Evening star., 1942-08-29

to carry the important news report
without interruption and parallel
circuits are also leased to carry
respectively supplementary data
news pictures, financial news, sport
news, news features and the like.
Only Members Can Obtain
Associated Press News Report.
SIS. While the news collected by
the Associated Press generally ap-
pears in all newspapers published
in foreign countries. in the United
States, under restrictions imposed
by the A. P. bylaws, only members
of the Associated Press can obtain
its news reports 1t has itself re-
Gently published the following state
ment:
Through facilities which 1t has
created, the news of America COLI
lected by the Associated Press ap-
pears in virtually every newspaper
in the world outside of the United
States. In the United States it's
domestic and world news appears
in a select and exclusive group of
newspapers which are members of
the association"
Sc. Complete control over the af-
fairs of the Associated Press is vest
ed in board of directors. The by
laws broadly vest in the board 'the
control and management of all the
affairs" of the Associated Press.
I T-,o,, alec cpao;6ooII,, oo,,f,r ,,1o,,
the board the following powers:
(a) To select and fix the COM
pensatlon of, and to remove or dis
charge, all officers, agents and en-
| ployes of the Associated Press.
| CD To change from time to time
the nature and extent of the news
| service to any member" except that
the board shall not "omit" the news
| service to any member other than
| for cause" as provided in the by
laws.
Co To apportion all expenses
among members sin such manner as
it (the board may deem equitable;
to levy upon the members assess
ments for such expenses and assess
ments for the accumulation of "a
surplus fund for emergency pur-
| poses; to change from time to time
such apportionment and assess
mental such action by the board
being final and conclusive" not
subject to question by appeal to a
meeting of members or otherwise.
Directors Are Empowered
To Levy Fines on Members.
| (d) To permit withdrawal from
membership Ga member being liable.
If such permission is refused, to pay
assessments for two years after his
notice of withdrawaD.
(e) To impose upon any member
found by the board to have violated
fany provision of the bylaws a fine
not exceeding $1,000, or suspension
from the privileges of membership
Involving discontinuance of news
| service) Or presentation of the vio-
lator to a meeting of members for
expulsion-all such action by the
board being final and conclusive" !"
not subject to appeal or review.
60 To provide for all matters in
respect to which no provision is
made" by the bylaws.
ST. The Board of Directors, exer-
cising such plenary power, has, in
practice, proved to be self-perpetu-
ating. The directors have, almost
without exception, continued in
office until death, sale of their news
paper interest. or other necessary
reason for relinquishing the Office.
Apart from these circumstances, the
directors, at the end of each three
year term during the whole life of
the Associated Press have been re-
nominated and reelected; out of
retiring director has been renomi-
mated, in only five cases has he
failed of reelection (and in one
such case he was elected the follow
ing year,.
So. The average term of service of
the directors reelected in 1912
tapart from those Representing cities
of less than $4,000 is IA years and
the average service is 18 years, if a
father-son successorship in Office is
regarded as continuous. On the
latter basis, there have been two
continuous directorships since 1900
and one since 1901. Nor was the
situation different in the early years
OF the organization. The directors
elected or serving in 1902 served
average terms of 1872 years and,
counting father-son successorship
| as continuous, of II years.
Weekly Assessment Used
As Basis for Bond Buying.
SO. Bonds of the Associated Press
were originally issued to members
who had been stockholders of a
predecessor corporation of the same
name organized in 1892 under the
laws of the State of Illinois In the
same proportion in which they had
held stock in that corporation, such