Evening star., 1950-04-25
-Four New Directors
Are Elected by AP;;
Eisenhower Speaks
Or the Asseeieisd Press

NEW YORK, April 25.-Robert
Mclean Of the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin, president of the
Associated Press. and Norman
Chandler of the Los Angeles Times
were reelected yesterday as di-
rectors Of the AP.
The members also chose four
new directors.
Mr.. Mclean received 1882 votes
and Mr.. Chandler 6,673.
Paul Miller, Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle, 1884: Robert B.
Choate, Boston Herald, 5.205;
James M. North, jr.. Fort Worth
Star Telegram. 4.742, and Harry
r. Byrd, jr.. Winchester Star, 4.747.
Mr.. Byrd represents cities under
1000 population. He won over
Dolph Simons of the Lawrence
(Kans) Journal-World, for rep
resentatiye in that class. Mr..
Simons got 1886 votes.
Other Election Results.
Other nominees and their votes:
James M. Cox. jr., Dayton
(Ohio) Daily News, 4,482; w. H.
Cowles, Spokane Spokesman-Re-
view. 5000: Buell. Hudson, Woon-
socket Call and Evening Reporter,
2,410; Edward e. Lindsay, Decatur
CIND Herald, 2,047; Philip D. Ad-
Ter, Davenport Times. 1919.
The four newcomers to the
Board of Directors replace four
publishers who retired from the
board after long service-Paul
Patterson, of the Baltimore Sun,
o director since 1923: Edward H.
Butler, the Buffalo News, since
1910; George F. Booth, the Wor-
cester Telegram. since 1941, and
Josh L. Horne, Rocky Mount IN.
c. Telegram, since 1887. Mr..
Horne represented cities under
$4,000 population.
The four men who left the
board had asked that they not
be renominated. They said they
believed this action conformed to
the spirit Of q provision Of the
bylaws adopted in 1912 limiting
directors to three consecutive
terms.
Would Have Been Eligible.
This limitation was made to ap-
ply to three terms served after
April 40. 1912" Thus. the four
men would have been eligible for
reelection to one additional term.
The limitation does not apply to
q director who is president of the
Associated Press. Mr.. Mclean,
therefore, was exempt from the
bylaw. He first was elected to
the Board of Directors in 1924. and
has been president of the AP since
1888.
Mr.. Chandler has been on the
board since 1947.
Associated Press members, hold
ing their annual meeting. adopted
q resolution praising the retiring
directors for liable and dis
tinguished service rendered to the
AP through the years."
Mai. Gen. Julius Ochs Adler.
vice president and general man
ager OF the New York Times, Of
fered the resolution.
At the annual luncheon of the
Associated Press yesterday 1.400
publishers and editors heard Gen.
Eisenhower call on the Nations
newspapers to keep their news
columns free and unbiased.
Urged to Defend Freedom.
Gen. Eisenhower. president of
Columbia University. urged the
newspapers to defend "the politi-
cal and economic freedom of each
one of U.s."
"Only an informed public opin-
ion can win the peace" Gen.
Eisenhower declared.
The Nation looked for peace
when the last war ended. he said,
but the "shattering Of that dream
Of actual and permanent peace
has brought about a confusion in
our minds. a confusion that is
almost q bewilderment."
This confusion spread, Gen.
Eisenhower added, because some
Of the Nations leaders are Shoot
ing from the hip" in eagerness to
give answers when facts and in
terpretations are needed.
Gen. Eisenhower declared:
''Now the great danger in our
confusion or our failing to think
and act in the traditional Amer
ican manner-that IS, making de-
cisions on the basis of actual
information in our possession-is
that the world may misunder-
stand"
Praises War Reporting.
He added that there is very.
very great danger" if the world
thinks that Americans are torn
by divided counsel and seem
tngly unready to make decisions
and to move forward with conf
dence on a given path"
Gen. Eisenhower paid tribute to
the American press for its report
Ing of World War II.
He said that upholding the free
dom Of the press is vital, but that
also 1--WE must stand for individ-