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NATIONAL mimmumw ASSOCIATION, NC. July 10, 1963 My. AM!reeman Sands Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Al: I can only repeat what I told you during our phone conversation - that I am extremely sorry about developments and quite frankly surprised, if not even amazed, that our convention could be re- garded as something worth bidding for. You see, the one thing we have always tried to do in NPPA is to avoid creating a "poor mouth" impression by going hat-in-hand, begging for assistance, although Heaven only knows we have always needed help and still do. But because you and Jack Entratta have always been so cooperative and helpful, it would have been repugnant to me to call you and in effect say, "Here's what the Sahara is willing to do. Will you do better?" What's more, there have been discussions regarding an NPPA conven- tion in Las Vegas since as far back as 1952 or 53 when a group of us dropped in for an overnight stop with an Air Force plane while we were on our annual Cross Country Short Course pro- gram. Even during my last visit to Las Vegas, which was on the 1962 TWA Quickie Vacation, I was told that Las Vegas did not need an NPPA convention and that there was no hope that we could ever be given the kind of assistance we need to make a convention possible in any city or resort area. Because of this past history, I could scarcely believe it when I was told on arriving at Jackson that Mr. Clyde Anderson and Sig Front were coming to make a personal pitch for the conven- tion for '64. Because of the mental conditioning I had received over the years, it truthfully never occurred to me to call you ?╟≤ President JIM BENNETT KLZ-TV 131 Speer Boulevard Denver 17, Colorado ?╟≤ Secretary LES SWENSON 102 Donaldson Drive Syracuse 9, N. Y. (Syracuse Post-Standard) ?╟≤ Treasurer CHARLES T. HIGGINS 6499 Morris Park Road Philadelphia 51, Penna. (Philadelphia Bulletin) ?╟≤ Chairman of the Board JOSEPH COSTA King Features 235 E. 45th Street New York 17, N. Y. ?╟≤ Membership Secretary NELSON H. TIFFANY 4920 Wortser Avenue Sherman Oaks, California (Los Angeles Times) ?╟≤ Vice-Presidents ELLERY G. KINGTON 35 Elizabeth Street Rockville, Connecticut (Hartford Times) EUGENE S. SWIERKOSZ 20 Columbus Street Binghamton, N. Y. (Binghamton Press) PHILLIPS BUTLER Sunnyside Avenue Clarks Summit RD 1, Penna. (Scranton Times) BOB TAMASKA 755 Meadowview Drive Dayton 59, Ohio (Dayton Daily News) L, ROGER TURNER Decatur Herald & Review Decatur, Illinois DAN J. FAGER 4004 Bay to Bay Blvd. Tampa 9, Florida (Tampa Times) FLOYD B. BOWSER 705 N. Sappington Road Glendale 22, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) SAM C. PIERSON, JR. 10419 Londonderry Drive Houston 43, Texas (Houston Chronicle) ; CAL OLSON 1001 4th Avenue, South Fargo, North Dakota (Fargo Forum) CURT ARMSTRONG 857 24th Street San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino Sun- Telegram) Dedicated to the Advancement of News Photography