Evening star., 1941-04-24
Walter Dear Named
President at Final
A. n. P. A. Session
Secretary Knox to Speak
At Advertising Bureau
Bouquet Tonight

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 24.-Walter M.
Dear, publisher of the Jersey City
Jersey Journal, today was elected
president of the American News
paper Publishers Association at the
closing session of the organizations
55th annual convention.
Named as vice president was Lin
wood l. Moves, IronWood tMichD
Globe Norman Chandler, Los AM
geles Times, was elected secretary.
and William G. Chandler, Scripps-
Howard newspapers, was named
treasurer.
The following directors were
chosen for two-year terms:
John s. McCarrens, Cleveland
Plain Dealer, and retiring A. n. P.
A. president; Jerome D. Barnum,
Syracuse Post-Standard; David w,
Howe, Burlington CVt) Free Press:
w. E. MacFarlane, Chicago Tribune,
and F. I. Ker, Hamilton tOntariol
Spectator. George c. Biggers, At
lanta journal, was elected for one
year term.
Col. Frank Knox. Secretary of the
Navy and publisher of the Chicago
Daily News, will be the principal
speaker at the 20th annual A. N. P.
A. Bureau of Advertising dinner to-
night, together with C. R Smith,
president of American Airlines..
Newsprint Costs Up.
The A. N. P. A. management re-
ported that despite dwindling Of
Scandinavian newsprint imports
during 1910 and the demand made
on North American mills TO supply
the imports eliminated, the capacity
of these mills amply provided for
the missing overseas shipments
The cessation of Scandinavian
imports resulted, however, the report
said, in greatly increased newsprint
costs to many publishers"
"Curtailment of Canadian exports
was largely responsible for that in
dustry operating at about 78 per
cent of its annual potential capa-
city" 80
w. F. Wiley, Cincinnati Enquirer,
chairman of both the Committee on
Wage and Hour Law and the Fed
eral Laws Committee, reported on
legislation passed during the last
year as it affects newspaper pub
fishers.
Indiana Added TO List.
Legislation to which too few pub
fishers have given proper emphasis
Is the protection Of newspapermen
refusing to divulge confidential
sources of information. Mr.. Wiley
said. "A few States have such legis-
lation on the statute books and at
tempts have been made to secure
Federal action. Each year for a
number of years a bill has been in
troduced to protect newspapermen
in this matter, but the bill has never
been reported out of committee"
Mr.. Wiley reported that with the
enactment in Indiana last February
Of law protecting newSpapermen
in such cases, nine States-Alabama
Arizona, Arkansas, California. Indi-
ana. Kentucky, Maryland. New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania-now have
such laws.
Defense Stand Reaffirmed.
The membership of the A. N. P. A.
today ratified and affirmed a decla-
ration on national defense approved
February "a by representatives of the
A. N. P. A, the American Society Of
Newspaper Editors, the National Ed
itorial Association, and regional pub
Usher organizations
This group at that time issued the
following statement of their unani-
| nous purpose and intent:
Il. That the newspapers recognize
their primary obligation to further
national defense in every possible
manner.
%. That the newspapers also rec
ognize their essential duty to furnish
complete and accurate information
compatible with military necessities.
IS. That the newspapers in the
performance of these obligations be-
speak the cordial consideration and
cooperation of Federal and State
authorities concerned with national
defense"