Evening star., 1942-04-23
Roosevelt Receives
Publishers Pledge Of
answering Support
Deer Is Reelected
A. N. P. A. Heed; Sole
OF War Bonds Booked
Earlier Story on Page AID
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NEW YORK. April. 23---Tn the
closing executive session OF It's fifty
sixth annual convention the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton today sent a resolution 20 Presi-
cent Roosevelt piedRing Our indi-
vidual and answering support 10
our Commander in Chief in this
hour Of national crisis and our will
ihgness as individuals 70 share in
all responsibility which American
citizenship imposes upon US 10 the
end that victory shall be achieved
and free men shall be forever free g"
After the closed meeting in which
censorship. transportation OF freight
vital 10 the newspaper industry and
other such administrative matters
were discussed. the A. n p. A re-
elected Walter M. Dear. general
manager OF the Jersey City IN. j.
Journal. as president. and reelected
other officers and directors with but
q few changes.
The publishers named Linwood l.
Eoyes OF the Ironwood Mich
Daily Globe. vice president; Nor
man Chandler of the Los Angeles
Times. secretary, and w. @. Chan
dler OF the Scripps Howard News
papers, treasurer.
Directors and members OF the IA
administrative committees were all
reelected with only a few changes
where publishers retired from the
organization.
Tonight the publishers will attend
their annual banquet, where they
will be addressed by Lord Beaver
brook. the British publisher who was
recently an important member OF
winston Churchill's cabinet and
came 10 this country to coordinate
production, and also by Francis B
Sayre, recent High Commissioner
for the Philippines.
w. r. Wiley of the Cincinnati
, Enquirer made a report for the
subcommittee of the wage-hour
law, in which he told OF the de-
velopments of the seven cases in
which newspapers were involved
with the Wage and Hour Admin
istration. Only one case, he said,
reached the United States Supreme
Court. that an action against the
, Lowell Mass Sun which was dis
missed.
The report OF the Bureau of Ad-
vertising criticizing the methods of
some advertising statesmen brought
q resolution from Frank S. Hoy of
the Lewiston (Me) Sun and Jour-
nal, which was adopted and pro-
posed that the sale of advertising
be confined strictly to the adver-
ttsing department officials OF COM
panies and not be done through
executives outside the advertising
departments.
The publishers also adopted a
memorial resolution honoring al
newspaper executives who died
since the convention last year.
The publishers unanimously
adopted a resolution favoring the
voluntary sale Of War savings bonds
and stamps in enlisting all citizens
10 help finance, the war effort.
The resolution. Jointly introduced
by Il. Palmer Hoyt OF the Portland
Oregonisn. and Roy Moore of the
Brush Moore newspapers of Canton,
Ohio. follows:
Whereas newspapers and news
paper boys have played an i'm
portant part in the sale Of War saw
ings bonds and stamps and whereas
this part promises to be an increas-
Ugly important one in enlisting all
citizens voluntarily to invest in the
war effort. therefore be 1t resolved
that the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, in convention
assembled, expresses its appreciation
of the fine work being done by the
newspaper boys of this country in
their sale of bonds and stamps and
earnestly urges all newspaper read
ers to cooperate with these young
Americans in their voluntary cam
paign to aid war financing"