Evening star., 1948-04-21
improvements Slated
In varitype Process,
Publishers Are Told
by the Associotsd Press

lCdIl NtWSpdpcI TuUllSIlcIS hSSUCld-
ton was told today at its annual
convention that an improved system
Of producing papers with photo
engraving and varitype process prob
ably will be developed in the next
few years.
G. M. Flint, ANPA research di-
rector, described in detail the meth
Cd of using varitype copy reproduced
by photo-engraving which has been
employed by Chicago newspapers
during the printers strike there.
In many ways, Mr.. Flint said, the
process docs not offer the fieXlolilty
generally required for good news
paper production system.
'It certainly places definite lml-
tations on headlines for advertising
content and on news content.
Describes New Devices.
r will venture to say that before
many more years pass, system Will
be developed which will make use
OF some of these new tools, or those
still In the development stage. to
provide for the transfer OF type
characters from the transparent MIN
to a printing plate which will be
used directly on the press"
The research director described
dozen new devices being developed,
Including several self justifying
typewriters, and predicted that be-
fore the end of the year, three or
four additional typesetting devices
would be announced.
Association President David w.
Howe, publisher of the Burlington
(Vt.) Free Press, gave a stock
taking" report Of ANPA activities
during the last year.
The annual report dealt in large
part with labor relations and de-
scribed association members as "a
group with a record of negotiation,
cancellation and arbitration with
labor unions for over so years"
Cites Pressman Contract.
MIR. Howe mentioned conclusion OF
a five-year contract extension with
the AFL International Printing
Pressmen's and Assistants Union.
The pact, he added, will round out
30 wears of our international arbi-
tration agreement with its excellent
relationships.
The AFL International Typo
graphical Union, however, occupies
a unique position" in bargaining re-
lations. Mr.. Howe said. He added
that the Taft-Hartley Act, which
aimed to make collective bargain
ing again a tWo-way street" was
Especially offensive to the leader
ship of the union in question"
"Ill-advised, the leaders sought to
break the Taft Hartley Act and to
involve the newspaper publishers in
civil and criminal penalties" he said.
This union attempted to force pub
fishers to connive with the union to
break the law in it's closed shop,
struck work and jurisdictional fea-
lures, among others"
Traces Legal Action.
Mr.. Howe said an ANPA special
standing committee conferred with
ITU officials in fruitless attempt
to find a common ground" with the
union. He then traced ANPA-
initiated action which led eventually
to a Federal injunction against the
ITU, enjoining it from carrying out
q no-contract policy.
Promptly the union announced
that it would comply with the decree
of the court" Mr.. Howe said. Sub
sequently the Executive Council sent
instructions to all of its subordinate
locals directing them to bargain
with publishers in accordance with
terms Of the decree"
The ANPA head said the decree,
although not terminating the dis
pute. has had the effect "of bringing
about for the time being at least
collective bargaining between news
paper publishers and ITU locals at
the local level"
The association, with its 809 men,
ber daily newspapers, now includes
more than go per cent of the daily
circulation of the United States and
Canada, Mr. Howe said. Noting a
gain of 43 members in the last year,
Awards Announced.
Roland Strand, 25-year-old STU
dent at the University of Wisconsin
School of Journalism, was an
nounced as winner of the 1948 ANPA
journalism contest. He receives
$50 and gold medal.
Second place went to Hartwell M.
Ramsey, a senior at Texas Christian
University, and third to Doan Helms,
jr.. student in the department of
journalism at Indiana University.
The contest essays, on the sub
ject "The Newspaper-Its Value in
Education" were judged by Erwin
D. Canham, editor of the Christian
Science Monitor.
The ANPA's Traffic Committee
reported to the convention that the
shortage or railroad boxcars con-
tinued to hamper movement Of
newsprint and that the situation