Evening star., 1947-11-22
Hearing SET for Dec. 9
In NLRB Complaint
AGAINST Printers
by the Assoeioted Press

II
by the Associated Press
A formal complaint charging the
International Typographical Union
(AFL with unfair labor practices
has been issued by the National La
Dor Relations Board as labor dis
putes involving members of the
TTU disrupted normal operations In
newspaper plants in Chicago and
Detroit.
The complaint, based on charges
filed by the American Newspaper
Publishers Association on October
z, accused the ITU of violating the
Taft-Hartley labor-management law
with its mo contract" policy. 1t
will be heard by a NLRB trial ex-
aminer on December in Indianap-
oils, the TITUS national headquar-
ters.
Action by the NLRB was an
nounced last night as Chicago's two
morning newspapers, the Tribune
and the Sun, said operations in their
composing rooms had returned to
normal, at least temporarily, after
several days of Showdown tactics"
by composing room employees.
Repeated "Slowdowns" Charged.
The Chicago Newspaper Publish
ers' Association, which represents
six major daily newspapers, has
charged the local ITU with repeated
''sloWdowns" since the unions con-
tract with the association expired
on October 81.
In the complaint issued by the
NLRB, the ANPA, which represents
400 of the Nations newspapers,
charged the union with insisting on
continuation of the closed shop
clauses in new contracts although
the Taft-Hartley law prohibits the
closed shop. The ITU also is charged
with "slowdowns," "featherbedding, :"
and refusal to bargain collectively
Jack G. Evans, NLRB regional di-
rector at Cincinnati, issued the COM
plant in behalf of Robert N. Den
ham, general counsel of the NLRB
$4,000 Members in ITU.
The ANPA said the ITU, which
claims about $4,000 members
throughout the country, had con-
tracts with 239 daily newspapers in
1876 cities which either had expired
or will expire by December 81.
Charges similar to those of the
ANPA have been brought against
}h, TT1TT b1, tho Co,,tboryo No,ucpo nor
Publishers Association, the employ
ers section of the Printing Industry
of America, and the Graphic Arts
League of Baltimore.
An NLRB hearing has been COM
pleted in the Baltimore case A
trial examiner now is preparing rec
concentrations for the board based
on the hearing.
Editions Three Hours Late.
In Chicago last night first editions
of the Tribune and Sun were three
hours late, but later spokesmen said
composing room operations returned
to normal as employees returned to
their jobs on orders of Woodruff
Randolph, ITU president. The two
newspapers had reported seven con-
secutive days of Showdown tactics"
in the composing rooms.
The Suns first edition was 16
pages from photo-engraved plates
of typewriter sheets, but a second
edition was 20 pages, including three
pages from photo-engraved plates.
There were only two full pages of
advertising in the tabloid Sun. The
Tribune was 80 pages.
Charges Denied in Detroit.
In Detroit, the publishers of the
Times, the News and the Fress Press
charged the ITU local and the De-
troit Mailers' Union No. 40 (AFL)
with showdown tactics" The two
unions denied there was any sub
sanitation of the charge" The
three newspapers have missed sew
eral editions and others we're de-
layed by what the publishers
claimed were deliberately timed
chapel meetings among AFL en-
ployes." The two unions are seek
ing pay raises averaging SIT weekly,
bringing printing minimums to
$10250 a week and the mailers
minimum to $9O.40 week
The Chicago publishers have filed
a complaint, similar to the one made
by the ANPA, against Local Is and
the ITU and it is pending before
the regional NLRB.
In New York, another complaint
was filed with the NLRB against
the ITU and four of its local union
affiliates in New York, Chicago and
Detroit by the Printing Industry of
America, Inc. The complaint
charged the ITU with violating the
Taft-Hartley law. It said the
charges were based on the unions
policy Of working under conditions
of employment" in place of con-
tract.
Intervention Sought.
Meanwhile, in New York, the
ANPA announced it has requested
NLRB permission to intervene in
the case involving charges filed by
the Nassau Daily RevieW-Star
against the ITU.
Cranston Williams, ANPA general
manager. said the request was filed
with Charles T. Douds, regional di-
rector of the board which on Novem-
ber 10 issued a complaint against the
ITU charging failure to bargain COL
lectively.
Hearing on the complaint, origi-
nally set for November "a, has been
postponed to December IS.
Publication of the newspaper has
been continued despite a walkout by
typographical employees November 9.
The newspaper has brought a $780,
900 damage suit against the ITU and
Local 915, the unit involved.