Evening star., 1945-07-09
Thousands Purchase
Papers al Plants as
Strikers Defy WLB
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 9.-The Ma
tional War Labor Board today in
Washington will consider pos
sible further action in the nine
day-old strike of newspaper de-
liverymen against IA New York
dailies, following yesterdays
unanimous union vote to con-
tinue the strike despite WLB
back-to-work directives.
The vote was taken despite rec
concentrations of union officers
that members obey the WLB direc-
tives, said Joseph Simons, presi-
dent of the Newspaper and Mail
Deliverers' Union (unaffiliated).
AS the union voted, hundreds of
thousands of New Workers lined up
in front of newspaper plants yes
terday morning to obtain copies of
Sunday editions.
Long lines formed early outside
the New York Times, Herald
Tribune, Journal-American, News
and Mirror. Large crowds milled
about an out-of-town newspaper
stand in Times Square.
Sell 10000 Copies.
At the Daily News Building
where Is clerks sold papers over
the counter, q circulation depart
ment official estimated 10000
copies had been sold by midmorn-
ing.
A double line extended about a
block outside the Daily Mirror
Building, while a five-block- long
line waited for copies of the Times.
Sales also were brisk at the Herald
Tribune and Journal-American. All
the plants were picketed.
Edwin S. Friendly, general man
sger of the Sun and spokesman for
the Publishers Association, COM
mented on the union vote in radio |
address:
THE membership of this striking
union again sneered at constituted
authority and the democratic way
of settling disputes, and put their
demands over everything else"
The WLB last Friday told strik-
ers that unless they needed a pre-
vious order to return to work, 1t
would consider taking away such
benefits as the closed shop, union
hiring and retroactivity to June 30
of any wage increases that might
be agreed on.
Won't Be Forced Back.
After yesterdays meeting. Harry
union sergeant at arms,
said, I'VE will stay out six months
if we have to. There Is nothing
anybody can do to make us go
back"
Before the meeting Mayor La
Guardia on his weekly broadcast,
told the strikers:
You made a mistake in not
going back to work when the War
Labor Board directed you to do so.
When the good Offices of the United
States Government were offered
there was nothing to gain by your
continued to strike. I
hope you will Overwhelmingly
vote to 90 back to work and present
your case in the American way"
AS he did last Sunday, Mayor La
Guardia again read the comics dur
ing his radio talk.
Union utterly Wrong"
Commenting on Mayor La Guar
dia's remarks, William Mapel, vice
chairman of the Publishers AS
sociation, said:
Nobody knows better than Mayor
La Guardia that in this instance
the union is utterly wrong.
IT am sure the millions of readers
who have been starved for news by
this strike and who have clearly
demonstrated their complete lack
of sympathy with the strikers
cause that they have formed lines
dozens of blocks long in some in
stances, will appreciate the fact
that their Mayor would never have
given such advice unless he were
convinced that the publishers in
sistence on following the orderly
process was 10 per cent right"
Union officials were unavailable !
for comment.
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