Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
The Humon Side Of Religion
The Humon Side Of Religion
Church Assembly News Keeps
|Wiremen Busy Around Clock
By Casper Names
Reliaiovs News Editor Of The Star

w HSHISH DuSy
By Cospor Names
Religious News Editor Of The Star
Evanston, nl.-"This is the
biggest round the-clock job since
the 1852 Republican convention. !"
Western Union officials charac-
terized the World Council Of
Churches second assembly news
paper output here.
One Of the operators, who had
been working long hours during
the early stages Of the meeting,
observed doing the job was like
being sent to Siberia
Truly. everything possible was
done by those responsible to move
the phenomenal flow Of words
along smoothly.
I Million Words Filed.
Final returns show that. more
than 1.258,679 words were filed
during the two-week meeting.
The largest number was sent Au-
gust 10 when President Eisen-
hover was awarded an honorary
degree by Northwestern Univer-
sity. A total of 121,895 words
were sent that day. Western
Union officials here said that was
more than was sent during the
All-Star football game.
Next highest was the day be-
| fore the Nations Chief Execu-
tive came, when 100,670 words
were sent. During the long meet
ing, the average day lowered
around the 10000 word mark,
20 Tables In Press Room.
The press room setup in the
basement of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity headquarters
building rivaled a national polit-
ical convention in scope and
accommodations. There were
nearly twenty long tables, with
from three to five typewriters
on each one.
Here the reporters from APP
proximately 200 secular papers,
the wire services and several
overseas correspondents could be
found working at practically any
hour around the clock.
At one end Of the larger Of
two long rooms were the seven
circuits set up by the telegraph
company. An additional ten cir
cults were set up in McGaw
Memorial Hall, where the plen-
airy sessions were held. McGaw
Hall, approximately two miles
away from the main Northwest
ern University campus, sits be-
hind the university's attractive
Dyche football stadium.
When President Eisenhower
came to the meeting, six special
circuits were set up on Deering
Meadows. Even as the President
spoke, the telegraphers were
sending copy out to newspapers
all over the world.
According to G. o. Rippen,
manager of Western Unions
Evanston district, copy was be-
ing received by newspapers any,
where in the United States with
in fifteen minutes after it was
handed to the telegrapher.
Far-FIung Areas Served.
The international news aspect
of the meeting might be sug-
gested when it is reported that
four correspondents filed every
day directly to papers in Sweden,
two to Germany and one to Eng
land.
In addition, Reuters had one
of it's top correspondents-Sam
Bennett of England, who covers
the United Nations regularly
filing for papers in such far
flung areas as India, South Amer
lea, Africa. England and Europe.
Tribute to Workers.
This reporter should like to
pay tribute to the Western Union
people involved in the extensive
| job. Everyone cannot be named,
so a general thank you" is prob
ably best. Correspondents to a
man agreed that rarely have
they had such agreeable CO.
operation as during the hectic
and I do mean hectic-two
weeks at Evanston.
Remark Recalled.
Perhaps the natural free and
easy manner of American re-
porters in contrast to their Eng
fish counterparts might be illus
trated by a remark made by
one Of the latter.
The Most Rev. Godfrey Fran
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