Evening star., 1943-07-06
Reduction Of 5 Pei.
In Use Of Newsprint
Ordered by WPB
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board to-
day ordered newspaper publishers to
reduce further their consumption of
newsprint during 1943's third quar-
ter. The cut ranges up to S per cent
for large users.
The additional per cent reduc-
ton does not apply to the first Is
tons for newspapers using less than
500 tons quarter. This provision,
WPB said, is designed to aid the
operation of smaller newspapers.
Last December 81 newspapers
were limited each quarter to 100 per
cent of the tonnage of paper used in
printing their net paid circulation
during the corresponding quarter of
194l, plus per cent allowance for
production waste. 1t was estimated
at the time this requirement meant
an overall reduction in current
neWsprint consumption of about 10
per cent.
Recommended BY Committee.
H. M. Bitner, director of the
WPB Printing and Publishing Divi-
sion, said, however, the 10 per cent
reduction was not accomplished.
The further reduction follows the
recommendations of the Newspaper
Industry Advisory Committee an
nounced June 18. The committee
recommended an additional cut of 5
per cent for the third quarter, and
that was agreed on by the Labor
Advisory Committee 10 days later,
WPB reported.
Here are examples of how the ad-
ditional reduction will operate for
various representative tonnage
groups on sliding-scale basis.
Users of Is tons quarter, no re-
duction; so tons, 25 per cent; IS
tons, 333 per cent; 100 tons. 3.75 per
cent; 200 tons, 433 per cent; 300
tons, 400 per cent 400 tons, 4,70
per cent; 500 tons or more, 5 per
cent.
In commenting on the order, Mr..
Bitner told publishers the necessity
for economy in use of print paper
becomes more pressing each week.
He said requests for exceptions to
the order should be filed with the
newspaper section of WPB's print
ing and publishing division by July
Is.
Any usage of paper over the quota
until an exception is granted will be
at the applicants risk, WPB said.
Curb on Additional Tonnage.
Mr.. Bitner said the newspaper
section, when considering requests
for additional tonnage, would not
recommend to the WPB Appeals
Board that extra paper be granted
for the publication of extra editions.
Likewise. no grant of additional ton
mage will be recommended on the
basis of circulation gains achieved
through prize contests or other slml-
lar promotional campaigns, nor will
additional tonnage be recommended
for newspapers to print circulars,
throWaWayS or advertising supple
ments not physically incorporated
In the newspapers themselves.
This, however, does not prevent a
commercial printing plant, which
may be owned by newspaper, from
using its own tonnage quota for
the production of such printed mat
ter in accordance with provisions Of
another limitation order, L-24l.
The announcement said WPB will
consider each request for additional
newsprint solely upon its own mer-
its, based upon all the facts which
the publisher considers pertinent to
the issue of whether the order will
occasion unreasonable hardship"
In all such appeal cases the fol-
lowing information is required:
A. Amount of print paper used
during the third quarter of l941 in
printing net paid circulation alone.
Publishers should not include any
print paper used for unpaid distribu-
ton, spoil copies, production waste,
etc. To this is added 3 per cent for
production waste to the net paid
circulation. If the resulting figure
Is 500 tons or more, deduct 5 per
cent; if it is less than 500 tons, de-
duct per cent of the amount in
excess of 25 tons. This gives the al
lowable quota of print paper for the
quarter, and publishers are request
ed to show separately the net paid
tonnage. the 3 per cent for produc-
tion waste and the deduction of the
further per cent reduction.
Minimum Requirements.
to IL, cnorif1c Yl1n1hpr nf
tons the minimum requirements for
the third quarter of 1943.
The following additional informa-
ton is asked for the third quarter
of 1941 and the second quarter OF
1943, with figures for morning, eve
ming or Sunday listed separately, ex-
cept item one:
/. Gross tons or pounds of news
print used a month, whether in
publishers plant or used tor sup
plements produced for the publisher
by others. This figure must include
all production waste and damage in
transit waste, unless compensation
has been received from the trans
portation companies for the dam
aged paper. Not included is paper
used in commercial printing or in
printing of other publications.
.. Net press run average by
months and the quarterly averages.
3. Net paid circulation averages
by month, according to Audit Bureau
of Calculations standards and the
quarterly averages.
4. Per cent of difference between
net press run and net paid circula-
ton for each quarter.
Average Number of Pages.
5. Average number of pages are
issued each month, including all
supplements.
s. Number of issues each month.
7. Total number of lines or inches
of paid advertising a month.