Evening star., 1948-04-18
1000 j. 5. Publisher!
And Editors 10 Attend
New York Meetings
BY the Asseeiefed Press

NEW YORK, April 17.-More than
1000 OF the Nations newspaper pub
fishers and editors will gather here
next week for the annual meetings
of the Associated Press and the
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
Convention week will open Mon
day with the business meeting and
luncheon Of the Associated Press,
which this year Is celebrating its
Tooth anniversary.
The publishers and allied groups
will meet Tuesday through Thurs
day. Defense Secretary Forrestal
will speak at the closing event
Thursday night. the annual dinner
of the ANPA's Bureau of Advertis-
ing.
Lord Rothermere to Speak.
Lord Rothermere, proprietor of the
London Daily Mail and other Brit
ish newspapers, will be principal
speaker at the AP anniversary
luncheon in the grand ballroom Of
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
The APPS business meeting will
open in the Waldorf at II am. and
will continue after the luncheon.
Speakers at the afternoon meeting
include CHRISTOPHER Chancellor, gen.
eral manager of Reuters; Wes Gal
lagher, the APPS chief of bureau for
Germany, and Russell Brines, chief
of Bureau for Japan. They will give
first hand reports of Europe and
the Western Pacific.
The AP members will elect six
directors-five from the member
ship at large and one from men,
bers in cities of less than $4,000 pop
ulation. Terms are for three years
Nominated For Director.
Nominees from the membership
at large are: E. Lansing Ray, St
Louis Globe e-Democrat; L. K. Mich
olson, New Orleans Times-Picayune;
Roy A. Roberts, Kansas City Star
and Palmer Hoyt. Denver Post, all
of whom were renominated; John
S. knight, Chicago Daily News; w
H. Cowles, Spokane Spokesman-Re-
view; Eugene Pulliam, Arizona Re.
public and Phoenix Gazette; George
C. Biggers, Atlanta Journal; E. M
Dealey, Dallas Morning News. ano
D. Tenant Byran, Richmond News.
Leader.
Nominees from cities of less thar
$4,000 population are Stuart H
Perry, Adrian (Mich.) Telegram, ar
incumbent, and Buell. w. Hudson
Woonsocket (R. - Evening Call.
Col. Robert R. Mccormick of the
Chicago Tribune, a director since
April, 1927, is retiring this year. He
was renominated originally by the
nominating committee but asked
that his name be withdrawn. HI
said there was feeling in the mem.
bership that there should be more
frequent rotation in membership or
the board.
18 Seek Full Membership.
The members will act also on the
applications of 18 associate mem.
bers for regular membership. They
are:
The Arizona Times, Phoenix
Berkley fCalif) Gazette: Santa
Cruz (Chlif) Sentinel-News; Up.
land-Ontario (CalifD Daily News.
| Herald. Lake. Wales (Fla,l Daily
Highlander; Chicago Tribune (aft.
ernoonD; Mattoon Gll) Journal.
Gazette; Goodland CKans) Daily
News; Park City Daily News, Bowl
ing Green, KY; st. Louis Star
Times; Sikeston CMo.) Standard;
Havre hfMont) Daily News; DAILY
Roanoke -Chowan News. Ahoskie
N. c.; Lenoir IN. c. News Topic;
Butler Pa) Eagle; Danville CPa)
Morning News; Sunbury (PaD Daily
Item. and Tri-City Herald, Pasco
| Wash.
The first ANPA session will be an
all-day closed meeting Tuesday with
almost 100 topics up for discussion
These include questions on adver-
tising, business management, cir
culation, labor, personnel, radio
editorial and mechanical
David w. Howe of the Burlington
(Vt) Free Press, ANPA president
will address the general session
Wedn .sdav morning