Evening star., 1932-04-25
SAYS PRESS MEETS
DUTY DESPITE Loss
Kent Cooper, A. p. Manager
Shows Newspapers Have
Maintained Standards.
BY TIE Associated Press.

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NEW YORK, April 25.-The newspa-
pers or America have not shirked their
duty to the public of publishing the
news in adequate form, in spite of pres
ent conditions" Kent Cooper. general
manager OF the Associated Press, said
today in his annual report to the board
Of directors Of the association.
ITO maintain the standards reached
in recent years all publishers have had
to sustain severe losses" Mr.. Cooper
said Although advertising revenues
have fallen off tremendously, circula-
ton has not decreased materially. Sus-
tanned circulations in such times show
that newspapers have established them
selves as a necessity.
Each community requires complete
supply of intelligence, more necessary
in times of depression, perhaps, than In
q prosperous era, To dig themselves
out of depression people must think
and they cannot think unless they are
reliably informed Newspapers have
carried on admirably and they have
been aided to some extent in doing SC,
in spite Of heavy losses, through in
creasing reliance upon the Associated
Press"
News Fields Developed.
In reviewing the work of the Assocl-
ated Press Mr.. Cooper called attention
to developments in both the domestic
and foreign fields.
THE outbreak of trouble between
Japan and China in Manchuria toward
the end of 1891 and later the fighting
at Shanghai caused an enormous in
crease in Far Eastern wordage. The
china and Ianan mQg tp0nn0-
rarily increased.
: Important sustained foreign sub
jects, besides the Manchurian and
Shanghai fighting, were the Indian
Round Table Conference and Mahatma
lGandhi's journey to England. The eco
nomic upheaval in Europe and its po-
litical consequences, the creation Of the
new Spanish Republic, the visits to the
United States of Premier Laval OF
france and Foreign Minister Dino
such as the Chinese food and the sink
ing of a British submarine,
"The service delivered to South
America held its own even through the
countries served were among the flrst TO
feel the effects Of economic distress and
to suffer additionally because of many
social and governmental revolutions.
There was a net gain in the number OF
papers served, while the principal news
papers in the important cities were re-
tainec."
/ Financial Service Increases.
( Mr.. Cooper noted that the decline
in trading on the securities mafKeG
had not lessened requests for additional
features and he said that the num-
bers Of newspapers served by supple
mental financial wires was the largest
in Associated Press history:
Mention also was made that the or
ganization now was operating purely
State services in every State IN the
Union at q saving of many thousands
t. of dollars to members, and attention
was called to expansions in the sports
department, the feature service, the
apicture mat service and the news photo
service, which established new peak
record of efficiency.
The morning and evening services
have been operating virtually as sepa-
rate entities Mr.. Cooper said, but COM
plementing each other and with a gen.
eral editor directing each. This move
has resulted in speeding up of news
budgets for both morning and evening
newspapers.
Hundreds of newspaper publishers
from all parts of the country began to-
day a series of meetings that will last
most Of the week.
In addition to the Associated Press
meeting, the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association will hold its forty
sixth annual convention from tomorrow
to Friday. Directors of the North
American Newspaper Alliance also met
today.
A. P. Has 1905 Members.
The Associated Press, which now has
. ! 305 members, had morning and after
noon business sessions. At luncheon
the members heard addresses by two
guests, Ogden L. Mills, Secretary Of the
Treasury, and John Walter, co-chief
proprietor of the London Times. Mr..
Mills address was broadcast.
The presiding officer at the luncheon
and business sessions was Frank 3.
Noyes, president of the Associated Press
and President of The Washington Star
One of TIE matters before the Asso-
ciated Press was the election of five di-
rectors to succeed thos whose terms ex-
pire this year, namely Mr.. Noyes,
Adolpla s. Ochs, the New York Times;
B. H Anthony, New Bedford (Mass)
Standard; Robert Mclean, Philadelphia
Bulletin, and Frederick E. Murphy,
Minneapolis (Minn) Tribune.
10 Named for Vacancies
Mr.. Anthonys health is poor and
he was not a candidate for reelection.
Ten men had been nominated for the
vacancies. They are George B. Longan,
Kansas City Star; Mr.. Mclean, Mr.
Murphy, Mr. Noyes, Mr.. Ochs William
j. Pape, Waterbury Comm Republican;
Paul Patterson Baltimore Sun; Howard
C. Rice, Battleboro (Vt) Reformer;
Charles A. Stauffer, Phoenix (Ariz)
Republican, and o. s. Warden. Great
Falls (Mont) Tribune.
The convention of the A N. P. A
starts tomorrow afternoon with spe-
cial meeting for small daily newspapers
over which E. II. Harris of the Rich
mond tInd) Palladium-Item will pre-.
side. Editorial, business, circulation
ana mechanical problems will be dis
,cussed
In the absence of Harry Chandler
president of the Los Angeles Times
and president of the A. N P, A., who
is i'll, the presiding officer at the con-
vention will be Vice President Howard
Davis, who is business manager of the
New York Herald Tribune. Secretary
Of War Patrick j. Hurley will speak
as principal guest at the annual A. n