Evening star., 1945-07-17
New York Gets
Papers Again as
Strike Is Settled
Publishers and Union
Agree to Arbitrote
Disputed Issues
By the Associated Press.

Disputed Issues
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 17.-First
deliveries of the city's metro
politan daily newspapers were
made this afternoon as l,700 de-
liverymen ended a 17-day strike.
The strike had left $4,000 900
readers without their newspapers
for the longest period since a nine
day pressmen's strike of 1928.
Union members voted to end the
walkout after their counsel, Louis
Waldman, announced that agree
ment had been reached with the
Publishers Association of New York
to submit the dispute to arbitration.
Welfare Fund Chief Issue.
Principal point at issue was a
union demand for publishers I'd
finance a union welfare fund Of
3 per cent of the payroll.
Mr.. Waldman said the settlement
was made on the basis of a tele-
gram he received from Robert K,
Burns, chairman of the Daily News
paper Commission of the War Labor
Board, who said the commission
would hold an immediate hearing
to consider the dispute If the men
returned to work.
"After the men return to work" /"
Mr.. Burns said in his telegram, the
commission will hold an immediate
hearing on the issues in the dispute
Certain issues, namely, those in
volving holidays with pay, vacations
with pay and retroactivity, win be
taken up for the interim decision at
such hearing in order to avoid
delay.
"On the question Of private arbi-
tration between the union and the
publishers. to whom you refer in
your telegram, the boards policy is
that once work is resumed if the
parties mutually agree to submit
any and all issues to private arbi-
tration, the board will interpose no
objection"
Will Name Arbitrator.
The telegram added:
"Or if they mutually agree to
arbitrate but are unable to agree on
an arbitrator, the Daily Newspaper
Commission will, upon petition from
either party, undertake to name
one"
The Burns statement was in reply
to a telegram sent to him by Mr.
Waldman
Mr.. Waldman also released copy
of a telegram from William Mapel,
vice chairman of the Publishers
Associa ton, which said:
"If AL the members of the union
return to work Immediately to all
newspapers, we agree that they
shall return under the wages, hours
and working conditions existing at
the time the dispute arose The
Publishers Association is ready to
participate in an immediate hear
ing before the Daily Newspaper
Commission
The strikers, who tied up distri-
button of IA major New York dailies
ignored a publishers ultimatum tc
return to work or lose their jobs
They also ignored earlier WLB or
ders to return to work.
A copy of the telegram sent by the
publishers to Mr.. Waldman also was
sent to Mr.. Burns.
Decision Pleases Taylor.
In Washington, WLB Chairman
George w. Taylor, commented:
I'VE are glad they have voted tc
go back to work and to submit the
dispute under the boards regular
procedure, which was what we tolo
them to do all along"
Prior to Mr.. Waldman's announce
ment. violence, sporadic in The
metropolitan area, spread to New
Jersey, where police reported stree
fighting in Newark and Unior
City. Newark police said men in
Navy uniform selling New York
newspapers were attacked by mer
who sprang from an automobile ano
attempted to seize the papers.
Police Protecting Children.
In Union City, police said. about
900 copies of New York dailies
were thrown into the street after
they were pulled from the back o1
a truck.
In New York, for the first tim,
since the strike began, police begar
taking into custody boys and girl
under 16 who were attempting tt
buy newspapers at plant Offices.
| Six children were picked up neal
the Daily News Building in one houl
early today and were taken to I
children's shelter, police said, add
ing that many of the children buy
ing bundles of papers for resal'
were ordered to do so by their par.