Evening star., 1947-02-10

| James +. 6TOWIl, IA, Ol OAzo NOI bll
Dakota avenue NE, who fell in the
600 block of B street Sc, and was
treated for head lacerations and
bruises about the mouth.
Record
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$5 900 900 mortgage Mr.. Stern placed
on his newspaper properties to
acquire a Philadelphia radio station
may have had something to do with
the publishers decision to sell.
The witness contended, however,
that Mr.. Stern's newsprint contracts
gave him valuable asset by selling
during the present shortage.
Cites Increase in Price.
According to the Guild officer
newsprint contracts last year were
made at the OPA ceiling at $85
per ton, whereas, with Government
control ended, newsprint for those
who do not have contracts is now
priced at 5000 ton or better
The Guild official assumed Mr..
Stern could guarantee $4,000 tons
of newsprint. Even If this we're
valued at $185 per ton, it would rep
resent an asset of $2,500,000, Mr..
Eubanks testified, without estimat-
ing the return from subsequent ad-
vertising published on the news
print.
/ The witness conceded Mr.. Stern
had a right to suspend his papers
and sell them at any time, but told
the committee the guild is forced
to conclude" he probably would
have done so anyhow.
Asks About Inquirer.
| Representative Lands, Republi-
can, of Indiana was the first to
ask why no strike was called against
the Philadelphia Inquirer, with
which the guild also negotiates.
WELL" Mr.. Eubanks replied, mfr
Stern has suggested it would have
been better to have the strikes on
what he called the reactionary In
quirer than on the liberal Record,
but the guild is not concerned with
editorial policy"
Mr.. Eubanks explained further
that the decision to strike or remain
at work was up to the local unit
on each paper.
Representative Hoffman, Republi-
can, of Michigan, told Mr.. Eubanks
that Mr.. Stern had the same right,
as an American citizen, to stop
publishing his newspaper as the
employees had to refuse to work.
II can't understand why it's any
of our business to find out why he
closed down his papers" Mr.. Hoff-
man declared. "If Mr. Stern made
any statement about the guild you
regard as false, you have recourse
to the courts
II cannot think of any redress to
be accomplished by court action y
Mr. Eubanks replied.
Says Many Are Jobless.
| Mr.. Hoffman insisted the net re-
suit of the strike against the Rec
ord is that more than 500 Guild
members, and larger number of
non-Guild employees in other
branches Of the Stern papers, are
now unemployed.
Representative Brehm, Republi-
can, of Ohio broke in to make this
comment on the labor situation as
whole:
"It seems a new philosophy of
Government has been developing in
America which, if pursued to its
ultimate conclusion, would destroy
our basic American philosophy Of
rugged individualism and personal
initiative. That philosophy is based
on the assumption that any one who
is ambitious enough or intelligent
enough to show profit should i'm
mediately be exploited. 1t begins
to appear that if person wants to
enjoy peace and tranquility he
should become complete business
failure, go on relief and let some
organization do his thinking and
plan his existence from the cradle
to the grave. Then no one will be
jealous of. his success and want to
get their fingers into the trough
! God Forbid"
Representative Kersten said he
had read in a guild strike bulletin
a statement that one of the factors
leading up to the Record strike was
that Mr.. Stern had led the guild tc
expect more because of his liberal
reputation.
Disagrees on Wages.
I Mr.. Eubanks said he disagreed
with that, and insisted the wages
Mr.. Stern was offering and paying
were not up to "the going wage" ir
comparable offices. 81
Il Mr.. Kersten also said he had reae
in a guild strike bulletin an admis.
sion that the Record managers hac
Offered to arbitrate. The represen.
tative added his own conclusion that
therefore, the guild had refused tx
arbitrate.
/ Mr.. Eubanks replied the gull,
was trying to negotiate a fair settle
ment.
"Is it not a fact the employees o
this local were receiving as high {
, pay scale as any in the Unite,
States, except for few classifica
tions in New York city," asked MI
Kersten.
Again, Mr.. Eubanks disagreed.
, At one point during his cross
examination, Mr.. Kersten said h
understood one of the local gull,
officers in Philadelphia had been g
card-carrying Communist" He di,
, not name the officer individual
: The committee recessed unit
2:15. with indications that Mr.. Sterl
l would not be heard until tomorrow