Evening star., 1929-12-19
A. P..POL|CY SHOWN
BASED ON FAIRNESS.
Frank B. Noyes Tells Boston
Chamber of Commerce of
News Organization.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, December 19-Frank B.
Noyes, president of the Associated Press,
addressed the Boston Chamber of Com
merce on THE Story of the Associated
Press" here today.
Mr.. Noyes outlined the origin of the
Associated Press organization and paid
tribute to the noble service rendered the
organization by Melville E. Stone, say
ing in part: ,
as a national cooperative non-prof1t-
making institution, owing its existence
to the determination of its founders that
the newspapers making up its member
ship should have a world news service
of their own, their servant and not their
master; the news service to be nom
partisan in the broadest sense, to have
no bias whatever. whether political, re-
ligious or economic; to be as accurate as
was humanity possible and to be COM
prehensive within the limits of decency;
a news service whose sole mission was to
supply its members and its members
alone with news. not views; news
service that would not constitute itself
Judge or jury, prosecuting attorney or
counsel for the defense, but content itself
with acting as an impartial reporter.
Aims of Founders.
"This determination was based on the
belief of its founders that the prosperity
of their newspapers and. indeed, the
safety of the Republic itself. is founded
or an undefiled news service and their
unwillingness to intrust such a terrify-
ing power to any private group"
He explained that the collection and
IL nf hn
ried on under the direction of the
general manager by very large staff,
world scattered, with bureaus placeo
at all important centers both in this
country and abroad.
I'm the hands of this staff is placed
the honor of the Associated Press a.,
through the individuals composing it,
We either live up to or betray our
ideals.
II regard the work of the staff as
one of the wonders of the world. News
does not collect itself; human ELI
deavor, human sacrifice, human brain
are lavishly expended in order that
you and 1 may be promptly and ac-
curately informed of the daily happen
ings of the world.
Accuracy Is Stressed.
"The prime instruction to every AS
sociated Press man is that his report
of every event must, above all, be ac-
curate and unbiased: that no duty he
is to perform shall involve loss OF
self-respect or betrayal of confidence
imposed, and that he is not expected
to gather his news from waste paper
baskets nor garbage pals"
In concluding his address, Mr.. Noyes
expressed the hope that when you see
a piece of news credited to the Asso-
ciated Press, or the C4D, you will look
upon that symbol as hall mark OF
truth undebased undef1led by bias or
propaganda, of accuracy limited only
by the shortcomings of human en-
deavor, and looking behind that SYM
boil and what it stands for visualize the
small army of able, devoted men and
women who all over the world, are
keeping ceaseless vigil in order to fur
nish to the member newspapers of the
Associated Press. extending from Porto
Rico to the Philippines. from Alaska
to Argentine, the tidings of the
world. honestly, accurately, expeditions
| ly, fairly.
After I have taken all this time ex-
planning the Associated Press, it occurs
| to me that 1000 years ago very great
writer of letters epitomized it all in a
phrase, The truth shall make you free,
and that St. Paul then really laid the
foundation for the Associated Press"