Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
IA. P. OPENS DIRECT
U. S.-MEX|CO WIRE
Presidents and Officials Ex-
change Greetings to In
augurate Service.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 20.-The
United States and Mexico were brought
closer together tonight when, over a
direct leased wire, The Associated Press
began the daily exchange Of news be-
tween New York and the newspaper
Excelsior at Mexico City.
Messages between President Hoover
and President Ortiz Rubio were the first
words to be sent at the opening OF the
wire. President Hoover's message read:
President Hoover Opens Wire.
His excellency, President Ortiz Rubio,
President of Mexico,
Mexico City.
'Mr. President:
Mexico and the United States OF
America lie side by side on this great
continent. They are neighbors and
their territories adjoin each other, yet
so extensive are these territories that
their two largest cities are separated
by many thousands of miles and the
citizens of Mexico City and the citizens
of New York have little direct contact
with each other. The occasion, there
fore, of the opening of direct leased
press association wire between these
cities is an event of very real interest
to the cities and to the other sections
Of the two countries
1.-THE message that particularly wish
to send to your excellency and to the
people of Mexico tonight is the fervent
hope that the means which are used
in transmitting my message Will be
great instrument of understanding and
never one of misunderstanding.
II assure your excellency that the re-
sources of the Government of the United
States are devoted to this end, and !
fY1lct fhof tho Y1aWc which will
fash back and forth over this wire viii
reflect an ever increasing sympathy be-
tween our two countries and will tell
the story of many peaceful and happy
and friendly events.
President RubiO Responds.
To which President Ortiz Rubio re-
sponded:
His Excellency Herbert Hoover,
President of the United States,
washington, D. G.
'Mr. President
your cordial salutation to the Next
can people on the occasion of the OPEN
ing of the direct telegraph wire of the
Associated Press between the City OF
New York and this capital is a demon
stration of the firm bonds of friend
ship and sympathy that join the North
American and the Mexican nations.
This gives me the opportunity to
express my respect and admiration for
your great country. consider also
that the establishment of a perfect
news service through the direct wire
between the United States and Mexico
will serve to increase the friendship and
good understanding which exists be-
tween our two peoples.
Please to accept, Mr.. President, in
my own name as well as In the name
of the people of the Mexican repub-
lie, a salutation filled with good will
and hope in the destinies of our two
"PAsCUAL ORTIZ RUBIo."
Officials Send Messages.
These messages were followed by
others from Senator Dwight w. Nor
row, Pablo Herrera de Huerta, charge
d'affaireS Of the Mexican embassy at
Washington, and number of publish
erS from New York, Havana and BuenoS
Aires.
The wire itself, long the objective of
press association and newspaper execu-
tiveS, was arranged between the Asso-
ciated Press and Excelsior with the
facilities of the American Telephone &
telegraph Co. and the Mexican Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. 1t is the long
est international leased land wire for
strictly press association news service
transmission ever established between
the two centers for this purpose, operat-
ing as it does over more than 5000
miles.
Viewing the service this wire makes
possible las a great progressive step in
fostering fraternal relations between his
country and the United States" Senior
Herra de Huerta, in the absence of AM
basSador Manuel c. Teller, continued:
IT am sure this service will further
strengthen the bonds of friendship be-
tween Mexico and the United States,
and cordially felicitate the Associated
Press on its inauguration"
Envoy Sends Congratulations.
In a message to Kent Cooper, gen.
eral manager of the Associated Press,
j. Reuben Clark, jr., United States AM
baSSador to Mexico, said:
Il wish to sincerely congratulate you
upon the opening of a direct Associated
Press wire between Mexico and the
United States. This is a great inter
national service. To increase the IA
cility of international communication
and intercourse is to promote and
strengthen sympathetic understandings
and friendships of the two peoples to
which only may we securely look for
the maintenance of peace in the world"
Mr.. Cooper also received a telegram
from Senator Dwight W. Morrow, for
mer Ambassador to Mexico, extending
his congratulations ION the successful eS-
Enlistment of a direct leased wire be-
tween Mexico City and New York City
for the use of the Associated Press"
"The development between Mexico