Evening star., 1944-04-25
A.P. RenamesMcLean
As President, Cooper
As General MANAGER
BY the Associated Press.

AS 0enerdl manager
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Robert
Mclean, publisher of the Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin, was re-
elected president of the Associated
Press by the A. P. board of directors
today.
Houston Harte of the San Angelo
(Tex) Standard was named first
vice president, and Norman Chan
dler of the Los Angeles Times was
elected second vice president.
Frank B. Noyes of the Washington
Star continues as honorary presi-
dent and Kent Cooper continues as
executive director and general man
ager.
Also reelected were Lloyd Strait
ton, secretary; r. j. Starzel and
Claude A. Jaeger, assistant secre-
taries; L. r. Curtis, treasurer, and
Alan j. Gould, assistant treasurer
Reelection of six members to the
Board of Directors and election of
one new director was reported to the
second-day session OF the annual
meeting.
Five directors in the general classi-
f1cation whose terms expired this
year were chosen by A. P. members
yesterday to serve additional three
year terms. Their names and vote
follows:
Mr. Mclean, 1884; George F..
Booth, worcester (Mass) Telegram,
5,768: Mr. Noyes, $500; Paul Pat
terson, Baltimore Sun, 5,328, and E.
II. Butler, Buffalo Evening News,
4,542.
Other Nominees.
Other nominees in the general
classification and their vote:
MIR. Chandler, 1889; Mark Eth
ridge, Louisville ourier-Journal,
1,7o3; Dwight Marvin, Troy IN. "
Record, 1,494; Richard j. Finnegan,
Chicago Daily Times. 912, and Alan
son c. Deuel., Niagara Falls IN. "
Gazette, 236.
Palmer Hoyt of the Portland Ore
gonian was elected to fill the unex-
pired one-year term of w. H. Cowles
of the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman
Review, who resigned. MFR. Hoyt re-
ceived 3,971 votes, as against 1858
for Frank s. Baker of the Tacoma
(Wash.) Daily Ledger.
Josh L. Horne of the Rocky Mount
IN. Co Telegram, who polled 5,693
votes, was reelected as director for
cities of less than $4,000 population.
His vote compared with 1,211 for
Howard Rice of the Brattleboro (Vt.)
Reformer.
Nominating Committee.
Elected to the Nominating Com
mittee yesterday were:
West-W. H. Cowles. jr., Spokane
Chronicle, and w. w. Knorpp,
Phoenix (Ariz0 Gazette; Central
Harold A. Fitzgerald, Pontiac
OMich.) Daily Press, and John w.
Potter, Rock Island dll) Argus.
South--John D. Ewing, Shreve-
port (La) Times, and Curtis B.
johnson, Charlotte IN. CO. Observ-
er: East-F. L. Rogers. Gloversville
IN. " Leader-Republican, and
Henry Walser, Hazelton (Pa.)
Standard Sentinel.
Mr.. Walser was elected chairman
and Mr.. johnson was named secre-
tary.
An Auditing Committee was elect
ed as follows:
West-Clark r. Waite, San Pedro
(Calif.) News-Pilot; Central-Fred
Schilplin, st. Cloud CMinn.) Daily
Times; South - Roy Mcdonald,
Chattanooga (Tenn.) News-Free
Press. and East--Wayne G. Smith,
Meriden Comm Record.
Mr.. Waite was elected chairman.
100 Carriers by 1945.
Rear Admiral Dewitt G. Ramsey,
chief Of the Navy Bureau of Aero
speaking at the annual
luncheon yesterday, said the Navy |
would have more than 100 aircraft |
carriers by the end of this year and
would concentrate them to bring
air power against i'm
portant island objectives in the
"It is my personal conviction that
the Navy's air arm will continue to
spearhead the westward drive In the
Pacific" he added.
Through the concentration of
carriers in the large numbers now
availabIe-at the end of "a we will
have over 100 of them-we can bring
overwhelming air power to bear
against small but strategically i'm
portant island detectives where
limitations of terrain definitely re-
strict the number of land-based
planes that can be operated"
Admiral Ramsey and 1t. Gen.
Alexander A. Vandegrift, Marine
Corps commandant, described much
of the Pacific warfare from the
dark days" of 1912 and said recent
offensives would continue
Aid to Gen. Wingate Described.
Col. John r. Alison of the Army
Air Forces, who went into Burma
with the first air commando group,
told of the assistance given the late
British Maj. Gen. Orde c. Wingate
in penetrating the area far behind
the enemy lines
About 1000 persons, including