Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DIRECTORS ELECT
4, Frank B. Moves Again Named
PreSident-PauI Patterson
i Is First Vice President.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 2l.-The board
of directors of the Associated Press to-
day elected the following officers:
President, Frank b. Noyes, Washing
ton, D. c.. Star, reelected; frst vice
president, Paul Patterson. Baltimore
Md, Sun; second vice president, George
b. Longan, Kansas City. MO, Star sec
.retary, Kent Cooper assistant secretary
Jackson S. Elliott; treasurer, J. ~
,Youatt.
Executive Committe-Frank B. Noyes,
AdoIph S. Ochs, New York Times; T. II.
Baker. Cleveland Plain Dealer; E. Lam
sing Raw. st. Louis Globe-Democrat;
Robert Mclean. Philadelphia, Pa, Bull
letin: Clark Howell, Atlanta, Ga. Con-
stitution, and B. H. Anthony, New Bed,
ford, Mass, Standard, reelected: ano
Richard Hooker, Springfield. Mass
Republican. as an additional MEMBER
Committees Named.
The following were elected as the
Nominating and Auditing Committees:
Nominating Committee-W. Y. Nor
gan. chairman, Hutchinson, kans.,
News: A. L. Miller Battle Greek, Mich,
Enouirer-News; j. H. Dickey, jr., Butte,
Mont, Post, secretary; Frank H. Hltcn-
cock Tucson, Ariz Citizen; j. M
Thomson, New Orleans, La, Item; H. A.
Dennis. Henderson, N. c., Dispatch;
Charles H. Congdon, Watertown, N: Tp
Daily News, and Samuel E. Hudson,
Woonsocket, r. l., Call.
Auditing Committees. A.. Perkins,
Olympia Wash, Olympian, chairman
.Tohn s. Parks. Fort Smith, Ark, Times
Record: John F. Rolfe Hartford, Conn,
Times. and J. C. Seacrest. Lincoln,
Nehr State Journal
At the afternoon business session OF
members late yesterday, part OF Wnlcn
was devoted to q discussion OF radio
broadcasting of news, the following res
olution was adopted:
ct is the sense of this meeting that
the officers and directors (of the Asso-
ciated Press) be requested to meet with
a sympathetic view the representations
that will probably be made to them
by a committee from the American
Publishers Association"
The resolution was moved by Charles
H. Taylor of the Boston Globe and
seconded by Allison Stone OF the Provl-
dence Journal.
Directors Reelected.
The following directors We re-elect-
ed for terms of three lars each:
Clark Howell Atlanta Cons tuition; FL
bert H Baker, Cleveland P'tin Dealer;
stuart H. Perry, Adrian (MichD Daily
Telegram: J. r. Knowland, Oakland
(Calif.) Tribune; Richard Hooker,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
At the annual luncheon Walter B.
Clifford, president of the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co, forecast tnat
the United States would md its way
out of business depression by 1.-The demo-
cratic road-by the thought and efforts
of thousands of able, intelligent people.
Mr.. Noyes introduced Mr.. Clifford.
Lawrence Tibet Sings.
Lawrence Tibbett. opera star, sang to
the almost 1000 luncheon guests Capt.
STATIONS Fancy" the poem by john
Masefield set to music by Deems Taylor,
and responded to an encore with Glory
Road"
Jerome D. Barnum Of the Syracuse
Post-Standard objected to the use OF
Associated Press dispatches in COM
mercial radio programs. and Talbot
Patrick of the Goldsboro, ". C., News
Argus said newspapers not associated
with radio stations felt the edge was
taken off The news when it was broad
cast. either under newspaper auspices
or otherwise.
Mr.. Ochs suggested that the remedy
lay in the hands OF the newspapers in
dividually.
Omitting Programs Suggested.
Col. Robert r. Mccormick of the
Chicago Tribune said he believed news
is small percentage Of the c0mpeti-
ton we feeP' from radio stations, and
asserted the Tribuns did not publish
radio programs He suggested other
newspapers might refrain from publish
ing programs except as paid advertising.
MI - = l1R@
City Times and the Oklahoman ex-
pressed the conviction that broadcast
ing news increases newspaper circu-
lation.
number of the publishers believed
the broadcasting of news involved fac
tors outside the realm of the Associated
Press and suggested that since the SUBJ
ject was to be taken up this week by
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association a group from that body
might communicate Its conclusions TO
the Associated Press and other press
associations.
These sugges tons crystaliized in the
offering and passing Of the Taylor reso-
luton.
General Manager Reports.
The meeting adopted amendments
to TIE bylaws of the Associated Fress
of New York State which now permit
corporations as well as individuals
TO belong to membership organizations.
Kent Cooper's annual report as general
mana ger was a record of continued
expansion and perfection OF the
Associated Press. New leased wire
trunk lines have been run into Latin
American countries, European bureaus
have been enlarged and the volume of
domestic news has been increased. The
Associated Press now has 1927 mcm-
bers. the largest number in its history.
Perhaps the outstanding develop
ment of the yeer has been in the
financial service" Mr. Cooper said
Effort was made during the business
depression to report news as it oc-
CURED. without shrinking from the I'M
favorable aspects and at the same time
without creating undue alarm among
newspaper readers. The success of this
effort has been indicated by the COM
mende ton Of large part of the MEM
bership."
REDISTRICTING IS VETOED