Evening star., 1943-02-12
Editor Hits Attempt to Apply
One War Restriction Pattern
Roy Roberts Tells ASNE He Believes
People Are Willing to Sacrifice to Win

necessary. The British newspapers.
he said, would never have believed
before the war that they could sur
vlve the drastic rationing that has
been imposed on them. Yet, he
added, they are doing 'marvelously
well today"
Mr.. Wallace deprecated the Gov
ernment's contention that the As
sociated Press is violating the anti
trust laws and that this news serv-
ice is obliged to accommodate every
one who applies.
This question has nothing to do
with freedom of the press" he said.
This guarantee of liberty is set
.orth very clearly in the Constitu-
ton. and 1t doesn't mean all the
things people have been reading into
1t. Freedom of the press. for ex-
ample, does not specify how much
neWSprint we are to have"
Mr.. Wallace became editor of the
Louisville Times at the elimination
of a five-year war he waged with
Samuel insult, former Chicago util-
tiles magnate, over the disposition
Of scenic tract of land at Cumber-
land Falls, KY. Mr.. insult. at the
time, wanted to use the land to
establish a power plant, and this
pan was successfully countered by
Mr.. Wallace's editorial volleys. The
region today is a State park.
Public Alive to War.
The public in his part of the
country, Mr.. Wallace explained, was
accepting rationing and other Gov
ernment wartime restrictions good
naturedly"
There are no complaints" he
added. They are alive to the war
down there"
John S. Knight of Akron. Ohio,
who operates the Akron Beacon
Journal, the Detroit Free Press and
the Miami Herald, agreed that the
people with whom he has come in
contact in three widely separated
parts OF the country are accepting
everything about the war in excel
lent spirits
They were impatient with the
methods used by Leon Henderson
when he was price administrator. :"
MI. Knight said. They like to be
informed. They like public officials
VINO Will tell them sincerely what is
needed and what must be done.
The way they responded to Rubber
Administrator William Jeffers is an
indication of their willingness to
cooperate"
Mr.. knight said he had found the
public has a great deal of confidence
IN recently-appointed Price Admin
istrator Brown.
Sees Order as Inflationary.
Mr.. Knight said that every one
recognizes the need for a 48-hour
week to conserve manpower," but he
described as "paradoxical' the order
OF Economic Stablization Director
Byrnes to increase wages. Mr..
Knight said that this order was
'inf1ationary
Similar sentiments were expressed
by Dwight Marvin, editor of the
Troy IN. " Record, who was presi-
dent OF the society in 194l-42. Mr..
Marvin, commenting on the 48-hour
week order as it applies to smaller
metropolitan newspapers, said the
impact of such an order would be
fatal to the papers.
We're compelled to 20 on a.
hour week and at the same time
raise wages 80 per cent" he said,
He said he believed there would be
very great changes" in the order
before 1t became generally appli-
cable.
Mr.. Marvin, who is a member of
the Board of Directors. said he found
1t necessary to travel $4,000 miles
during his term as president as the
result IT war problems that arose
among the editors in various sections
OF the country.
Booms Involve Problems.
Representatives of papers in
smaller cities warned that wartime
population shifts had created MANY
critical problems for the newspaper
Industry in these areas.
A. R. Treanor Of Saginaw. vice
president OF Booth Newspapers,
Inc: M. A. German of the Flint
journal. Carl M. Saunders OF the
jackson Citizen-Patriot and j. K.
Walsh of the Kalamazoo Gazette
echoed these sentiments.
In cities where war industries
have resulted in population booms.
1t is almost impossible for the news
papers to expand sufficiently to
cover their fields" said Mr.. Saun-
ders.
Since their fields" he continued,
have grown so much above last
years condition, the basis now used
for newsprint rationing works a real
hardship on them"