Evening star., 1947-03-14
Publishers 10 Assist
Papers in Own Areas
In Getting Newsprint
BY the Associoied Press

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"do all in their power" to help daily
and weekly newspapers get news
print.
| In the case of religious, labor and
specialized newspapers, the pub
fishers set up committee to investi-
gate the newsprint situation and
report in 10 days.
| This report will be made to a
Senate Small Business Subcommit
tee investigating the newsprint
shortage. The publishers and rep
resentatives of the newsprint manu-
featuring industry met here yester-
day at the invitation of the sub
fcommittee.
Chairman Capehart of the sub
committee explained to reporters
that cases of distress will be ham
died within the local area" This
he called "a matter of local auton-
omy." He said the publishers near
by would be in better position to
know the situation and to meet it
than a national organization would.
| Senator Capehart said the action
was taken unanimously by the pub
fishers acting individually and not
as members of any trade associa-
ton. 1t was approved unanimously
by his subcommittee.
Resolution Adopted.
The publishers adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
This group of newspaper pub
fishers unanimously decided that
| they will undertake, so far as they
possibly can, to have the local pub
fishers associations, which include
| the regional, State and city associa-
tions, examine all cases of distress
| of newspapers of general circulation,
which includes weeklies as we'll as
dailies under Section $40 of the pos
tai laws and regulations and do all
in their power to see that they are
enabled to continue to publish. AS
Ito other publications which are
classified under Section 521 of the
postal laws and regulations they are
appointing committee to .investi-
gate the situation and that commit
tee will report back to this Senate
subcommittee in 10 days"
The committee is composed Of
Charles E. Moreau, member of the
N tional Editorial Association.
Orange, N. j.; Julius Ochs Adler,
vice president and general manager
| of the New York Times; E. M. An
trim, Chicago Tribune; J. D. Gorta-
towsky, Hearst newspapers; Frank
E. Tripp, general manager of the
Gannett newspapers; Richard w.
Slocum, Philadelphia Bulletin, and
Ray Huber, Scripps- Howard news
lpapers.
The staff of the Small Business
Committee will work closely" with
1.-THE Publishers Committee, Senator
Capehart said. 1t will have access
| to all information, facts and letters
in hardship cases. We will work
with it in an effort to solve the
problem in voluntary way"
NEA Happy at Progress.
Ed M Anderson, chairman of the
Newsprint Committee of the Ma
tional Editorial Association, told re-
porters:
Small newspapers which the NEA
| represents, numbering $500, are
gratified by the progress being made
toward elimination of distress cases
and assurance of continued publica-
ton of general circulation papers
and aid as far as possible to all
others and achievement of equitable
distribution.
In reply to a question, Senator
Capehart said proposals for a VOL
untary plan of pooling a supply
of neWsprint to meet emergency
hardship cases "are out at the
moment on the basis that the local
plan worked out here will be more
practical"
Senator Capehart also explained
that doubts we're raised whether
operation of pooling plan would
be entirely legal under the anti
trust laws
The subcommittee issued this list
of publishers present for at least
part of the all-day session:
Paul Patterson, Baltimore Sun
papers; James A. Beresford, Booth
Newspapers, Inc, Detroit; BurroW
Matthews, Buffalo, IN. " Courier
Express; G. C. Steadman, Boston
Post: D. B. Albert, Milwaukee Jour-
nal; r. B. Chandler, Mobile (Ala)
Press Register; A. H. Kirchhofer,