New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Afternoon Papers Reported
To Be Getting Loose
From Hearst Yoke
Circulation Heads
To "Look Into" Case
Vendors No Longer Forced
to Buy More "Journals"
Than They Want

From two sources yesterday came
evidence that the publishers Of New
York evening newspapers are weaken
ing in their support of William r.
Hearst's efforts to force vendors to
handle "The Evening Journal" in OPP
position to the wishes of their patriotic
customers.
The first reported by Andrew SIAN
ton, president of the Ncwsboys' Union
and numerous of his associates, was
the ignoring of the rule, LAID down at
the beginning of the strike. that boys
who declined to take the number of
Journals" they had been in the habit
CT taking should be cut off from their
supply of other papers. Vendors who
cut their journal" orders found that
this did not interfere with their sun
plies of other evening papers
The second, reported by j. A. Sultan,
chairman of the joint committee of
newsdealers and newsboys, was that the
circulation managers of the evening
papers other than "The Journal" when
called upon by representative Of the
committee, professed entire ignoranc,
OF any agreement to support Hearst,
declared they did not know their
drivers had been insisting that vendors
buy Hearst papers as a necessary con-
ditlon to being supplied, and promised
10 "look into the matter"
Won't Fight in Open
his action, as interpreted by the
committee, means that, although these
circulation managers at the start at
least were willing enough to helm in
perpetuating Hea,st's campaign of ter
ror and are still friendly to that pub
Usher, they arc not willing to come
INTO the oren ard fight. In this they
are following the lead of Hearsts aids
III the city administration, who, when il
became apparent that the vendors
would fight back sought cover.
Al The Evening Sum office" said
MIR. sultan, our committee says the
circulation manager expressed surprise
when told that the dealers were un
'-|A~ w So eiSii SuIlS, ana SdlQ IL was
the first time he had heard Of their
being cut off of Suns because they
declined TO handle the Hearst publica
tons he said he would investigate
ard would let the joint committee hear
rom him in few days. We have re-,
celved no communication from him as
yet.
he circulation manager of The
Grid SAID he had been away and had
not heard OF what was going on but
that he would look into it and We
would hear from him. so far the com
mittec has received no communication
from him.
Inconsistency Pointed Out
The special committee represented
to the managers the inconsistency of
their continuing to supply the morning
papers and at the same time refusing
to serve the evening papers The
newsdealers, it was represented, we're
mystlhed by this apparently contradict
tory policy and wanted d clearer state
ment from the publishers.
AS you can see, no definite answer
was given to US. but we are not in a
hurry to take any steps just for the
present We want to give the publish
ers chance to investigate and take
any action they desire. But it appears
from their actions they are trying to
evade the issue.
The assoc citation, however, is deter
mined to press the issue and have it
thrashed out in the courts if they can
not obtain satisfaction otherwise.
"The matter Will be fully discussed
also at the general meeting of news
dealers at the Standard Hotel, Jamaica,
Long Island, to morrow morning"
The special visiting committee was
composed of Ralph Gordon, A. Kwarto-
WITT and NJ Bragin
Downtown newsboys noticed the let
ting up of the drive in Hearst's favor
by the drivers for other evening papers
Building found he could get his supply
of Evening Worlds" and other papers
irrespective of the stock he might have
of Journals" He passed the word
along, and with the spreading of the
news the boys began cutting their pur-
chases of Journals
This" said Mr.. Stanton, explaining
the matter last night, "looks to US as
1kough the other publishers are begin
ming to see the folly and unreason-
ableness of their position in trying to
fight Hearst's fight. We have no big
grievance against the other publishers
and we blame Hearst for all our
troubles. 1t was the Hearst influence
with the other publishers that pre-
vented us from getting fair price
from all publishers for our papers
THE Newsboys' Union will meet
Thursday night to go over the entire
situation. If, as we believe. the other
publishers have begun to consider their
own interest ahead Of those of Mr.
Hearst's We are that much nearer win
ming the fight for a chance ii live free
from Hearst oppression and tyranny.
"The boys can tell the publishers, if
they do not already know it, that their
idea that nobody would be hurt if the
boys were compelled to handle all eve
ming papers is wrong. They are all
being hurt. 1t works out this way:
"A man finds the boy he has patron