Evening star., 1948-05-19
.AP Praised al Banquet
Marking Centennial al
White Sulphur Springs
Bv the Associated Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va, May 19.-Dr. Francis Pendle-
ton Gaines said last night that "for
cooperation in the gathering OF
intelligence and realization of op-
portunity, no chapter in the his
tory of American enterprise is more
impressive than the story OF the
first century of the Associated
Press"
DR.. Gaines. president of Wash
ington and Lee University, spoke at
a banquet concluding a four-State
meeting of the organization cele-
brating the APPS first 100 years.
But the prospects for the second
century," he added, "are even bet
ter"
Robert Mclean, president OF the
Philadelphia Bulletin and of the
AP, and Relman CPat) NORM, chief
of the APPS Washington bureau
were speakers at a general session
in the afternoon. Attending were
members from West Virginia, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina and
the District of Columbia.
Committees Are Set Up.
Both the West Virginia group and
the Chesapeake Association, en-
bracing Maryland and the District
of Columbia, set up continuing study
committees for improvement OF the
AP reports.
Virginia members named Ben B
Johnston, managing editor OF the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, State
chairman. He succeeded William c.
Barnes, publisher of the Martins
vile Bulletin.
w. ]. Missett, publisher of the
Suffolk News Herald, and Carter
Glass, jr., publisher of the Lynch
burg News and Advance, were
named first and second vice chair
men, respectively. Frank H. Full
Ter, chief of bureau of the AsSoci-
ated Press at Richmond, was named
secretary y-treasurer.
Virginia's Gov. Tuck told the news
men last night that Federal grants
in-aid to the States "are one OF the
gravest threats which confront our
system of Government and our de-
mocracy today
Reiterates His Stand.
The Governor referred particularly
to Federal aid to education proposals
and the possibility that antl-segre-
CATION stipulations would be in
cluded
For my part" he declared. Il
stand firmly on my statement OF
April 6 when I said that If this
Federal plan of aid to education
becomes law, and if the so-called
civil rights sanctions, proposed by
President Truman's Committee on
Civil Rights, also are invoked, Vlr-
ginia will not accept one farthing
of these funds while I am Governor
of the Commonwealth.
(Although Gov. Tuck gave no
specific reason why he chose the
White Sulphur newspaper meet
ing as setting to air his views
on Federal aid to education, it
was recalled that Richmond's
mayor, Horace H. Edwards, po-
tential Democratic candidate Tor
governor, dealt with the subject
in two recent addresses. Mr.. Ed
wards limited strongly that he
would welcome Federal aid to
education if it were forthcoming
with no strings attachedD
Gov. Tuck cited as an example OF
Washington's total disregard" OF
the fundamentals of States rights
the recent shelving in Congress OF
legislation that would permit South
ern States to enter into compacts
to establish regional institutions OF
higher learning.
In keeping with the occasion Gov.
Tuck congratulated the Associated
Press on its anniversary and took
occasion to point proudly to the
part Virginia has had in safeguard
ing the freedom of the press.