The New York herald., 1922-03-02
Agree to All of Judge Man
toms Conditions After
Brief Strike.
CONFERENCE TOMORROW
Publishers Will Hear Their
Request for Modification
of Terms.

CHlteQ states court Oh AppediS. lHcy
have agreed to accept the terms Of the
arbitrator Internationally. Afternoon
papers appeared as usual
The pressmen at a meeting in the
Offices OF the Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation requested that a conference be
held later with a view to discussing GER
tain notifications of Judge Manton's de-
cision, and that was agreed to by the
newspaper owners committee. The
meeting will be held tomorrow morning
in room 1107, in the World Building.
David Simons. president of the News
paper Web Pressmen's Union, NO. 70,
announced that a committee of twelve,
headed by Andrew Armstrong, would be
appointed 10 frame the pressmen's views
Of the decision and submit them at the
conference The conference Is volun-
tary concession on the part OF the
newspaper owners committee and does
not in any way affect the terms of the
decision, which both sides have agreed
to abide by Internationally.
Mr.. Simons sent the following letter
tc the newspaper owners committee:
THE union decided at 2 80 A. Nj. to-
day, after six hours debate, to return
to work and to abide by the decision of
the arbitrator.
"A motion was made also to appoint
a committee OF twelve to request meet
ing with the newspaper owners within
the next few days to request the owners
to modify some Of the arbitrators rul-
ings The motion to return Immediately
and to accept the decision of the court
Of arbitration was unconditional
To this the newspaper owners COM
mittee replied as follows:
"The unions proposal TO return i'm
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ditionally the decision Of the arbitration
court has been unanimously accepted
by the newspaper owners"
Grievances stated.
Mr.. Simons last night issued the fol-
lowing statement:
'"The meeting last night decided that
unfavorable and unjust as Judge Man
toms findings are, that there was only
one course for the union, to abide by
its contract That decision will be fol-
lowed.
Meantime we will endeavor to make
the Manton award workable by coop
Grafton with the publishers, who. we
have reasons to believe, are not pre-
pared to defend the award in its en-
tirety. Notifications will have to be
made and the award interpreted in the
light of reason and fair dealing II for
no other reason on the publishers part
than good business.
Acceptance OF the award. however,
must not be taken to mean that the
men or any consid cradle minority oil
them consider It other than unfair and
unjust, the most unjust decision ever
handed down in an arbitration award.
1t means that having made contract.
that bad though the bargain prove to
be, we will keep It,
Under the award, the men lose and
the publishers save not less than
s6.5O0.0O0 a year. This comes through
taking away from the men conditions
that have obtained for more than thirty
years-the only conditions they have
ever known.
For example. for more years than
most men can remember the six hour
night has been the rule in this city.
That limit was fixed so far back no ono
have met can remember when 1t was
otherwise Now 1t Is fixed at eight
hours The hours have been from II
midnight to In the morning. That
gave the men their evenings with their
families or what other purpose they
wished. Now. under this rule the hours
are from in the evening until the
next morning That is to say the time
for beginning work may be fixed at
any time after seven.
again. there is the matter OF man
ming the presses. That has been a mat
ter fixed between the union and the
publishers and has come up in every
scale agreement Now that Is taken
arbitrarily away and the power to fix
the number placed in the hands Of the
publisher or his representative. That
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and increasing the already great hazard.
An "Open shop" Move.
Hitherto the foreman has had to be
a member OF the union. Now so far as
he is concerned II is an open shop. That
is Objectionable because 1t makes pos
sible the introduction into the press
rooms OF men not wanted there. men
who will make for discord rather than
otherwise. For more than thirty years
the rule that the foreman must have a
card has stood.
For legal holidays the rule has al
ways been double time. That is reduced
to time and half arbitrarily and with
out rime or reason-just Judge Man
toms opinion.
previously where men worked eight
hours the lunch hour was Included Now
lunch must be taken in the mems time.
Also II should be noted this adding Of
two hours has served 10 cut earnings
by reducing the amount or overtime.
Saturday night men working eight
hours. including the lunch period, were
paid 81 extra. Now they get .ifty cents.
a rather petty cut but irritating, just
as is the cut of as cents in the bonus
paid Brooklyn men who work double
shift on Saturdays. Formerly they re-
ceived s2.2s. For some mysterious rca-
son Judge Manton decided $3.50 is quite
enough.
Taken all IN all. the reduction In
wages the ci.y over will average 20 per
cent. In one morning office the pay
checks will BE- smaller by 81 per cent.
The saving 70 the publishers in laying
off men will we believe, run up 70
$1,000. 900 II not si,5oO.Oo0 . year
Briefly. those are the grievances ~
the men. I submit that any fair minded
man reading them viii appreciate why
they are dissatisfied. the more 50 when
It VIII he noted that not one Of the con-
ditions taken away Is war baby'-that
Is to say something grabbed or dur
ing the war. when they played fair with
everybody"
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