The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-09
United Press Nam es BaiUie As President
Karl A. BickeI Retires After Twelve Years Service; Hugh Baillie Has Been Executive President Years

1 Baillie succeeds Karl A. Bickel,
 who has been president since Jan-
 uary 1st, 1923. Bickel will continue
 as a director of the Uunited Press,
 and as member of the executive committee.
 Announcement of Baillie's ap- pointment followed a special meet ing of the board of directors in
 New York, at which BickeTs resig-
 nation as active head of the press
 association was rendered. In so do- | ing, Bickel proposed Baillie as his
 successor, and this was ratified by
 the directors. The change is effec-
 tive immediately.
 Baillie has been executive vice. president of the United Press dur ing the last four years. After the
 directors meeting. Bickel said: "I
 am confident that under Hugh
 Baillie's administration the concern
 will continue to go forward, in-
 creasing in clientele, prestige and
 virility, just as 1t has done without
 interruption for three decades The
 presidency will be no novelty to
 Baillie, us he has shared it's re-
 sponsibilities with me for the last | i've or SIX ycarS'
 l United Press Growing
 During Bickel's incumbcncy, the 1 United Press has grown from an orga nization of 867 clients to one | of more than 1900. Its service has been extended into many addition al foreign countries, so that now 1t
 operates in 49 countries and it's news dispatches are translated
 daily into 21 different languages.
 It's bureaus throughout the world have been increased from 50 to 81:
 it's leased wire structure in the U. S. tripled, and its staff personnel | has been increased proportionately. "One of the greatest accomplish
 ments of the United Press is its worldwide development as an un- | biased, unprejudiccd, non-nation- alistic medium for the dissemina- ton of uncolored international
 news" said Baillie. "rhis accom-
 plishment, which had its beginning
 under the long-visioned guidance of Roy Howard, was carried on by | William w. Hawkins when he was president of the U. F. and was | made constantly greater 1nfiu- ence for good in world affairs un- der Karl Bickel's administration. | With the world filled with propa- ganda, with wars threatened and discussed, with social unrest still big factor, there is today q greater need than ever for truth, sincerity and accuracy in the news ex- changed between nations. The re-
 mutation of the United Press for sane, objective reporting-for re- sponsible management with but one purpose, furnishing It's clients with the truth, was never higher than 1t is today. The carrying on of this enterprise in such a way that the encroachments of various
 propaganda news agencies, both in press and radio, may be resisted, IS inc greatest responsibility that ccmes to me now. Howard, Hawk ins and Bickel have blazed the trail and built the road. It's up to me to kcep 1t open.
 Strongest in History
 "The United Press is in the strongest position in its history. not only in reputation, in clientele, and | In transmission facilities, but in som ething that Is more important
 than that.-personnel A press as- sociation Is no better than its men.
 The U. P. Is represented all over
 the world by American-trained newspapermen who have both youth and experience. That Is one
 of the big reasons why this organ ization has the confidence of 1900 newspaper publishers the world over"
 Baillie jointed the United Press In california in 1915 after six years preliminary work on Los Angeles newspapers. He was first appoint Ca. manager of the Los Angeles bu- reau and continued on the coast
 until 1917. as assistant in the San
 Francisco bureau, and manager at Portland, Ore. Early in 1917 he
 moved to Chicago, and then to New York, where he became man. ager of the New York bureau. In 1919 he was named manager of the Washington bureau, and he held that assignment during the closing days of the Wilson regime. He was on the special train with Wilson when the president col-
 lapsed during his League of Ma tIons campaign.
 Tatac ha rpturned tO New York