the conviction that.
rightly understood. freedom as an essen
tial of everything worth while has not
lacked resonant voices In the daily
press.
Susceptible 10 Abuse.
so long as news was bought and sold
like any other commodity. 1t remained
susceptible 10 abuse and corruption.
The newspaper world was
threatened by an irresponsible oligarchy
sntranced with momentary gain, and
the republic was fed on concocted stuff
seasoned to the tastes and demands OF
the caterers and detrimental 70 pub
lie welfare
The wisdom of the plan OF the ASso-
ciated Press TO band together its Nation
wide membership .. is now
openly demonstrated. It's refusal to
traffic with tributary or sectional organ
tzations has been amply justified News
paper proprietors. publishers and editors
of the North and South. of the Jewish,
Roman Catholic and Protestant faiths.
have made common cause in this under
taking with good conscience.
Il cannot refrain from wishing that
ali periodicals. including those belonging
to the churches, had learned your lesson
How 70 be strong without rage. without
overlooking full. commands
intellectual respect and instills the mod
Grafton which is ultimate power"
1f Above Influences.
President Noyes said: The Associated
Press exists because It's 200 members
insist that for their own protection and
also for the public welfare. the dominant
news collecting and distributing agency
must not be in private ownership sub
1ect to the will of am individual or a
small group of individuals who might
use 1t TO further hts or their individual
purposes.
THE code OF ethics of the Associated
Press does not alter when the year OF
presidential edection rolls around. and
every candidate holds serene certainty
that the Associated Press will not help
or hamper him by becoming an adher-
ent or an opponent"
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