New-York tribune., 1919-10-23
Big Six Declares
Employing Printers
Spurn Mediation
Union in Statement Saws 1t
Offered Frank Morrison:
Other Side Calls 1t Useless
Because of 44-HOur Week

Typographical Union Nc. 5 Big So
made public 4 statement yesterday
from its Office in the World Building
stating that Big 6' had proposed to
the Printers League, the employers
orga nization. that Frank Morrison, sec
retary of the American Federation Of
Labor, be called in to mediate the con-
troversy between the two organiza-
tlons on the question Of drawing up a
new contract and thus end the ''vaca-
tior' strike OF more than 5000 COM
positors.
The employers, "Big G. declared,
turned down the proposal. Leon
Rouse, president of Big g. comment
ing upon the employers action. said
that "it demonstrates that the employ
ers are lnsincere in their solicitude f2r
what they are pleased to call regular
American Federation of Labor organi-
cations and officials. We have heard
much during the last few weeks about
secessionist and other kinds of of
ticials and the necessity of dealing only
with respectable and bona ide leaders
of labor. Yet. when We suggested q
man of Mr.. Morrison's caliber to
mediate in this situation, we are
turned down"
Calls Mediation Useless
William Green, chairman Of the
labor committee of the Printers
League, declared that the league
turned down the idea of mediation ''be-
by it, AS long as Big 6" is not will
ing to arbitrate the demand for the
44-hour week. he said, no mediator.
whatever his name, could accomplish
anything,
"Moreover.' Mr. Green added, ait
was not specified to US just what Mr..
Morrison's functions would be. -
view of this, Mr.. Morrison's entrance
into the situation would have simply
contributed so much more talk and
nothing else
Fearing that the announcement made
by John Adams Thayer. secretary of
the Periodical Publishers Association,
on the decision of the 150 magazine
to suspend publication as q result of
the lockout of pressmen and feeders
and the strike of compositors in this
city. to resume publication outside Of
New York, has produced an ambiguous
and misleading impression, Mr.. Green
yesterday issued statement that none
OF the publishers intended to quit the
city, but that their plans are TO get
their magazines printed in other cities
until the local controversy is adjusted.
Mr.. Green added:
The publishers have treasured me
that they are standing firmly behind
the Printers League in lighting this
battle against the radical leaders of
the local Unions"
Foremen Draft Plan
More than two hundred foremen.
members of the PreSsrO0rs E'yncn-
tives' Association. who have been en-
deavoring to brine about an end of the
present chaotic condition in the print
ing trades, met yesterday at Cav
anagh's Restaurant, 258 West Twenty
third Street, and drew up a series of
recommendations to be laid before the
cecessionist Dressmen's and feeders
unions, al a meeting of these unions
to be called next Saturday, Charles j
Macarthur, president OF the association
would not reveal the nature of the rec
concentrations, but said that one OF
them provides that the foremen's pro
posals be put to a referendum of the
members OF the secessionist organiza-
tlons.
Mr.. Macarthur said that the recon-
mendations are the result of three
weeks study OF the situation. in which
all sides to the controversy were IN
vited to present their eases.
1t became known yesterday that the
following magazines are now being
printed outside of New York:
Life being printed in Boston;
"House and Garden.' in Harrisburg
Pa; "Leslie's Weekly" Judge
Cosmopolitan" Good Housekeeping
and "Harper's Bazaar" all in Chicago,