Evening star., 1950-11-18
AP Editors Studying
Plans for Future in
Closing Session Today
BY the Assoeiated Press

NlVS1ny SVSSsVH IVuuY
BY the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Nov. 18.-"Where do
we go from here?" was the theme
of today's closing session of the
17th annual convention of the
Associated Press Managing Edi-
tors Association.
About 500 newspaper executives
from across the Nation are con-
cluding four-day meeting dur
ing which they made a study of
their own news service-the As
sociated Press-and offered sug-
gestions for further improvements.
L. r. Blanchard of the Roches-
ter Democrat and Chronicle and
Norman Isaacs of the st. Louis
STAR Times were to lead the dis
cussion on plans for the future.
The AP was represented by Alan
Gould, executive editor.
Blanchard Is President.
MIR. Blanchard and Mr.. Isaacs
were elected president and vice
president, respectively. of the
APMEA yesterday. @
During the sessions the editors
have discussed every phase of the
AP news and picture report. Con-
siderable time was spent on
a content study to determine
whether the newspaper reader is
being given adequate material on
all types of subjects that he needs
and wants. This study will con-
tinue.
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
Of the joint Chiefs of Staff, was
yesterdays principal speaker. He
told the editors the United States
must revamp its National Guard
and reserve systems so that a
well integrated. well trained re-
serve force will be ready for i'm
mediate action at all times.
Stripped BY Korean War.
Gen. Bradley said it is a
""bruising and shocking fact" that
the Korean War stripped the free
world of adequate power to face
a general attack at any other
point.
To prevent a recurrence, he
said. the United States must
build its greatest peacetime army
in history but even bare mini
mum" military needs will run
smack into manpower shortages.
Thus he suggested 1--WE should
restudy our entire system of Re
serves" He proposed increasing
enlisted strength Of National
Guard and Reserve units from so
per cent of full strength to IS or
80 per cent.
And every soldier in these di-
visions should have had two years
of active duty and be Immediately
available in case we are attacked" j"
said the general. National Guard
divisions now include many rela-
lively unframed recruits.
Wants Germans Rearmed.
Gen. Bradley appealed with
urgency" for re-armament en-
bracing the total resources" of
Western Germany.
He said the establishment of
German armed forces is "fearsome
for the Frenchman to anticipate, !"
but is necessary to build a "resur-
gent Western Europe one of
the great hopes for the defense of
freedom"
Lack of agreement with the
French on the German question,
he said, is the only delay to an
integrated defense force in Europe.
Gen. Bradley is to go to Europe
about December l to seek a solu-
ton with other Atlantic Pact ma
tions.
Accomplished in the talents
Of science, we have created the
atom bomb" said Gen. Bradley.
To-day, we would gladly trade it
for a genuine course of righteous
ness in the world.
Acknowledged victors in the
art Of war, we would prefer the
benefits of lasting international
agreement and tranquility. To-
day, we would trade all military
power for a century of peace.
No Easy Trade.
But no easy trades are on the
market. We must earn the world
Righteousness we seek and the
peace we so earnestly desire.
Evidently. our labors have just
begun.
1--WE can and must win the cold
wars, as well as the hot ones. So