Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
A. P.W!LL DEBATE
NEWS BROADCASTS
Radio Issue to Be Considered
at Press Association
Meeting Tomorrow.
Nv the Associated Press.


meeting of the Associated Press will
start the big week of the year for
American newspaper publishers and edi-
tors Monday with discussion of radio
bloadcasting of news, consideration of
annual reports and election of directors
included in the order of business. The
sessions of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association will begin Tues
DAY
Associated Press members have al
ready been polled for their views on
the question of news broadcasting which
has been permitted since 1925 in &C
cordance with resolution of the men,
bers. The board of directors in jan
uary instructed Frank B. Noyes. presi-
dent of the Associated Press and pub
Usher of The Washington Star, to can
vass the membership for their views on
this question.
Oppose Chain Broadcasting.
At a meeting of the board this week
Mr. Moves reported the result of the
poll. which showed a preponderant OPP
position to news broadcasting by chains.
The board then adopted a resolution
to prohibit the association itself from
authorizing chains to use Associated
individual member broadcasting to be
determined after the members had eX-
pressed their desires at the annual
meeting. AS a preface to the boards
resolution prohibiting chain broadcast
ing hereafter, Kent Cooper, general
manager, reported that the management
had permitted no such broadcasting
since the November national election.
In the poll of members, the vote on
the question of whether members IA
vored permitting chains to broadcast
brief Associated Press bulletins of news
of transcendent Importance was 264
yes; 1853 no. The vote on the subject
of member newspapers being permitted
to furnish news to their own or allied
radio stations was much closer, 433 yes;
SIT no.
Assessments Cited.
4 President Moves, in an analysis of
the VOTE pointed out that on this ques-
ton while numerically a majority OPP
posed such broadcasting, those favoring
1t pay assessments considerably exceed
ing those paid by opposing members.
The amount of assessments on the vote
were: Favoring, S78.8l3; opposing, S59,-
977 Because of this situation the ques-
ton is expected to be principal sub
ject for discussion.
Annual reports of the board Of di
rectors and the general manager will
outline to the members the conduct Of
the association, in both news and
financial way, in the past year.
third of the directorate will be
elected, five to be chosen from the list
of ten recently named by the Nominal
ing Committee. The following are the
nominees:
w. H. Cowles, Spokane. Wash,
Spokesman-Re
E. K Gaylord, Oklahoma City, Okla,
Oklahoman.
George B. Longan, Kansas City, Mo-,
Star
Frank P. McLennan, Topeka, Kans.,
State Journal.
Robert R. Mccormick, Chicago, Ill,
Tribune.
L. K Nicholson. New Orleans, La,
Tnnes-Picayune.
W. j. Pape, Waterbury, Conn, Re-
publican
E. Lansing Ray, ST. Louis, Mo-, Globe
Democrat. ~
Charles A. Stauffer, Phoenix, Ariz.,
Arizona Republic.
Frederick 1. Thompson, Montgomery,
Ala, Alabama Journal.
Robinsonto Speak.
OtIldlOI OOStpil L. fLOUllSOll VI All
kansas, floor leader of the Senate, will
be the speaker at the annual luncheon
Monday.
A conference of managing editors to
discuss the Associated Press news report
will be held Tuesday. Among the man
aging editors and other newspaper
executives who plan to attend are:
L. S. Dayton, Yonkers, N. Y, Herald
Statesman; Donald. J. Sterling, Port
land, Greg, Journal William o. Dap
ping, Auburn, N. Y, Citizen Adver-
tiser; Buell. w. Hudson, Woonsocket. R.
l., Call: L. B. Costello, Lewiston, Me,
Howe, Bennington, VT, Evening Ban
ner; w. C. Stouffer. Roanoke, Va,
Times and World-News; Sevellon
Brown. Providence. r. l.. Journal and
Bulletin; Joaquin B. Calvo, Providence,
r. l., News Tribune; Earl O. StowittS,
Amsterdam, N. Y, Evening Recorder;
H. M. Crist, Brooklyn, N. Y, Daily
Eagle.
John R. Flippin, Memphis, Tenn,
Commercial Appeal and Evening APP
peal; c. c. Cain, jr., Attleboro, Mass,
Sum- Charles Israel Philadelphia Bull
letin; Josiah P. Rowe, jr, Fredericks-
Kessinger, Rome. N. Y, Sentinel; How
ard c. Rice, Brattleboro, VT, Reformer;
Harold F. Wheeler, Boston Traveller:
John A. Hall. jamestown, N. Y, Jour-
nal; Charles E. Gray, Wilmington, Del,
Morning News Oliver Owen Kuhn,
Washington Star: William M. Mcbride,
Passaic, N j., Herald-News; Edwin L.
James, New York Times; Frank j.
Hause, the News. New York: E. D. Cob
lentZ, New York American: Grafton
Wilcox, New York Herald-Tribune.
J. P. Miller, Savannah (Ga) Morn
ing News and Evening Press: j. Edwin
Murphy, Baltimore Evening Sun; John
M. Greene, Rockville Center IN. "
Nassau Daily Review; Fred Gainsway,
Jersey City IN. j. Journal; Robert
johnson, Wilkes-Barre pa Record;
John A. Park, Raleigh On c. Times;
Roy Roberts, Kansas City Star and
Times; Thomas Ferguson and Ronald
H. Ferguson, Manchester Comm Eve
ming Herald: Walter Irving Bates,
Meadsville Pa) Tribune: Robert B.
Choate, Boston Herald; John Mitchell,
Union City IN. j.. Hudson Dispatch;
Courier Citizen; c. B. Hallam, Will
mington Del) Every Evening; j. S.
Parks. Fort Smith (Ark) Times Record
and Southwestern American.
Kenneth D. Tooill, Columbus (Ohio)
State Journal; r. v. Dunlap, st. Paul
Dispatch and Pioneer Press; F. E.
Croasdale, Atlantic City Press and Eve
ming Union; James Kerney, jr.. Tren-
ton IN. j. Times; John K. Quad. New
Brunswick IN. j. Daily Home News;
Gardner Cowles, jr, Des Moines Regis
ter and,Tribune; Roger Connolly, New
Haven Conn Register; M. w. Bingay
Detroit Free Press; Moses Strauss, en-
cinnati Times-Star; Ward E. Duffy,
Hartford Comm Times, and represent
atives of the Lowell Mass Sun.
In connection with the annual meet
ing a collection of old English news
pamphlets and newspapers, sponsored
by the Columbia University School OF
journalism, will be on display at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, scene OF the
meeting. The collection is that OF the