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and rain.
ownership" He said the newspape
PM, published in New York b,
Marshall Field, continued to TAX
Wide World photoprint service ever
though not an A. P. member.
Edwin M. Williams, vice presiden
and general business manager o
United Press Associations, said tina
lin my experience, newspaper read
ers have not preferred or demanded
the Associated Press news service a.
against U. P. news service" ant
added that he knew of no instanc,
where access to a particular new
service was determinative of tn,
papers success or failure.
Claim Comparison Errs.
United Press had 1863 newspaper
subscribers when it was organized ir
1907, he said, and on December l
l941. had 1899 newspapers, All
radio stations and 121 others takine
its news service. Total u. P. ex.
penditures grew from $251 $50 ir
1907 to $6,647,8 1868 in 194l, he de.
clared.
Another affidavit by Mr.. Williams
described United Features Syndi-
cate, Inc, a wholly U. P
subsidiary
An affidavit by Frank j. Starzel
AP traffic executive. replied to one
filed for the Government by Man
fred K. Toeppen which compared
leased wires of the AP and United
Press. Mr.. Starzel said Mr.. Toep-
pens comparison contained errors
because it "arbitrarily excludes GER
tain facilities used by the UP"
Operations of NEA Service, Inc.
and Acme Newspictures, Inc, were
described in an affidavit by Fred
S. Ferguson, president of the two
companies. He said the number OF
newspapers receiving picture service
from NEA and Acme was 871 in
1910, s27 in 194l and 1860 in 1912
Sun Praised Service.
Concerning the Acme contract
with the Chicago Sun, Mr.. Ferguson
said that from December 8, 1912
to the present, responsible EN-.
ployes of the Chicago Sun have fire.
luently expressed praise of the Acme
service" In his opinion, he added
there was no substantial difference
between the quality of pictures
transmitted by the Acme ''telephoto'
system and APPS "Wirephoto" sys-
tenn.
Earl J. johnson. vice president and
general news manager of UP, sub.
mltted a list of exclusive stories
developed by UP and a letter dated
in November. 1912, from Turner
Catledge, as editor of the Chicago
Sun, congratulating UP on it's mag
niflcent" election coverage.
Paul Patterson, president of the
company publishing the Baltimore
Sun and the Baltimore Evening
Sun, declared that the Evening Sur
used U. P. exclusively from 1910 te
1928 "and established itself as one
of the predominately successful eve.
ming newspapers in the United
States"
Others Submit Affidavits.
Other. affidavits included:
William J. McCambridge, vice
president and general manager OF
Press Association, Inc, stating that
contracts between P. A. and radio
stations in the United States did
not obligate the station to furnish
news to P. A. or A. P; James Short
of j. Walter Thompson Co., New
York, regarding placement of news
paper advertising; Boyd Lewis, U. P
central division news editor, describ-
ing local news coverage in that di-
vision; j. A. Mcneil of Toronto, gen.
eral manager and secretary of Cana
dian Press, a copy of Canadian
Press bylaws and list of five ap.
plications for membership refused
between 1923 and 1884.
F. A. Resch, A. P. newsphoto edi.
tor, copy of an agreement GOVERNS
the pooling of war pictures among
international newsphotos. Acme
Life Magazine and A. p; Mary
Mauer, in charge of A. P. assess
ment records, regarding A. P. news.
photo members.
Robert r. Booth, A. P. auditor, re-
plying to affidavit Of Guy Raynol
Hill for the Government on com.
parison of A. P. and U. P. string
correspondent costs, asserted there
was an error in Mr.. Hills figures
because the comparison was baseo
on string correspondents only fol-
U. P. while A. P. figures covered al
string correspondents, string photog-
raphers and other part-time work
ers."
A. S. Van Benthuysen, newspaper
consultant of New York on the
evaluation of A. P. memberships and
compensation for loss of exclusive
A. P. service.
Success" Charge Discounted.
The following aff1davits were from
editors and publishers of newspapers
some former A. P. members, assert.
ing the adequacy of other news
agencies and in general stating that
the success of newspaper depended
more on its management than on 9
particular wire service:
Edward Lindsay, editor and di.
rector of Decatur Newspapers, Inc.
owner of five newspapers in Illinois
citing the success of the East st
Louis Journal on the basis of U. P
service alone; Vance c. Mccormick
Harrisburg, Pa, publisher of the
Patriot and the Evening News.
v. Hummel Berghaus, jr., manag-
ing editor of the Evening News
Harrisburg, Pa; Carl D. Groat, edi-
tor of the Cincinnati Post; Arthur
l.. Pagan, editor and co-owner o1
the Hoboken IN. j. jersey Oh.
server; Lawrence A. Clark, business
manager of the Pontiac Gll) Daily
Leader: Frederick H. Keefe, New.
burgh, N. Y, publisher Of the New.
burgh News and the Beacon IN. "
News.
Frank d. Schroth. publisher al