Evening star., 1936-11-27
b0ETT|GER NAMED
HEARST PUBLISHER
Daughter of President May
Become Women's Editor as
Seattle P.-l. Resumes.
~ the Associated Press,

SEATTLE. November 27.-The
ost-Intelligencer editorial staff was
reassembled today to resume publica-
ton Sunday night under a new pub
lisher-John Boettiger, son-in-law Of
President Roosevelt.
Boettiger will arrive to take charge
Of the morning newspaper, which was
closed for more than three months by
q rews-room strike, as soon as he can
wind up his affairs in New York.
He will be accompanied by his wife,
the former Anna Eleanor Roosevelt,
who, it was indicated may become
woman's editor of the P.-I.
WalkOut Was August Is.
The Seattle Chapter of the Amer
lean Newspaper Guild, whose walk
out August 13 closed the plant, ex-
pressed belief Boettiger would win
the confidence of the entire Post
1ntelligencer staff" The strike was
settled Wednesday night.
In announcing Boettiger's appoint
ment in New York last night, William
Randolph Hearst said:
"Mr. Boettiger will have absolute
freedom in directing the editorial and
business policies Of the Post -Intelli-
gencer."
Boettiger did not indicate what
those policies would be.
w. v. Tanner. former publisher
will remain as legal representative of
the paper.
The final edition of the Guild Daily,
published during suspension of the
P-I. will appear Saturday morning.
The Post-Intelligencer management
intimated staff assignments would re-
main pretty much as they were be-
fore the strike" pending the arrival
Of Boettiger.
Native Of Chicago.
Boettiger begas newspaper work on
the City News Bureau in 1921 IN his
native Chicago He worked on the
Chicago Evening American and the
Chicago Tribune. Boettiger covered
Mr.. Roosevelts campaign after his
nomination for the presidency in 1882,
afterward becoming assistant chief of
the Tribunes Washington bureau.
In November, 1884, he became as
sistant to Will H. Hays, head Of the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of America. Boettiger re-
signed when named Post-Intelligencer
publisher.
Twenty-seven strikers and the en-
ployes who did not walk out in protest
against the dismissal of Frank M.
(Slim) Lynch, news photographer, and
Philip Everhardt Armstrong. drama
critic, will return TO work Sunday.
The strike was a major issue in the
recent Washington State election and
involved Mayor John F. Dore, against
whom a recall petition is pending.
The preamble said the agreement
was "an Office policy" and not a con-
tract, but the statement of policy
would be continued for one year and
as long thereafter as economic con-
ditions justify"
The cases of Lynch and Armstrong
we're left with the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, which held hearing here
IN September, another in Washington,
D. c.. this month and set December l
Tor the newspaper management to file
b brief.
Minimum Wage Set.
A minimum weekly wage scale was
established providing $25 a week for
editorial employees of less than three
years experience, $40 for those of three
years; $40 for library clerks, home eco
f1omcis and society department en-
ployes Of less than three years; S25 for
those OF more than three years; SIS
for copy clerks, Office clerks and mes
sengers OF less than three and $18 for
those of more than three.
The policy" provides for a 40-hour,
nve-day week effective March l, 1887.
with pay or time off for overtime. A
40-hour, six-day week was in effect.
Vacations of two weeks are provided
Tor those employed more than a year
and OF one week for those employed
from six months to year. Sick leaves
win be granted with pay, duration and
frequency of such payment to be de-
cided by the management.
There was no provision for arbitra-
eion of any disputes which might arise.
The guild did not receive formal
recognition as collective bargain
agency, but a provision was included
that no editorial employe should be
Disseminated against because of mem
bership in the guild or similar organi-
Eation.
Terms varied widely from a settle
Enent formula" suggested by the Exec
utive Council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, which finally with
drew after Seattle labor leaders
charged the management had repudi-
ated a tentative agreement.