Show URGE CHANGES IN LAWS LAViS RELATING TO liBEl AND CONTEMPT Press Congress Provides for Committee to Draft Amendments Amendments Amendments Amend Amend- I ments Desired San Francisco July 10 10 Officers Officers were ero elected Sydney Sydne Australia was as I recommended as the place for tor the next convention and censorship libel laws and Judicial powers and the wars war's Influence Influence In in influence fluence on newspapers wore discussed today at the closing session of ot the International Press Frees congress at the Panama Pacific exposition Resolutions were adopted Instructing instructing Instruct instruct- ing the president to appoint a committee commit commit- tee of ot seven leven to draft changes In laws las relating to libel constructive contempt contempt con con- tempt and the power o of ot the Judiciary to send Bend newspapermen to j Jail without hearing or Jury JUT trial and urging press and editorial associations to use their Influence to better conditions along these lines Unes Walter aher Williams dean of ot the school of ot Journalism of or the University of ot Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- was as elected president of or he congress A A. A R 1 Ford of ot Ottawa Ont secretary and treasurer and V. V R. R Beteta City Guatemala Capt B B. W. W Sydney Australia Robert Bell Ashburton New Zealand K Tokyo Japan and Herman Herman Herman Her Her- man Brne Berno Switzerland members members mem mern- bers of tho the executive committee Two vice presidents were elected from each of ot the thirty four countries Included In the congress Tonight the delegates to the tho congress con con- gross gress representing twenty-nine twenty nations nations nations na na- na- na and numbering n nearly arly 1000 were were- entertained d by the press club of San Francisco |