Evening star., 1943-10-06
New Newsprint Slash
May Be Made Soon,
Publishers Warned
BY The Associated Press,

BF me Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 6.--The Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers Associa-
tion SAID today a further reduction
in permitted consumption of news
print paper was possible for Novem-
Der and December Of this year.
Such an additional slash would be
on the heels of 5 to 10 per cent
cut which went into effect October |
pairing Gown the amount OF paper
available to newspapers to basis of
80 per cent of tonnage used for le4l
net pald circulation
Information from WASHINGTON
and Montreal indicates that further
consideration must be given by the
war Production Board to the quota
Oh neWSprlnt used by 0ailv news
papers III the fourth quarter of l943
the ANPA SAID in a statement This
means that the present allowable
use OF 90 per cent of the net paid
1881 tonnage III the fourth quarter
OF la43 may not be continued during
November and December because of
further cut
May Provide Manpouer
a more encouraging outlook was
seen by The Montreal Gazette which
SAID i'll a dispatch from Ottawa
ne Federal Canadian Govern
ment may within a short time take
lhe necessary step to insure fuller
supply OF manpower for the news
PRINT Industry. This measure will
De 10 raise the produce ion Of pulp
Wood 10 category B which would
place 1t IN the same category with
mouStfleS whose manpoWer is pro-
tecieo by recent regulations of Ma
llonal SeleCtive Service -
The Gazette said a Government
offlclai said category b would en-
able SelectiVe Service to SEND to The
neWHprlnt Industry men from other
sources
Such a step. if taken. would be in
line with findings of the House
NeWSprlnt Committee. headed bv
Representative Boren, Democrat. Of
Oklahoma. that the newSprint in
duStry of Canada needed 10000 ad-
dltlonal woods laborers 10 maintain
production Of paper. Canada is the
source of IS per cent of the news
PRINT used in the United States.
Situation Called Acute.
In statement made by the
American Newspaper Publishers
ASSOCIATION it was said:
The situation is so acute that i,
is vitallv necessary that all pub
lShers place their orders for Novem-
Der shipments by October 10, ac-
cordlng TO WPB printing and pub
hShlng division. These officials said
That Suppllers should be informed
about the tonnage even though the
publishers cannot furnish the speci-
flcstlons to the mills prior to Oc-
tober TO-
WPB officials said that orders for
November shipments must not ex-
ceed one third of the fourth quar-
ter tonnage base and must not in
clude any tonnage expected. antici-
pated or hoped for on appeal"
The ANPA said the situation
would be considered October l9 bv
the Newspaper Industry Advisory
Committee at Washington.
Boren Group to Meet.
In Washington Representative
Boren said that all the cuts we
have had up to date have been
theoretical cuts. and many large
newspapers have not complied and
are still using as much as they did"
If they will show the proper
spirit in complying with the reduc-
tions already announced. there
should be no need for further re-
dICtionS.'
The committee will resume ses-
Slons tomorrow. Representative Bo-
rem said IT would attempt to deter
mine methods for increasing pro-
ductlon Of neWsprint and that the