New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Total 155

Another big labor body has lined ur
with the newsboys and dealers in their
war against the Hearst publications.
Following the action of more than
10000 other loyal union men, the
Painters New York District Council
! No. 9, representing twenty-one locals
with combined membership Of ap.
proximately 100000 adopted resolu.
tions indorsing the stand of the news
venders in their refusal to handle
the Hearst papers.
They also placed themselves on rec.
ord as sympathizing with the news.
boys in their present struggle against
Hearst to obtain a decent living for
themselves and their dependents and
pledged the membership of the organi-
zation to give the newsboys every as
sistance possible.
Action Is Unanimous
John Barry, president of the Paint
ers' Council, who presided at the meet
ing held at 166 East Fifty-gixth Street
urged the members to support the boys
after they had heard statement o!
the latter's case from Andrew Stanton
president of the Newsboys' Union. The
resolution was adopted unanimously
In presenting the case of the ven.
ders to the painters N = Stanton said:
Across the seas many of our bows
q "a
that democracy may be made safe for
the world, and yet right here we have
an autocratlc newspaper owner who
says We must handle his papers O,
starve," said he.
,n' The fact is the people will not buy
The Evening Journal from us on pstri.
otlc grounds. We can't give them
away. and vet Hearst, who apparently
dominates the other newspaper pro-
prietors, with one execution. saws:
rush my papers or you must 20 gu.
of business
Hearst Proves Dictnator
! we have asked the publishers 70
! give US little more profit. and most
OF tnem were, generally speaking. will
ing TO grant us an additional profit Of
~ cents @ a hundred papers The owner,
->S" 1orh american and The
Evening Journal however refused
fatty, and as he was the big boss We
had to resort to a strike to attain our
ENDS. One paper, The Tribune. has
granted our demands. but the Others
mad to fall in behind their boss We
now pay sl.4O hundred for all papers
except The Tribune. We have request
Cd that they reduce the price to us to
$1:20 hundred.
=, We simply could not get along a.
the old rate. Nearly everv class Of
worklngman has received some increase
IN pay IN order to enable him to meet
the present high prices Not so the
newsboys.
I'VE are striking against the Heant
papers because we know that il was his
influence solely that kept the other pc
pers from granting our demands and
because ms agents are attempting to
force US TO sell their papers, which the
people will not purchase for patriotic
reasons. II we can bring the Hears
crowd to terms We feel that the other
papers will fall in line"
Resolutions Are Adopted
Ihefollowing resolutions were adept
ed by acclamation:
wv hereas. The newsboys of the City
" new ork nave been making eHohS
to improve their living conditions sne
have, with this end in view, requested
the publishers Of the daily papers o.
New York TO allow them larger mar
gin of profit; and
"Whereas They hae been refused
their fair demands through the inhu.
ence of one publisher. the publisher o.
:. The New York American and 'ihe
Evening Journal which papers, they
contend. the public will not buy io'
patriotic reasons; and
Whereas, The newsboys have strueA
against these papers in order to attain
their just ends: therefore be it
"Resolved, That the Painters Nes
York District Council, Nc. \, appro"
and heartily sympathize with the stnn
of the said newsboys and give tneA
every moral assistance possible