Evening star., 1947-04-20

beyond the financial capacity OF pr1-
vate institutions, he declared.
Industry will carry the major load
in applied science. DR.. Bush said, if
it is given a situation in which new
businesses "can pioneer with cour-
age, courage enough to make mis-
takes and start over again.
1--WE have made the way unneces-
sarily hard here" he commented,
partly because in the effect to
regulate big business we have gone
too far, overshooting the mark and
virtually prohibiting the venture
someness essential to the launching
of pioneer undertakings.
He praised legislation which would
create national science foundation
to seek out and train new scientific
talent and emphasized the necessity
for "judicious governmental sup
port" of science.
He warned, however. that if Gov
ernment support means Government
control and dictation by the nom
scientific, we face failure"
Howard Elected President.
The convention elected N. r.
Howard, editor of the Cleveland
News, as its president to succeed
Wilbur Forrest, assistant editor of
the New York Herald Tribune. Mr..
Forrest remains on the Board OF
Directors until 1850.
al n
ham, editor of the Christian Science
Monitor, first vice president; B. M.
McKelway, editor of The Star, Sec
ond vice president; Dwight Young,
editor of the Dayton Journal and
Herald, secretary, and Alexander F.
Jones, managing editor who, on
May l.. will become assistant to the
publisher of the Washington Post,
treasurer. Mr.. Young also was sec
retary last year.
Later, the editors adopted four
resolutions, including Endorsement
of the proposal that the United
States negotiate separate treaties
with other nations to promote
worldwide freedom Of the press.
Uniformed Criticism" Welcomed.
introduced by Mr.. Forrest the
resolution asserted that "if the
United Nations, or other means of
multilateral action. fails to produce
results in reasonable time, this So
ciety urges that the United States
Government make beginning
through the negotiation of bilateral
treaties with individual nations"
After lone discussion, members
adopted a resolution by a 81 to 35
vote declaring that ASNE welcomes
informed criticism of the press.
Discussion centered around a para
graph which was deleted 1t stated
that the recent report of the Com
mission on Freedom of the Press,
issued through the University of
Chicago and proposing several press
reforms, had been analyzed by many
newspaper and found to contain
inaccuracies and omissions.
The resolution as adopted stated
that the society constantly recog-
nizes the need for self improvement
of newspapers, but believes our press
Is performing with increasing
effectiveness and fairness the duty
of keeping the American people the
best informed people in the world"
Press Institute Praised.
A third resolution declared the
society heartily endorses the work
of the American Press Institute,
established through the leadership
of Sevellon Brown of this society at
the Graduate School of Journalism
of Columbia University. We believe
American Press Institute is already
helping measurably to raise the
practical standards of operative
journalism in the United States"
The final proposal submitted by
the ASNE Resolutions Committee
and adopted by the members voted
unanimous thanks to its officers
who have managed its affairs dur
ing the past year and expresses es-
pecial appreciation of the services
of President Wilbur Forrest and
Convention Program Chairman
Alexander F. Jones"
Earlier in the day the Roar nf