Evening star., 1936-05-31
CONVENTION STAFF
OF A. P. OVER 100.
Press Association to Send
Record Number to Party
Sessions.

NEW YORK, May 3o.-The largest
staff ever assigned to report politi-
cal convention--more than 100 thor
oughly experienced reporters, editors,
special writer's, photographers ana
technical workers-will cover the
Democratic and Republican conVen-
tions for Associated Press newspapers
next month.
Byron Price, q veteran political re-
porter and for nine years chief OF the
Washington bureau Of the Associated
Press, will direct the news coverage,
while Wilson Hicks, in charge OF the
Associated Press feature and news
photo service, will supervise the &C
tivities of q staff Of 20 photographers
and picture editors.
Through the Associated Press Wire
photo, pictures of the history-making
events both at Cleveland and at Phila-
delphia will be moved from coast to
coast SO swiftly that wirephoto news
papers will be enabled to present a
pictorial account of what is happen
ing side by side with the written &C
counts Never before has such speed
in picture movement been possible.
New Portable Transmitter.
Providing still greater speed in pic
ture coverage will be the amazing new
portable transmitter, development OF
the Associated Press research labora-
tories. BY use Of the portable trans
mitter, pictures will be moved directly
from the convention halls-a scientific
development without precedent.
The principal coverage of conven-
ton news will be in the hands Of a
large general staff Of writers who by
long association with political affairs
in the Nations Capital are expertly
qualified.
is gathering and writing the news
other writer's, specially qualified, will
concentrate upon the preparation Of
feature stories that will provide fol
readers of the more than 1900 AS
sociated Press newspapers word pic.
lures of what is taking place-the
color, the chatter, the background o!
t44cSS always OI dlIldGlC S1IOWo
To Write General Leads"
The general leads''-that is, the
all-inclusive stories that tell complete
stories in themSelves-will be writer
by E. j. Duffy and J. F. Chester
veterans of the Washington bureau
Duffy will handle the leads for after
noon newspapers, and Chester vii
write exclusively for morning papers
Duffy is day news editor at Washing
ton, while Chester is the news editol
in charge there at night.
This general coverage of the con
ventions, however, is by no means al
that will be provided, complete though
it may seem. In addition, there vii
be present both at Cleveland and a
Philadelphia the Associated Press
large regional staff"-writers as
signed to Washington and charged
with giving special service to news
papers in various regions. Some mem
bers of this regional staff devote al
their efforts to gathering news o
special interest to a single State
Others represent groups Of States.
Still further in its determination II
provide blanket coverage of ever.
angle, the Associated Press will sent
reporters with the various State dele
cations. In this way member news
papers will be provided with stories O.
the activities Of the delegates in whom
they are particularly interested.
Report "Woman Angle"
The woman angle" at both con.
ventions will be reported by Sigric
Arne and Bess Furman, each of whom
has had much experience as a mem.
ber Of the Washington staff.
To make sure that the news writ
ten by this large corps of writer's ma!
be sped promptly to Associated Pres.
newspapers throughout the land, ths
greatest network of wires ever usec
at political convention will be in.
stalled, linking the convention plat.
forms directly to every newspaper
Automatic electric typewriters viii
transmit the convention copy" al
q speed of go words a minute.
Two more leased wires than were
used in 1882 are included in the
Associated Press program this year
In addition, full use will be made o.
commercial facilities.
Transmission of News.
The convention news will be trans.
mittel from five different points ir
each city: From the convention plat
form, the convention workroon
(where Associated Press headquarter.
will be set up), fro mthe day anc
night Offices of the Associated Press
and from a special Associated Press
workroom at a hotel
Byron Price has been covering
conventions for 16 years. In 1920 hi
wrote the leads on the convention
that nominated Harding. He GOV.
cred Hardings front porch" cam.
paign at Marion, Ohio. Later, in cov-
ering the Arms Conference which
President Harding called, Price dem.
onstrated abilities for executive work
and was made news editor at Wash.
ington. In 1927 he assumed hi.
present post as chief of bureau.
In 1923 and 1882 Price directed
stats of approximately rs men, anc
in addition wrote most of the running
stories Of the conventions, as well al
the principal leads.
As part Of his regular work al
Washington Price writes a twice-a.
week column of politics for the AS.
sociated Press feature service, anc
"The Week in Washington" for Sun.
day morning papers.
Price has spent nearly a quartel
of a century with the Associated
Press since his graduation from Wa
bash College. His Associated Pres
service has been broken only by {
period during the World War wher
he commanded a company Of pioneel