Evening star., 1932-04-26
-FOUR DIRECTORS
RENAMED BY A. P.
Baltimorean Selected as Fifth
Member of Board at An
nuaI Meeting.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 26.-Paul Patter-
son of the Baltimore Sun was elected n
director of the Associated Press. and
four of the present directors were re-
elected at the annual meeting of the
organization, it was announced today.
Those reelected were: Frank B.
Noyes, president of the Associated Press
and publisher of The Washington Star;
Adolph S. Ochs, New York Times; Rob-
ert Mclean, Philadelphia Bulletin, and
Frederick e. Murphy, Minneapolis Trib-
une.
Mr.. Patterson succeeds B. H Anthony
OF the New Bedford CMass) Standard,
who was not candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Officers Are Chosen.
The following officers were elected:
President-Frank B. Noyes, Washing
ton Star
First vice president-George B. Lon
gan, Kansas City Star.
Second vice president-William j.
Pspe, Waterbury, Conn, Republican.
Secretary-Kent Cooper.
Assistant secretary-Jackson s. e.
nott.
Treasurer. r. Youatt.
Executive Committee-Frank B. Noyes,
Adolph S. Ochs, Clark Howell Atlanta
Constitution; E. Lansing Ray, st. Louis
Globe Democrat Ebert H. Baker,
Cleveland Plain Dealer; Robert NC
Lean, Philadelphia Bulletin; Richard
Hooker, Springfield, Mass, Republican;
Stuart H. Perry, Adrian, Mich, Tele-
gram.
Hundreds of publishers from all over
the country are here for the meeting
and for the forty sixth annual conven-
ton of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, which opens with
q special session this afternoon for pub
hshers of dailies in small cities.
Regular sessions will not start until
tomorrow, when Howard Davis Of the
New York Herald Tribune, vice presi-
dent of the association, will make the
annual address in the absence Of Harry
Chandler, president, of Los Angeles.
The convention will close Friday.
At the Associated Press session yes
terday, General Manager Cooper
made his annual report, in which he
pointed out that there has been a gen.
eral improvement in the writing and
distribution of the organizations re-
port.
much opposition was expressed to radio
by the meeting.
John Walter, co-chief proprietor of
the London Times, was speaker.
Lawrence Tibbett. the baritone, sang.
Mr. Noyes presided at the luncheon
which was held at the Waldorf Astoria.
A. p. Standards Praised.
Individual freedom, consented to and
strengthened by cooperative action"
was described by Mr. Walter as prin-
ciple "as indispensable to the recovery
of a distressed world as it has been
potent in the growth and success of the
Associated Press
1.-THE Associated Press" he said, "has
reached so high plane. its progress
has been toward an objective so wisely
determined and SO deeply implanted in
the general public interest, that 1t Is
beyond the need Of mans commendation.
"Yet II praise be not mere presump-
ton, should like to express my ad-
miration Of the conspicuous example of
individual freedom, consented to and
strengthened by cooperative action,
which your membership offers to the
world of journalism"
He said the press, "once prosecuted,
has captured and exercises a power in
the life of modern nations not less than
the greatest"
The universe that made the press,
he added, could not live without 1t,
unless 1t be living to go without voice,
without ears and eyes"
The day of the entirely self-sufficient
newspaper has passed, he said.
Speaking Of Anglo-American relations,
he called the friendship between the
two nations sometimes whose mainte-
nance is essential to the peace and
stability of the world"
Continuation of the highest quality
and efficiency in news service was ap-
proved.
Board Statement Read.
A statement by the Board of Direc-
tors read at the meeting pointed out
that over so per cent of the total ex-
pense of the organization is absorbed
in wire operation. that during the last
20 years such charges had been reduced
to fraction of what they were in 1912
and not one cent of increase had been
because of general news collection or
administrative expense. In innumer-
able instances voluntary expansion of
special services has saved members the