Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-10
-NEWSMEN HOLD
FINAL DISCUSSION
Executives of A. P. Papers
Winding Up 2.Day Farley
on Cooperation.

Publishers and managing editors
Of newspapers in Maryland and Vir-
ginia who hold membership in the
Associated Press today were winding
up their two-day session here devoted
to discussion of interchange of
regional news that has interest for
both States.
The meeting is at the Raleigh
Hotel
The visitors yesterday were lunch
con guests at the home of Eugene
Meyer, publisher of The Washington
Post. and afterwards attended the
National Browns game. Last night
they were dinner guests at the Ra-
leigh of The Evening Star.
Senators Byrd and Glass of Vir-
ginia and O'Mahoney of Wyoming,
Democrats. spoke at the dinner, and
praised the additionally impartial
treatment of news by the Associated
Press.
OMahoney Speaks.
Senator OMahoney, a former news
paper man. discussing the shift of
American life from simple rural en-
vironment to the complexities Of
urban dwelling, told the newsmen
that I'VE have invented ourselves into
our present economic situation, and
1t is up to us to think our way out"
The important thing" he said,
was the impulse on the part of the
people to keep free, and the aim of
American editors should be to the
end Of making this new mechanical
civilization respond to democratic
principles"
Senator Byrd, who publishes the
winchester Star, scoffed at the bill
Of Senator Minton, Democrat, of In
diana, to penalize the press for al
legged misStatementS
L don't believe that any one out
side Of Senator Minton will vote for
the bill" he said.
Senator Glass, publisher of the
Lynchburg News and Advance, re-
ceived an ovation in his brief ap-
pearance.
Guests Listed.
Those at the dinner included w.
c. Stouffer, the Roanoke World
News; Frank H. Fuller, A. P. bureau
manager for Virginia; S. E. Phillips,
HagerstoWn, Md; Howard P. Bailey,
Washington Star; Robert Delaplaine,
Frederick. Md; Josiah P. Rowe. jr,
Fredericksburg, Va; William Akin
son. Roanoke. Va; Milo Thompson.
chief of the Washington A. P. bureau
Representative Norman r Hamil-
ton, Portsmouth, Va, Star; Felix
Morley, the Washington Post: Paul
Patterson, Baltimore Sun: Senator
Byrd. c. J. Harkrader, Bristol, Va;
Hughs Wagnon, Baltimore; Robert
Barber, Portsmouth. Va; Herbert F.
Corn, Washington Star; Richard R.
Curtis. Salisbury, Md; A. A. Farley,
Danville, Va; Gerard Tetley. Dan
vile, Va; Alexander F. Jones, the
Washington Post.
William L. Geppert, Cumberland,
Md: Eugene Meyer, the Washington
Post; E. M. jackson, jr.. Annapolis.
Md: Tom Hanes. Norfolk. Va: J. NJ
Clark the Washington Post: C. H.
Meredith. Hanover, Pa; G. G. Lincoln,
The Washington Star; Curtis Lyons,
Petersburg. Va; Merlo Pussy, the
Washington Post: Carter Glass, jr.,
and Robert Glass. Lynchburg, Va;
Hugh Hostetter Hanover. Pa.
Frank B. Noyes. Washington Star;
Newbold Noyes. Washington Star; I.
William Hill. Washington Star; Hud-
son Grunewald, Washington Star;
William T. Delaplaine. Frederick, Md:
c. Neill Baylor, Hagerstown Herald;
Paul J. Banker, Baltimore Sun; B.
M. McKelway, Washington Star: Sem
ator Glass; Fleming Newbold. Wash
ington Star: Scott Hart, Washington
Post; David S. Jenkins, Annapolis.
Md: P. Watson Web, Cambridge,
Md.