Evening star., 1934-04-28
BOARD TO GOVERN
NEWSPR|NT URGED
Publishers Disapprove N. R.
A. Plan to Set Up Alleged
Monopoly.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 28.-Creation
of a board to govern the newsprint
industry was urged in a resolution
adopted yesterday by the American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
which disapproved of a proposed N.
r. A. plan setting up an alleged
monopoly"
In recommending establishment Of
a board of nine members, including
three publishers, to function under
the supervision Of the N. r. A., the
association said the N. r. A. recon-
mendationS for government of the
newsprint industry set up "a mo-
nopoly of the United States market
for the benefit Of Canadian and
United States producers Of newsprint
paper"
The resolution, adopted at the final
meeting of the A. N. P. A. convention,
charged the objects of the monopoly
include price fixing, restriction of i'm
ports. the parcelling Of consumers,
and the elimination Of competition
in the United States market"
Would Regulate Sale.
The proposed board. the A. N. P. A.
suggested, should be vested with power
to investigate the newsprint industry
and adopt rules and regulations for
the sale of newsprint paper.
In addition to re-electing Howard
Davis, business manager of the New
York Herald Tribune, as president,
the association adopted several resolu-
tions designed to protect and aid the
newspaper industry.
Indorsing a constructive revision"
of the pure food and drug act, the
A. N. P. A. expressed the belief that
the revision should be accomplished
by amendment of the law of 1906
rather than by the enactment Of new
laws.
Criticizes Tugwell Theories.
This expression came after L. B.
Palmer, general manager of the asso-
citation, had attacked advertising def
nitionS and restrictions which would
be imposed by the so-called Tugwell
food and drug bill. He had also criti-
cized the advertising theories of DR..
Rexford Guy Tugweu. Assistant Sec
retary of Agriculture.
In addition to suggesting amend
ments to the so-called Tugwell bill,
the association went on record as
fayoring creation of an administrative
board of review
The board. the A. N. P. A. said,
should be granted power of review as
prescribed by the President and an
advertiser could appeal to 1t from an
administrative decision that he had
violated the act.
Appeal Basis Proposed.
This appeal could be taken, the
association said, when the adver-
tiser believes such decision TO be
without legal sanction, before being
compelled to face a criminal prosecu-
ton upon the basis of such doubt
full decision"
The associations Postal Commit
tee was directed to take up with
the Postmaster Generals department
moves to classify newspaper adver-
Using and non-advertising, and fail
ing in this, to request suitable legis-
lation from Congress to thwart "arbi-
trary and capricious" classification by
postal authorities of advertising
matter.
In addition to re-electing Davis and
all other officers the association
named !. D. Barnum. publisher of the
Syracuse IN. " Post-Standard, a
vice president, and Norman Chand-
Ter OF the Los Angeles Times was
named a director to succeed his
father, Harry Chandler. w. G
Chandler of the Scripps- Howard
newspapers, New York, was also
elected a director.