Evening star., 1946-04-23
six Associated Press
Directors Reelected
To 1hree-Year Terms
BY the Associoted Pr.x,

TORS OF the Associated Press have
oeen reelected to three-year terms
Results of the balloting by members
at the annual AP meeting were made
known last night.
The six, whose terms expired this
year, and their votes:
/ j. r. Knowland, Oakland (Calif1
tribune, 4,3O9; Paul Bellamy, Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, GAIA; E. K. Gay
lord, Oklahoma City Oklahoman,
5,627; Arthur Hays Sulzberger, New
York Times, 6,325; James E. Chap
pell, Birmingham Age Herald, 1854,
and o. S. Warden, Great Falls
(Mont) Tribune, $3.50.
| Defeated nominees and their vote:
Norman Chandler, Los Angeles
Times, 3,712; John S. Knight, De-
troit Free Press, 4,021; Anon G.
Carter, Fort Worth STAR Telegram,
$50; Edward E. Lindsay, Decatur
(Illo Review, 854; Mark Ethridge,
Louisville Courier-Journal, 2,941,
and Lincoln O'Brien, Claremont
| (N. HI Daily Eagle, 1888.
Mr.. Warden and Mr.. OBrien were
contestants for a dictatorship for
cities Of less than $4,000 population
Carter Sought to Withdraw.
just before the balloting, Mr..
Carter asked that his name be with
drawn. He said he had never served
as a director of any newspaper Or
ganization and that Il don't want to
give up my amateur standing"
BY vote of 173 to IA, the men,
berShlp approved recommended
ltion Of the directors that certain
classes of users of news be eligible
for associate membership.
These include: (a) owners of radio
corporations engaged in the publica-
ton of news and which now have or
may hereafter have news exchange
arrangements with the AP.
-Four associate AP members were
elected to regular membership. They
were: Columbus (KanS) Advocate
and Miami Beach tFla.) Sun
Tropics, afternoon memberships;
Twin Falls Gdaho) Telegram and
Miami Beach (Fla) Morning Star,
morning memberships.
The Endicott IN. " Bulletin, an
afternoon newspaper was elected to
regular membership.
| At a luncheon, the nearly 1000
AP members, who attended the all
day meeting at the Waldorf Astoria,
heard Owen j. Roberts, retired Su-
| preme Court justice, urge creation
of "a common agency to outlaw war
and to regulate weapons" and de-
clare there is no security against
international wars in the United
! Nations
/ UN Described as Forum.
That is fact" Mr. Roberts
said, "the United Nations is place
to talk things over, it is a forum
for discussion, a place where action
can be taken if the great nations
are unanimous and not otherwise
and it is an organization that will
never prevent war unless that great
triple alliance remains perfect and
unanimous"
Kent Cooper, executive secretary
of the AP, referring to the charge
that the AP served other govern
ments but did not do the same
for the United States Government, |
in connection with its refusal to
furnish news to the State Depart
ment, said:
My comment is that the Associ-
ated Press has no commitment to
furnish nor does it furnish its news
to any government for propaganda |
purposes. For information only. but
not for use in propaganda, it does |
makes its spontaneous news avail |
able promptly to various Offices of
the United States Government, but
barely at or below the cost of de-
livery. 1t will do the same for any
! government"
Mr.. Cooper declared also:
| Cd The AP did not act precipi- !
lately in withdrawing the news serv-
ice for use by the Government in
propaganda" He said the original
arrangement with the Government
provided for termination of the serv-
ice with the end of the war. four
months extension was granted jan
uary l, and the matter reconSidered
at subsequent meeting.
Tass Contract Explained.
(2) The AP exchange of news
contract with the Russian TasS
agency specifically bars Tass from
retransmitting AP news outside of
Russia Mr. Cooper said this con-
tract was 'in harmony with the
AP principle of exchange of news
with the press or agencies of the
press of all countries
He said the Canadian press would
not be permitted to include AP news
IN foreign transmission by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. when
the present arrangement ends, and
an arrangement with the British
Broadcasting Corp. would not be
renewed except for domestic broad
casting in England.
/ AS respects all other countries
where the AP serves news for gov
eminent use, it does so solely for
domestic broadcasts and not for
international propaganda purposes"
Mr.. Cooper said.
3.-The AP could. in resignation.
sustain the loss of furnishing news
gratis to the United States Govern
ment but important newspapers in
foreign lands desire no propaganda
news or news from agencies which
cooperate with any government in
disseminating propaganda"
IF the Government paid the |
Associated Press for surrendering
its opportunity in the foreign field |
1t would pay an amount that would |
at once make the Government the
heaviest financial hacker of the
news organization" Mr.. Cooper said. |
Democratic Committee .
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