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Show 1EHJ EDITORS GATHERJNKEW YORK Reception Tendered Visitors Vis-itors by Pulitzer School of Journalism. NEW YORK. June 19. Editors from all parts of the United Slates today opened the five-day convention of the National Editorial association with a programme of addresses dealing with the business and news features of the profession. Tonight To-night the editors and their wives were guests at a reception given by the Pulitzer Pulit-zer School of Journalism at Columbia university, uni-versity, at which addresses were delivered deliv-ered by Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the university; Talcott Williams, director di-rector of the school; Don C. Seitz of the New York World, Bradford Merrill of the New York American and S. S. McClure of the Evening Mail. 1 Legislation designed to relieve conditions condi-tions which he described as critical for the newspaper publishing business was outlined by Lee J. Rountree, president of the association, in his opening address. The legislation which is pending in congress con-gress would apply to advertising, mailing, copyrights and other phases of the business. busi-ness. Mr. Rountree said that, owlyng in part to the European war, the cost of production had increased to such an extent ex-tent that revenues must be materially increased if the profession Is to avoid reverses. re-verses. He recommended that a special session of the association be called to consider the legislation. Mr. Rountree expressed the opinion that if governmental censorship In Europe had not prevented "even a substantial part of the truth" from becoming known through the newspapers the war would have been averted. In his address of welcome. Mayor Mltchel expressed the belief that the power of the press during the last two years had been used In a manner which could not be challenged. Edward Percy Howard, president of the New York Press club, extended a welcome on behalf of New York's working newspaper men. An address bv John A. Slelcher. editor of Leslie's Weekly, was read to the convention. conven-tion. Mr. Sleicher expressed the opinion that the country newspaper is nearer the hearts of the people than Is the big city dally and he pleaded for a true and fair treatment of news. John Temple Graves. In discussing preparedness, said that the United States must have an army and navy that woidd enable the country to be a peaceful, but prepared, bulldog. President Rountree. in introducing Mrs. H. C. Hotaling. a newspaper woman of Minnesota, declared In favor of votes for women. Mrs. Hotaling urged closer analytical ana-lytical study by editors. The progress of schools of journalism and of literature was described by William Wil-liam H. Mayes, former lieutenant governor gover-nor of Texas, now dean of the Texas School of Journalism. He described the histories of famous writers, citing many so-called accidents which, he said, led these men Into channels of literature. |