Evening star., 1933-08-12
PUBLISHERS GIVEN
REVISED N.R.A. CODE
Johnson Thinks Suggestions
Should Straighten Out
Differences Soon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Publishers today had before them a
proposal by which newspapers could
join Immediately in the N. r. A. cam
paign under President Roosevelt's
blanket code. The plan, incorporating
revised wage and work-hour provisions,
was presented to the publishers yes
terday by Hugh s. johnson, industrial
administrator, who told their spokes-
men a proposed code they had submit
ted was not acceptable to the admins
tration and that he had made certain
constructive suggestions"
Neither Johnson nor a subcommittee
of three from the American Newspaper
Publishers Association would divulge
his recommendations. johnson said,
however, he expected the differences
between the publishers and N. r. A. to
be Strengthened out in a few days"
The subcommittee, headed by Howard
Davis of New York. president of the
A. N. P. A.. will report on Monday to
its full committee of 25 in New York
with the hope that revised plan can
be brought here that night or within
a comparatively lew nOurS.
Conference Satisfactory"
Davis. in a formal statement after
a lengthy conference of the publishers
subcommittee with johnson, said:
THE subcommittee of the publishers
full committee of 25, representing the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation, the Southern Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, the Inland Press
Association. New England Press Asso-
citation and other daily newspaper as
sociations, had a full and satisfactory
conference with Gen. johnson today.
LAS result Of this meeting the sub
committee will present to the full COM
mittee of Is In New York Monday GER
tain changes and amendments to the
newspaper code previously filed with
the N. r. A., embodying suggested
changes by Gen. johnson and the sub
committee"
To newspaper men in an informal
press conference after his session with
the publishers, who have contended
that licensing a newspaper or per-
destroy the right to free press, john
son said:
II don't believe the question Of the
freedom of the press is involved In this
at all"
Asked If a licensed newspaper would
have its license revoked If it should ex-
press an opinion unfavorable to the ad-
ministration or opposing it, johnson
said:
Certainly not"
Procedure Now Planned.
Johnson explained the procedure now
planned was for the publishers to sub
NIT their plan covering hours and rates
of pay, and ask that these conditions
be substituted for such sections Of the
blanket code. pending action on a per-
manent code for the newspaper in
dustry
If these conditions were acceptable to
the N. R. A.. johnson explained, the
newspaper could get Blue Eagles under
the blanket code while their own trade
program was going through the formu-
lative stages.
1t was understood from publishers
that they had suggested to johnson
some days ago that way in which
they could come under the blanket code
be worked out, but that he had rejected
the idea at the time.
Although johnson never has given
his specific objections to the code sub
mitted by the publishers, it was under
stood from sources close to him that
he disapproved of some Of its reserva-
tionS.