Evening star., 1944-01-15
Extra Newsprinf Goes
To Bolster Pledged
Quotas, WPB Asserts

The War Production Board in
tends to use the extra $4,000 tons of
newsprint month expected from
Canada as working margin to
maintain supplies at the promised
level, and to meet all anticipated
needs of newspapers through the
first half of the year, Harold Boe-
schenstein, director of WPB's Forest
Products Bureau told the Newspaper
Industry Advisory Committee yes
terday.
Mr.. Boeschenstein said newspaper
requirements were expected to take
all of the extra newsprint, and only
in event there was tonnage left over
and a critical war demand would
any of the print be "chewed" and
converted to waterproof paper or
container board, He denied the re-
port WPB plans to divert the news
print to other uses.
Discussing the disposition of the
extra tonnage, Mr.. Boeschenstein
said $500 tons will be used for news
paper needs on leap year" day
February %, which has been a
cause for concern. Other portions
will be used to fill appeals of papers
for additional allocations and to
replace inventories which were
borrowed" in the last quarter of
1943.
None Over After Half Year.
He estimated that only about 10,-
600 tons of newsprint will be left
over after appeals in the first quar-
ter of this year and virtually none
at the end of the second quarter.
WPB had expected Canada to
supply 10000 tons of newsprint per
month this year, but the Dominion
later raised the figure to 100000
tons, thereby creating the contro-
versial $4,000 tons.
WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson
opened the committee meeting yes
terday by assuring the group that
his agency has no intention of tell
ing newspapers how to use their
supply of newsprint. Mr.. Nelson
said 1t is "our job simply to tell the
papers how much newsprint they
can have, the available supply will
be divided up without fear or favor
and without competitive advan-
tage."
Meanwhile, strlcJer rules to govern
the granting of additional paper on
hardship appeals of newspaper, mag
azine and book publishers were an
nounced by the War Production
Board.
Economy Demanded.
In connection with individual ap-
peals for extra paper tonnage,
WPB's printing and publishing divi-
sion said the grounds for such relief
will be considerably more stringent
than those which were considered
last year"
No additional tonnage will be
granted, WPB said, to publishers
who do not practice economical
usage Of paper or who could meet
requirements through paper con-
servation.
For newspapers the conditions are:
Extraordinary growth of pupula-
ton in newspaper trading areas
since January !, 1943, requiring ad-
ditional paper to maintain adequate
service in communities or other un-
foreseen circumstances which may
be considered as undue hardships. -
Rules for Magazines.
Unusual seasonal variations in
publishing schedules requiring a re-
distribution of quarterly quotas; in
creased need for religious or instruc-
tional publications required by the
armed forces, or any unforeseen, un-
usual, extraordinary or emergency
conditions which may constitute
undue hardships"
For books:
Establishment of quotas for oc-
casional publishers who do not use
paper every year and who used none
in 1912; as well as needs for armed
forces publication, or any other un-
usual conditions similar to the mag
azine situation"