Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
HOOVER ADDRESSES
ASSOC|ATEDPRESS
Hundreds of U. S. Publishers
Attend Annual Meeting of
News Organization.
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only by enforcement officers, then oul
scheme of Government is at an end"
/ Frank B. Moves OF The Washington
Star, president Of the Associated Press
introduced Mr.. Hoover. The speeches
were broadcast by a Nationwide hook
up OF National Broadcasting Co. sta
tons The luncheon began at ! pm.
broadcasting at 1:55 pm.
Hundreds Of publishers from all over
the country were here for the twenty
ninth annual meeting of the Associated
Press today and tomorrow and for the
annual meeting Of the American News
paper Publishers Association beginning
Wednesday.
Directors to Be Elected.
This is the last time the two orgarfi-
cations meet in the Waldorf. The his
toric hotel, which has housed the AS
ISOLATED Press gatherings for az years
IS TO be RACED to make way for a
skyscraper.
Five directors will be elected at the
annual meeting of the Associated Press
and the question Of radiocasting of news
will be considered with other matters.
The annual report of Kent Cooper,
general manager, says that during 1928
the organization experienced satiSfac-
tory progress.
| News Stories Are Better.
An important step was the complete
naturalization of the administration.
80 bureaus being made strategic centers
with the correspondents directly re-
SponSible to the general manager and
having jurisdiction over the service in
their assigned territory
News stories have been better in
quality. Efforts were made to cover
stories Of outstanding Importance in a
larger, more comprehensive fashion.
More than 100000 miles of wire are
required to deliver the complete service.
Tremendous growth of public interest.
especially in financial news, has COM
PEELED an increase in wire facilities.
There has been more and better news
OF sports. The feature service has ex-
panded. The news photo service has
been developed on a worldwide basis.
There never was such a tremen-
oous munger for news as there Is today"
said Mr.. Cooper.
Br0adcasting Due for Study,
At the executive business session of
the Associated Press 1t Is expected the
queStlon OF broadcaSting news dispatches
will be considered. The question is
whether news collected by the associa-
ton and broadcast by member news
papers over their own stations or the
supplying Of such dispatches for broad
casting over local stations should be
| continued.
Five directors, from list Of 10 candi-
dates named last February, will be
elected to I'LL vacancies left by expira-
ton OF the terms of four directors and
the death Of fifth. The directors
whose terms expire are Frank B. Moves,
Washington Star; Adolph S. Ochs, New
YORK Times; B. H. Anthony, New Bed
ford, Mass, Standard; Robert B. Nc
Lean, Philadelphia Bulletin, and H. v.
Jones, Minneapolis Journal (deceased)
Those four directors. who have served
lor many years, have been renominated.
together with John Steward Bryan.
Richmond (Va) News-Leader: John
Cowles, Des Moines Register and Tribune
capital; Frank E. Gannett, BROOKLYN
IN. 70 Eagle; E. B. Jeffress, Green's
poro IN. O. News; Frederick E. Murphy.
Minneapolis Tribune, and John L. Stew
art. Washington Pa.) Observer.
| AFTER the luncheon the members will
noio an afternoon session and on Tues
Jay tne BOARD OF directors will meet.
| CoOpeys Report.
The board of directors transmitted
70 the membership and made a part
| OF the record report of Kent Cooper,
Inc general manager, on the activities
| OF the past year.
The Associated Press during 1929. /.
said Mr.. Cooper, experienced salts
factory progress
An important step was the complete
naturalization Of the administration
the work being departmentalized with
an executive staff in charge. Thirty
elgnt bureaus were made strategic CEN
ters, with the correspondents directly
responsible to the general manager, and
having jurisdiction over the service in
tnelr assigned territory. These CORE
SponoentS assumed duties previously de-
voIving on four Superintendents and at
the same time all financial disburse-
mentS and accountings were centralized
In the treasurer's office at New York"
Mr. Cooper announced that q years
Trial OF the new plan has been COM
pletely satisfactory. There has been a
closer contact established between the
stan and the members, and a prompter
and better collection and distribution
OF the news. There also was an inspira-
ton for better work on the part Of the
staff through enlargement of their op-
portunities.
Political Achievements Listed.
"Our news stories during the wear
have been better In quality" said Mr..
Cooper, land there have been efforts
to cover stories of outstanding import
ance IN larger, more comprehensive
fashion. The presidential campaign
gave us an opportunity. At the national
conventions Of the major parties at
Kansas City and Houston. every State
was represented on our staff, which
numbered rs. In this way we were able
to give our members not only the gen.
eral story, but also that of the actiH-
ties OF their State delegation.
Several woman writer's were assigned
to give the feminine point of view. in
aSmuch as woman'S participation in the
campaign appeared to be an important
| factor. For the same reason a woman
| reporter was assigned to each of the
| party presidential candidateS-the first,
believe, ever so assigned by press
association. Their work was uniformly
excellent.
1.-THE tremendous growth of public In
terest in financial news has made 1t
necessary for us, in many cases, to dou-
BILE and triple our wire facilities to meet
the demand for complete reports of the
New York Stock, Bond and Curb Ex-
changes. Notwithstanding the unpar-
alleled activity of the market, often in
volving the price range of 1000 or more
stocks and bonds daily, our wire facili-
ties and improved method Of operation
Of automatic printers enables us to
reach all parts Of the country with the
closing prices not more than half hour
after the close of the market.
Speed Of Printers Invaluable.
''More than 10000 miles of wire
/ now are required to deliver the complete
service. and even this would be made.