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ating in that field or city, sum
equal to 10 per cent of regular as
sessments paid by members In that
locale since 1900.
Liberalization Effected.
Mr.. Thomason related that. with
liberalization in mind, he made a
motion to set up a committee to
consider a revision of the bylaws,
and it was adopted at the A. P.'s
meeting in April, 194l. At that
time, he added, he had no idea that
the Justice Department considered
any of the bylaws illegal. nor that
the Chicago Sun or Washington
Times Herald intended to apply for
memberships.
He reported the committee-on
which he served-held several meet
ings and drafted the proposed
amendments. counting the
groups discussions, he said the re-
duction in the vote for admission
to majority could be expected to
result in most instances in the elec-
ton of applicants, and at the same
time the members would retain
their traditional right to determine
their future associates.
Mr.. Thomason expressed the be-
lief the committeeman voted for
the payment of the stipulated sum
by applicants because membership
values had been enhanced by men,
bers already in that particular field.
Don Maxwell, assistant manag-
ing editor and city editor of the Chi
cago Tribune, offered an AFFIDAVIT in
which he commented on others filed
earlier by Foreign News Editor Err
nest Won Hartz and Telegraph Edi-
tor Thomas A. Daffron Of the Chi
cago Sun.
He set forth that Mr.. Won Hartz
had deposed that a metropolitan
paper should have the foreign news
reports of both A. P. and United
Press to furnish a thoroughly COM
prehensive cable report
In my judgment" Mr.. Maxwell
said, the foreign news service of
either U. P. or A. P. is sufficiently
comprehensive for any newspa-
per, ."
Refutes Statements.
The AFFIDAVIT stated Mr.. Daffron
had listed 20 stories which appeared
in the Tribune between October 30.
1912, and March Is. l943, and had
noted that u. P. did not furnish
the story to the Chicago Sun, or else
did not furnish the story until after
news Of the event had been pub
ished in the Chicago Tribune"
Mr.. Maxwell replied that he found
most Of those stories in the Suns
final editions. but he did not know
at what times the U. P. delivered
them.
Thomas Furlong, financial editor
OF the Chicago Tribune; w. L. Ayers,
managing editor of the Chicago
Journal Of Commerce, and Robert
P. Vanderpoel, financial editor of
the Chicago Herald-American, filed
afhdavits containing comments on
one sent to the court earlier by Otto
M. Smucker, financial editor of the
Chicago Sun.
Arch Ward, sports editor Of the
Chicago Tribune, made an affidavit
OF his views on points raised by War
rem Brown, sports editor of the Chi
cago Sun. Affidavits were filed also
by w. J. Byrnes, manager of the
Tribune's business survey depart
ment, and E. c. Christensen, a certi-
fed public accountant.
Membership Rise Charted.
Timothy N. Pfeif1er. member Of
the law firm Of Milbank, Tweed and
Hope representing the A. p, said in
an afndavit that the records of the
A. p. showed that it had been be-
tween 600 and TOO members shortly
after its incorporation in 1900 and
since that time there have been
1880 additions to the membership,
as shown by the printed annual re-
ports Of the Associated Press"
Also submitted in the affidavit was
a list of 496 cities in the United
States having daily newspapers,
none of which was a member of the
A. p. as of September 80, 1941. The
list was taken from the Editor &
Publisher international year book.
Daniel J. Shiller, also of the law
firm, said that between August, 1882,
and August, 1912, A. P. annual re-
ports showed that 1913 applications
for membership were granted by the
Board of Governors and only 16
applications were rejected"