Evening star., 1943-04-17
Quebec Paper Mills
Strike Ends, Removing
Threat TO Supplies
U. S. Publishers Report
SIS Pct. Cut in Newsprint
Use During March
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 17.-An-
nouncement in Quebec of the enc
of strike tying up two of the
largest North American newsprint
mills removed a new threat to
limited States newspaper supplies
yesterday, while high officials OF
war control agencies of the United
States and Canadian governments
-.conferred in New York on the gen.
= eral paper situation.
Provincial Premier Adelard God
:" bout told the lower house of the
'f's Quebec Legislature an agreement
- had been reached between Price
Bros. & Co. Ltd, and union officials
which would end promptly the tie.
cup of the big Kenogami and River
bend mills, which have a capacity
DOT more than $4,000 tons of news
print annually. They had been
IS shut down for 10 days.
Bet Meanwhile, War Production
ratBoard delegation from Washington
eraheaded by w. G. Chandler, head of
i1sihe printing and publishing branch,
hetand A. G. Wakeman, chief of the
eerpulp and paper division, completed
two days of private discussions with
It, Dominion group, including R. L.
'TsWeldon, newsprint administrator
IN and R. M. Fowler, secretary of the
sdTWartlme Prices and Trade Board.
adt Nelson to Get Report.
The conferees declined to COM
ment on the results of their sessions,
~Mr: Chandler saying that full re-
: sport was being forwarded to Donald
s-Nelson, WPB chief, in Washington
4Canada is the source of three
.ouarters of United States neWsprint
+. supplies.
: Mr.. Nelson is slated to address the
. annual convention of American
= Newspaper Publishers Association
here next Wednesday.
80. The Publishers Association issued
~ today its report on newsprint for
49, 49, March and the first quarter of the
year, indicating newspapers used in
$ March SIS per cent less paper than
IN that month of last year, and 83
per cent less than in March of 194l.
For the first quarter, the reduction
was 3.9 per cent under 1912, and 5
per cent under l941.
Volume For March.
The ANPA bulletin. giving adver-
tising volume for So major cities,
shows an increase in lineage for
March over that month of last year
of So per cent, and decrease from
that month in l941 of only one per
cent. For the first three months
OF this year, lineage was Ct per cent
over 1912, and SiX-tenths of one per
cent over 194l.
The restriction on use which took
effect January l limits larger news
papers to the amount of paper re-
Qulred to produce their net paid
circulation Qess returns, free copies,
etc. Of l94l, plus 3 per cent for
spoilage.
Paper trade sources had described
the strike at the Price Bros. mills
as adding complicating factor to
the neWsprint situation While
pulp wood cut in the Canadian
woods this winter has been better
tlldu WAS expected IN Ine lace or
manpoWer problems-causing can
collation. in February of a proposed
further cut in newsprint use which
was to have taken effect April L
the severe winter in the Dominion
has curtailed freight car movement.
Newsprint production in the
United States and Canada in the
first quarter of the year was 1875
per cent under 1912 However.
paper men said, it is necessary to
recall that production was at high
level early in 1912 and stocks were
increasing.
The ANPA reported that publish
ers stocks of paper for March were
IS days supply, a reduction from the
63-day supply figure of three
months earlier but still we'll above
March year ago.