The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-04-29

TdpGTS WUntFdy,
Chicago Man Says
Indianapolis LPA)-The Typo
graphical front churned with inn
portant developments during the
week. Some of the highlights were
/ these:
1. A Natl Labor Relations Board
trial examiner, William R. Ringer,
came down with unusually drastic
recommendations for straightjack-
eting the lnt'l Typographical
Union -AFL.
2. Woodruff Randolph, ITU
president, went to Manhattan to
help work out an agreement with
the city's daily newspapers which
would conform with the unions
laws. A pact previously agreed
to by Local 6 and the publishers
was rejected by the ITU executive
board as in violation of some of the
Typo laws.
3. The American Newspaper
Publishers Assn intimated it would
drag the Typos into court again, on
charges of allegedly violating the
injunction previously handed down
by Federal Judge Luther Swygert.
4. A high official of the Chicago
Tribune-John w. Park, production
manager-admitted to the ANPA's
convention in New York City that
the new "ersatz" method by which
strikebound newspapers have con
tinued to publish has turned out to
be far more costly and far slower
than regular composition.
The findings by NLRB Trial Ex-
aminer Ringer are the first to
come down i'm the batch of com
plant cases instituted by the board
against the ITU. Ringers recon-
mendation covered charges filed by
the Graphic Arts League Of Balti-
more, an association of employing
against the union.
Ringer proposed that the board
issue two sweeping orders one
against Local IL in Baltimore, and
the other against the international.
Ringer found the local guilty"
of not bargaining in good faith,
and he proposed series of "cease
and desist" orders to compel the
local to revise its bargaining poll
cies and "toe the mark" on Taft
Hartley Act requirements.
Even more drastic was his pro-
posed order against the interna-
5ional which would be compelled
TO rewrite its constitution and by
laws in conformity with the Taft
Hartley Act and revamp nearly all
the present policies being pursued
by the union to protect itself from
,he "ripper" provisions of that act.
Gerhard Van Arkel, ITU attor-
ney, made it clear that the union
will "file exceptions" to the exam
iner's report. This will mean the
full NLRB will have to make a de-
,ision in the case.
The new Publishers Association
declaration of war" on the Typos
anne from Cranston Williams, the
general manager. He
said new court proceedings may be
instituted against the union in an
,ffort to force it into the Taft
Hartley "straitjacket."
The aim of the new move, he
,aid, will be to wipe out nation
vide collective bargaining in the
printing and publishing industry.
We want local collective bargain
ny, plus arbitration" Williams de
Jared.
Hopes of publishers that new
ersatz" methods could permanent
y do away with printers were
ashed by the address of the Chic
go Tribune's General Manager
'arks at the ANPA convention. II
Parks revealed that the new
nethods, involving the use Of vari-
ype and photoengraving, are still .
ar more expensive than regular ,
In Chicago, the strike
ound dailies, ne said, are spend
lg "one-third more than the nor
lal composing room costs" to put
ut papers by the new strike
reaking" process.
Furthermore, the newspapers
ave been unable to overcome tn, '
slow motion" of the new process J
arks said. He predicted that when l
strike settlement had been reach
|, the papers would undoubtedly \
0 back TO regular typesetting "be- e
luse no one has found way to t
1t down the time lag" \