Evening star., 1934-05-01
NEWSPAPER .5DAY'
WEEK IS |SD|SCUSSED|
Code Authority Holds First
Meeting on Wage and
Hour Provisions.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1.-What a re-
porter did or was likely to do with
the extra day Of a five-day week
came to the attention yesterday of
the code authority of the daily news
paper business, which held its first
meeting in the form Of an open
hearing.
One publisher told the authority
his reporters gathered in the office
on their day of and looked very un-
happy" Another said reporters had
to be driven from the Office because
they liked to work. Others said the
five-day week for reporters was found
impractical because the papers
couldn't spare run" men for one day
week.
Another said his reporters didn't
know what to do with themselves on
their extra day od.
Carl Randau, a reporter with the
New York World-Telegram, told the
authority he was on flve-day week.
that he wasn't unhappy and that he
could easily find things to do with
his day off.
"This is my day off," he said, "and
this is the best show in town."
Has Survey of Wages.
The code authority hearing was
called to consider news department
wages and hours in compliance with
article 3, section /, of the newspaper
code which directed survey within
so days. The determination of the
authority will be reported to the Ma
tional Recovery Administrator to be
eventually written into the code
The authority had at hand survey
of editorial department wages and
hours made by the American News
paper Publishers Association. The
American Newspaper Guild, through
its executive secretary. Jonathon
Eddy, promised to give additional data
within three days. Eddy also informed
the authority that Nationwide
survey now being made by the Guild
would be tabulated within three weeks.
Both Morris L. Ernst, attorney for
the Guild. and Eddy urged that the
publishers study of conditions along
with the original questionnaires, be
submitted to the N. r. A. division of
planning and research.
w. H. Hardy of the Pennsylvania
Newspaper Publishers Association
urged the authority to take no action
on editorial hours and wages, but to
leave the matter entirely to local bar
gaining between the guilds and the
publishers.
Rebuffed in Bargaining.
Haywood Broun, president of the
American Newspaper Guild. said the
New York Guild had been rebuffed
IN its efforts to bargain with the
New York Publishers Association.
1--WE have the right to bargain,
he said. but how do we get it?"
Howard Davis, chairman of the au-
thority, advised him to make formal
complaint to the authority whenever
a newspaper refuses to bargain.
May we make complaint to the
authority also in the case of intimi-
dation of news workers who attempt
to join the guild?" he asked.
yes" said Davis.
'I'll make it tomorrow" Broun said.
]. Noel Macy, Yonkers publisher,
then charged that desk men were in
reporters into joining the
guild by threatening to slash their
copy if they didn't join.
Among publishers testifying were
Dwight Marvin of the Troy, N. Y,
Record, Ed Lindsay Of Decatur and
East St. Louis, ILL.,; j. L. Kinmonth Of
the Asbury Park, N. j., Press, and
j. Pape Of the Waterbury,
Conn, Republican.
T. j. Dillon, managing editor Of the
Tribune. said that his
company was publishing morning and
evening newspapers, nine editions a
day, and that he did not see how they
could establish the five-day week.
Urges Understudies.
Broun suggested the hiring of ''un-
derstudies." Asked if he had an
"understudy," Broun said mo"
George Buckley, divisional code ad-
said that if the N. R. A.
administrator, Gen. Hugh S. johnson,
or any other interested parties took
exception to the recommendations for
hours and minimum wages submitted
by the code authorities, they could
request public hearing.
In addition to Davis, members OF
the code authority present were: Paul
Bellamy, editor of the Cleveland, Ohio,
Plain Dealer: John Stewart Bryan,
publisher of the Richmond, Va, News
Leader; Verne E. Joy, publisher OF the
Centralia, Ill, Evening Sentinel; Will
liam Hale Reed, publisher of the