New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Court Action Planned to
Force Publishers to Tai.
Stand in the Open
$4OO Still Needed
BY the Defence Fund
Associations Call Meetings
to Outline New Measure,
Against Publisher

The newsboys' defence fund n,u
lacks less than 500 of the l5o0
necessary to complete the preparat;o,
Of the Williamson case, now bssor.
the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, and
ether cases IN contemplation, wbi.s
viii put Hearst's allies among the pub
fishers and news distributing areneis.
squarely on the defensive.
To date the publishers who bav.
fought Hearst's fight by refusing "a
sell their product to those dealers wb.
refuse to buy Hearst papers they car.
rot sell and do not wish to carry. bar.
managed TO evade the issue BY vagu.
statements and ambiguous promises
In the actions now IN preparation the,
will probably be called upon to shos
exactly where they stand
Just what form these actions vi.
take, Lemuel Ely Quigg, counsel 70,
the dealers, has not Yet announced
Lawyers working under his direction
have accumulated a mass OF evidence
to establish the fact that in refusing
to handle Hearst papers the dealers
are only responding to the patriotic
rublic sentiment in the communities ir
which they do business. This evidence
also shows, it is declared, the agree.
ment cf other publishers TO MAJ
these dealers take Hearst paper
whether they wish them or not.
Chance to Help Dealers
For the present not more than Sl5m
viii be needed fo.' these eases IT,.
balance due Mr.. Quigg would like q
receive in the form of s checks froa
persons sympathizJng with the rositol
taken by the venders.
The vendors who arc lighting Hear
are more confident than ever of sue
cess. The support given such dealer
as John Williamson IN BROOKLYN, vh
twice had his stand closed by Pa.<
Commissioner John \. Harman because
he detied Hearst. and Mark Moscow..
III Harlem. where ar ATTEMPT is being
made to njure his business by station.
ing a crowd of iron-lunged youth ou.
side his store to cry every parer e.
oept The Tribune. is convincing rroo
that public sentiment is with ther
Williamson has never done the bus.
ness he is now doing and MoscowiE
is fearful The campaign against him
win end. so much has his trade IN.
creased since the drive against HIN
began.
Committee Meets To-day
The Joint committee representing al
of the venders of greater New foik
viii meet to-day to go over the stua
ton and develop some new features i
their fight to escape from Hearst dom
nation. The committee is in receipt i
offers of practical help which it III
lieves will be of great value in corI
vincing Hearst's allies among the pupl
fishers that further war on the dea
ers Will not be profitable.
AS a result of the numerous cor
plants to Mr. Moscowitz. who is pre-:
dent of the Harlem Newsdealers ar
Stationers' Association. that many yer
ders in his district were having larrI
numbers of New ! Yorl American
added to their regular orders agar
their wishes. he has instructed the
not to sell these extra copies. but Il
return them to the delivery men.
Want Test in Court
The dealers. he said, VIII refuse s
pay for these unordercd paoers. ana
the Hearst people ask to be paid 70
them they viii have to 20 to court a. |
their money. The venders also al
preparing complaints to the War q
dustries Board of the consequent was
age of paper.
Joseph a. Sultan. president OF 81
United Brooklyn Newsdealers Prote'
tive Association. said yesterday he haa
called a meeting of the executive boa'i
of the association for tomorrow nef
at 32S Halsey Street. Mr. Sultan sa.a
that the general status Of the yendeT'
strike Will be taken up and new meas
ures to counteract the variable tactic
of the Hearst crowd VIII be discussed