The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-13
STRIKING PRINTERS
GET NO MONEY AID
big Six" Adopts Resolution
Abolishing Recent 10 Per
Cent. Assessment.
WILL REFUND LEvIES
Union Rcaffirms Willingness
to Submit Demands to
Arbitration.

Although many members OF Big SIX
Typographical union who have quit their
Jobs In the book and job printing estab-
/ llshments Of this city expected their
organization to vote them some sub
stantial financial aid at Its meeting yes
terday afternoon at New Star Casino In
Harlem. no such action was taken.
I Instead resolution was adopted
abolishlng the 10 per cent. assessment
| levied upon the members FIVE weeks ago
and ordering a refund OF all moneys paid
In under 1t. By this each man will re-
celve no more than he has given ana
none will get very much. Those menu
bers Of the union who are not on strike
will have their money refunded as we'll
! as those who have walked out.
Concerning the motive behind this
! resolution there was much variety of
opinion among union members. While
! some looked Upon it as a means OF tenn
porarily helping out the strikers, others
pooh-poohed that idea and said that Il
forecast certain important Developments
which might como TO light within the
next few days. No official explanation
, was given
Would Have Been Opposed.
Had any effort been made to vote a
benefit for the men who have walked out
It would have been sternly opposed by
other members not In favor OF the strike.
These members base their attitude upon
the fact that big six" has not declared
strike and that the compositors who
have Joined the walkout OF the press
men have done so on their own re-
sponsiility.
II, however. the resolution was adopted
for the purpose Of giving the men
financial aid. II must needs 20 but a
short distance in that direction. for few
OF the strikers VIII receive more than
So or $40 at the most, and the move will
completely wipe out the emergency fund
created to meet the demands OF the
present situation.
The union reaffirlned its willingness
to submit its demands to fair arbitra-
tion," but almost In the same breath
officials put through n resolution de-
caring that they deemed 1t futile to
ra hitrate the question OF the forty-four
hour week.
5. Oppenheimer. head Of the publicity
committee OF the union. said after the
meeting. from which non-members were
barred. that the officers had been In
structed TO seek further negotiations
with the employing printers and to re-
port results at the regular meeting to
be he'd next Sunday.
At the meeting there was wide dis
tribution OF copies OF the Tndustyialis.,
an unofficial paper printed by the agi-
tators fayorins the present strike. This
paper quoted Matthew VOL. president OF
the International Photo Engravers Union,
az being In support of the strikers, and
declared that he had left the Printing
Trades Industrial Conference because
of Its evident fraudulence.
To this Mr.. VOL last night gave the
lie direct, stating that his sole reason
for quitting the body referred 10 had
been because he did not consider his
business a part of the printing trades.
VOLTS Statement.
MY attention having been called 10
wrongful and inaccurate interpretations
and misconstructions of certain parts Of
an article / contributed to the September
number of the American Photo EHgrdUer
under the title of The Forty-four Hour
Working Week." I deem it essential in
the interest of justice and fair play and
promotive of the best interests Of the
printing trades workers to correct what
ever misleading deductions and conclu-
sions have been placed upon my views
on this subject.
intent or desire to disapprove in any
way whatsoever the formation OF a
printing trades industrial council and
any attempt to so construo the language
used Is erroneous and not expressive OF
tre thoughts / Intended to convey. To
the contrary, l am an ardent advocate
Of Industrial councils consisting OF an
equal number of representatives OF en-
ployers and employees to deal with all
problems affecting wages, hours and
working conditions The International
oto-EngraverS Union declined to be-
come n part of the Printing Trades In
dustrial Conference because the vast
majority of employing photographers
are not associated with printing plants
nor do they conduct printing plants"
Referring TO his attitude on the sub
Ject OF the forty-four hour week, which
has been misinterpreted by strike sym
pathizers here, he said that he had OPP
posed application to the. photo-ensravers
OF the terms of a decision reached with
the international presidents OF the print
ing trades unions, but that he had not
/ intended that his remarks be construed
as criticism OF those presidents. He
continued: 1.-THE action of the four in
ternational printing trades unions in
asserting to delay the universal enforce
ment OF the forty-four hour working
week to May l, 1921. was prompted by
| the same sound judgment which
prompted the International Photo-En-
eravers' Union in outlining its plans and
procedure three s'years ago. and in
adopting law nearly two years past
that no agreements should be approved
which did not provide for the forty-.our
hour week after July !, 1920"
Magazine Curiosity.
Within few days. when the next
Issue OF the Literary Digest appears
upon the newsstands the public viii see
for the first time a magazine issued
without the assistance OF a typesetter
and the printers OF the periodical will
liz