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A.P. SETS RECORD IN NEWS VOLUME Expenses Cut $2,000.000] Without Impairing Service. | Annual Meeting Held. By tne Associated Press NEW YORK, April 24—The manner | m which the world's largest co-opera- | tive—the Associated Press—continued its normal functions through the finan- | cial distress, at the same time reducing annual expenses more than $2,000,000 | for distribution among members in re- | funds and lowered assessments, was de- | scribed at the annual meeting of the | news organizatior today. Kent Cooper, general manager, in his | report to the board of directors, announced that “exclusive of unexpired contract charges and wires and equip- ment charges over which the association has no control, the total emount of re-| duced assessments and refunds * * * will amount to approximately 34 per cent.” | Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Ar-| kansas, floor leader of the Scnate, brought to the annual luncheon from Washington, which he described as the “world’s greatest news center,” a mes- sage of the legislative and economic| program of the new administration, while Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press and publisher of The Washington Star, described the aims and ideals of the mutual news organi- pation of nearly 1,300 newspapers. Roosevelt Sends Greetings. President Roosevelt was unable to at-| tend because of the press of business| at Washington, but he sent “cordial greetings” to the newspaper publishers. Mr. Noyes' address, as in past years, contained a toast to the Nation's Jeader: p “I give you the health of the Presi- dent of the United States, Pranklin D.| Roosevelt, and that of the gracious lady | of the White House.” 1 The report of the board of directors, also prepared for the annual meeting, | drew a comparison of present-day oper- ating expenses with assessment collec- tions of $10,204.326 in 1930. “The retrenchments by the manage- ment,” said the report, “coupled with the financial policies authorized by your board, have permitted three revisions of | assessments in one year. “On the basis of present refunds and reduced assessments, the annual oper- | ating revenues will have been decreased to $8016,549, or a net reduction of $2.187,777." “In order that the full measure of this achievement may be comprehend- ed.” the board noted that “all of the economies were necessarily taken from | approximately two-thirds, or less than $7,000,000 of revenues,” the other third Tepresenting fixed contractual payments to transmission companies. Service Not Impaired. | Both the report of the board and hat of Mr. Cooper commented on the fact that the vast world-wide ncws serv- ice of the organization had mnot been | impaired during one of the busiest of news years. | “The year 1932, said Mr. Cooper, | “was one of the heaviest producers of | news in the history of the Associated Press and the record of achievement. in the face of manifold physical and economic difficulties, is one of which we are all proud. “The day-by-day record shows the Associated Press acquitted itself credit- ably in its service to member news- | papers, while the association also made | strides in administrative and technical | matters.” | Mr. Cooper took up plans for the fu- | ture, saying: “Operated always without profit and | with but a reasonable reserve, ‘the management has recommended and the board of directors has approved op- eration during 1933 upon the most | economical basis possible. “We plan to carry on with the small- est pro rata general news collection charge against any individual member that has been collected from him dur- ing the 33 years of the assoclation’s life and without adding anything to reserves.” | Address by Mr. Noyes. President Noyes, in his prepared Juncheon talk, said: “Once every year, for many, many years, it has seemed my duty to remind those in attend- ance at our annual luncheon of what the Associated Press really is and what are its functions. “This seems ever increasingly my duty, for with every year comes & new group of members, unfamiliar with its history and it ideal, and who to put it euphemistically ‘know not Joseph.” “It is, therefore, most important that this younger generation should symoa- theticad’ understand what bitter ex- perience has written in the hearts of those who founded and fought for the | Assoclated Press. We belleved and be- live today that the safety of the American Newspapers—and of their readers—depends on the main- tenance of a mutually owned and directed news gathering agency that cannot be the instrument of any pri- vate ownership. It matters not what this private ownership is for the mo- ment. The very possibility of our news- papers being subject to mere opinion of any private ownership as to what is good or bad in legisiation or election is a peril, and if the menace becomss that of a dominant privately owned newsgathering organization with sin- ister motive and menace becomes & monstrous one. Unbjased News Presented. “Faced with the alternative of agree- ing to the control of their news sources —their very life blocd—by a private ownership, the newspapers of this country chose to fight for their self- respect and founded the Associated Press. This was 40 years ago. The than 1200 newspapers bound together | in a mutual, non-profit-making organ- \ izaticn pledged to exchange news with each other and gather for the joint | benefit of its members the news of the world. The news so gathered must be non-partisen in its highest sense; must have no tinge of bias whether political, economic or religious.. It must neither advocate nor oppose causes. It must be simply the servant of its member newspapers in their purpose to obtain for themselves the mews of the far- flung world as expeditiously as is com- patible with accuracy. “This is the sole mission of our or- ganization.” Message From President. 1In announcing that he would be un- | able to be present, President Roosevelt | wrote President Noyes as follows: ! “It was with extreme regret and only | after keeping the matter under advise- | ment up to the last moment that I| found myself comp:lled to decline the invitation to attend the annual lunch-| eon of the Associated Press and even unable to comply with your interesting ! suggestion that I address the luncheon | by long-distance telephone. “I am sure that you and the gentle- men who will participate in this lunch- eon will appreciate the demands on my time just at present which make it im- | possible for me to accept many of the | invitations which, like yours, I would be only too glad to accept under nor- ' mal conditions. An added difficulty in the way of complying with your | request that I address you lies in the fact that just at that time I will prob- ably be in conference with some of thel foreign representatives who will be my guests at the White House. ! “Please convey to all those present my regret and my cordial greetings.” Broadcasting to Be Determined. Five directors of the Associated Press are to be elected and the attitude of the membership on broadcasting of news determined. The board of directors adopted a resolution last week to pro- hibit the association itself from author- izing chains to use Associated Press news, but left the matter of individual ' member broadcasting to be determined by the members. The action followed a recent poll of the entire membership by President Noyes which showed a preponderate opposition to news broadcasting by chains, with a closer vote on member newspapers being permitted to furnish news to their own or allied radio sta- tions. Broadcasting of news of transcendent importance has been permitted since 1925 in accordance with a resolution of the members. General Manager Cooper reported to the board that the organization itself had authorized no news broadcasts since the November election. SOCIALISTS SHUN MERGER| Cleveland Group Addressed by! Thomas in Communist Proposal. CLEVELAND, April 24 (#).—Dele- gates to the State convention of the Socialist party, in a meeting addressed by Norman Thomas, the party’s candi- date for President last Fall, yesterday voted down a proposal that they take initial steps on & possible union with the State organization of the Com- munist party. By a ratio of four to one, the 85 delegates voted against the resolution. The convention adopted another resolu- ‘ion reaffirming support of “the philoso- phy ‘ot the international Socialist move- ment.” GIRL’S BdDY FOUND River Victim of Muncie, Ind., Had Been Missing Month. MUNCIE, Ind., April 24 (#).—A de- composed body found late yesterday on the bank of White River, near here, was identifiled by George W. Pfeiffer, town- ship assessor, as that of his daughter. Dorothy Jane Pfeiffer, 13, who disap- peared more than a month ago. Hundreds of men had engaged in a search for the girl since she was last seen late the afternoon of March 21, swimming in the flood waters of the river near the Walnut Street Bridge. The river was dragged and dynamite ‘bombs were set off in the water to force the body to the surface. THE EVEi FIGHT FOR 6. 0.P. CONTROL BREWING Hoover Administration Lead- NG . | ers Bring Issue to Showdown‘ in Forming “Associates.” By the Assoclated Press A contest for control of the Repub- m-nmptrtt}' organization appears to be en Announcement of the organization of | the “Republican Federal Associates” by the leaders of President Hoover’s ad- ministration is bringing the issue to a showdown. Ogden Mills, the Hoover Secretary of | the Treasury, and Walter Brown, the | | Hoover Postmaster General, are lC(l\:l the new organization. Brown STAR, WASGLINGTON action ‘o earnest Republican men and women who appreciate the need for a militant political organization, na- tional in scope, to supplement the work of the regular party organiza- tions in promoting Republican princi- ples of government.” Ernest Lee Jahncke, the Hoover As- sistant Secretary of the Navy, is first vice president; Mrs. Nicholas Long- worth, second vice president; Charles J. Moos, third vice president; William R. Castle, treasurer, and Coleman, general secretary. Six of Hoover Cabinet. 8ix of the Hoover cabinet members are represented on the board of direc- tors—Mills, Brown, Roy D. Chapln, Arthur M. Hyde, Willlam N. Doak and Ray Lyman Wilbur. Others include Walter E. Hope, for mer Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury; James J. Patchell, Union City. Ind: Mrs. Longworth; Castle: Moos, St. Paul; Jahncke; Harry Culver, Cul- | ver, Calif.; Coleman: Glover; John | Richardson, Boston: Ferry K. Heath, former Assistant Secretary of the Treas- uary, and Mrs. Albert G. Sims of New Mexico. ‘The purposes of were described as follows: the organization | A D Al District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. 8 recorded ‘n the official citation, Charles M. Wesson, colonel, Ordnance Department, United’ States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and _distin- services in a position of great responsibility. As commanding officer | of the Watertcwn Arsenal, Mass., from January 10 October, 1918, by his inde- fatigable energy, great administra- thorough technical knowledge, he planned, erected and equipped and brought to & highly efficient working basis a new fac- tive ability and|la in to head it. The old guard forces who bitterly | opposed the nomination of Hoover in the 1928 - convention regard the new | organization as an attempt by the Hoover forces to keep control of the, party. tory for the manu- facture of 240-mm. howitzer carriages as well as a new forging plant for large-caliber “Preserving the Government of the | = United States for future generations as| - the founding fathers created it. L Protection of Nation. | m— “Waging unrelenting warfare agatnst | "] Watching Situation. They are closely watching the situa- tion and are determined at a later time to have it out for party manage- ment. % Arch Coleman, who was First As- sistant Postmaster General in the Hoover administration, is in charge of Washington headquarters, and W. Irving Glover, who was Second Assist- ant Postmaster General, is director of organization. “We have absolutely nothing to do with candidates,” Coleman told news- paper men today. “This is a fleld organization to keep together those who have been active in Republican circles for the last 12 years. “We will keep these Republicans ad- vised of what is going on, so they will be ready to work for the party when- ever needed. It is an adjunct to the Republican National Committee.” Glover was in Cleveland today in connection with the organization's work. each State and perhaps in each con- gressional district. ‘Wayward Members Sought. One of the prime objects of the or- ganization is to return to the Repub- lican fold those party members who supported Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, A letter sent out from national head- quarters here to prospective members said the organization was intended to “afford an opportunity for co-operative s ;»"y Units are to be established in ' | all political movements which may | menace our Government and social | system. “Promoting peace with all nations and, as a prerequisite thereto, main- | taining an adequate national defense. citizenship to seek public office. | “Effecting changes in the direct pri- | mary system which will prevent bloc or minority nominations and insure rep- re.s]enuuve government by majority rule. “Maintaining the national credit and integrity of the national currency “Perpetuating the fundamental prin- | ciples of the Republican party as enun- ciated in its national platform. “Exposing graft and all other im- proper practices by public officials” EEa SEES AID TO JEW Richard E. Gutstadt of Cincinnati, director of special activities for B'Nai Brith, sald in an address here yes- tercay he was confident the State Department was exercising maximum influence w0 secure humanitarian treatment for the German Jewish minority. He spoke before the Grand Lodge of District 5, B'Nai B'Rith, which em- | braces North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Florida and the District of Columbia. | " “Encouraging the highest type of . GREENSBORO, N. C., April 24 (#).— S guns—a definite contribution to the military power of the Nation. | From November. 1918, until Augus | 1919, as commanding officer of the Ord. nance Base repair shops at Mehunsur- Yevre, France, he again rendered highly meritorious service in a position of reat responsibility in salvaging ord- nance material, valued at millions of | dollars, and prepared it properly for shipment to the United States, He is cn duty with the Ordnance Department in Washington, holding the | rank of lieutenant colonel, and resides | at 1406 Thirty-fourth street northwest. lesreniie i s TITLED WOMAN DIES Lady Mary Agatha Was Daughter | of British Prime Minister. | | LONDON, April 24 (#)—A link with the political life of the early years of Queen Victoria's reign was broken to- day by the death of Lady Mary Agatha. aged 80. She was the daughter of the first Earl of Russell, Liberal prime min- ister from 1846 to 1852 and from 1865 to 1866. 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