Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-20
APP Directors
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BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. april 20 (AP).
Directors Of the Associated
Press said today that during
the last year the APP had met
the biggest challenge Of world
news events since World War II.
Reviewing events, the direct
ors said:
"The cold war continued.
There were political upheavals
and crises on every continent.
France underwent q funda-
mental change in government
under De Gaulle. A divided
Berlin keeps Europe In turmoil.
1.-The datelines from Iraq,
Lebanon, Quemoy, Tibet and
Cuba remind us Of the scope Of
the news coverage problem
There were obstacles to fair
and factual news reporting the
world around, including re-
stricted access to public infor-
nation in the United States"
Position Held Strong
"The Associated Press has
q strong position in meeting its
responsibilities" the directors
said.
1T is a cooperative world
wide news organization an
swerable to no government, no
group Of stockholders or to any
special interest.
ut bears a great obligation
and equal opportunity to serve
its members. its readers and
listeners everywhere. The need
for a cooperative news service,
owned and controlled by its
users, has never been greater"
The report was read at the
APPS annual membership meet
ing in the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel.
The program included cleo
ton of six directors, because
Of expiring terms, and action
on regular membership appli-
cations from 10 associate mem
Der newspapers.
Tabulation of the vote for
directors will not be completed
until late tonight.
Radio Inclusion Recalled
Looking back to 1889. the di-
rectors said:
THE board recognizes a
significant anniversary: it was
20 years ago that the member
ship instructed the board to
make Associated Press news
available to qualified radio sta
tions for commercial broad
cast"
Recalling that this action had
followed years Of debate as to
whether the Associated Press
should serve newspapers exclu-
sively, the directors COM
mented:
while both the printed and
broadcast services develop
specialties peculiar to them
selves. there is a community
Of interest in the basic news
report.
Radio not only pays for its
own distribution and overhead
costs, but makes a substantial
financial contribution to the
general service which has been
increasingly important in
financing necessary expansion
during the past two decades.
Radio members now provide
news from almost 800 commu-
mites in which there are no
member newspapers. In in
creasing numbers, television
members are contributing spot
news pictures to the wirephoto
network"
Achievements Recorded
The directors said the AP
staff recorded notable achieve
ments and that the APP also
went outside its own staff for
some unusual material which
was widely used"
with our own staff barred
from Communist China, we OBJ
tanned an excellent series on
conditions there written by DR..
Sripati Chandrasekhar, Indian
scholar and authority on pop
ulation problems" they said.
Also, the report said, DR..
Paul Dudley White. who wrote
of President Eisenhower's heart
attack in 1855. summarized
what has happened in heart
research since then.
The Associated Press con-
tinues to pioneer in teletype-
setter delivery of news" the re-
port said. This summer for
the first time teletypesetter
transmission of complete tab
ulated stock market lists will
be extended to afternoon men,
beers. Delivery will be over high
speed circuits at the rate Of 265
words per minute"
The directors reported "a
moderate growth in newspaper
membership in the Associated
Press" continued gains in
broadcasting outlets at a graft
flying rate, and continued eX-
pansion overseas on a sound
basis.