Evening star., 1933-12-16
NEWSPAPER GUILD
|. Of NATION FORMED
Br0un Made President Among
Officers for 6-Month Term.
Gen. Johnson Speaks.

The American Newspaper Guild. an
organization of editorial workers on
daily and weekly newspapers through
out the country, was organized yester-
day at a long session at the National
Press Club Building. A group of Off
GERS, headed by .1eywood Broun of
New York as president. was selected for
term of six months. until the first
national convention to be held June
Is, 1884.
Other officers elected were Lloyd
White, Cleveland. first vice president;
Andrew NJ. MacParker. Philadelphia,
second vice president; Edward B. Burke,
Tulsa Okla. third vice president;
Richard S. Gilfillan. Minneapolis. fourth
vice president; A. Judson Evans. Rich
mond. fifth vice president; Emmet Gro
sier. Newark, treasurer; John Eddy,
New York. secretary, and Doris FleeSon,
New York: Ruth McKenney, Akron, and
Thomas Brown. Buffalo, additional
members of the Executive Committee.
johnson Pledges Backing.
Before the business meeting. Re-
coverv Administrator Hugh S. johnson
told the assembled newspaper men at
a luncheon at the Press Club that the
N. r. A. will see to it that the rignt
of reporters and others to organize ana
bargain collectively will be upheld by
his administration. :.
He pointed out that the N. r. A. It
self may not organize workers. nor IN
terfere with their organization IN any
guise and that under the N. l: Il. a.
codes are to be presented by industries.
and not by labor. Where code IS
presented by labor, however. he said,
it might indicate abuses which might
lead the President to call public hear
ing for the purpose of imposing code
upon any industry.
The newspaper code, he said, Is being
DELAYED because the N. II. A. mas oe-
cided not to order it into effect until
the provisions Of the graphic arts code
have been studied to see that the two
do not conflict, as many weekly news
papers are in the graphic arts field.
There will be no wage or hour pro-
visions for reporters in the newspaper
code, he said, beyond provision that
a survey of the question be made.
Not Pussyfoot Provision.
'This," he said. rs not pussyfoot
provision. It means a real survey.
! which is being made at the present
Newspaper guilds from so cities were
represented by delegates or written
tAAC Va 6aAANbeAOh A@AS~sAA0.
President Broun announced as one OF
the principal objectives Of the national
guild q 4o-hour week for reporters and
other editorial workers, split up into
five eight-hour days. This, he said.
would not mean that reporter work
ing on a continuous story would have
to quit when the 40 weekly hours had
expired, but that he would be compen-
sated for any overtime by time OF later.
A code calling for 4 35-hour work
week for all editorial, Clerical and me-
chanical workers and SIS minimum
wage for Office boys and other minima
ranging up to $125 for division -:::ar-
ayers, was submitted to Gen. johnson
by Morris Watson. treasurer of the New
York Guild. The code also stipulated
that wages, hours and working condi-
tions of commercial telegraphers shall
be the same as those existing between
the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
and the four Worldwide news services.