Evening star., 1953-12-06
New Workers GET
Slim Sunday Edition
OF Herald Tribune
BY the Associoied Press

skinny Sunday edition of the
Herald Tribune went on the
streets tonight and was quickly
snapped up by New Workers
who had gone without major
newspapers since last Monday.
An eight-page, nickel edition,
with no advertising. started
flowing to the city's long-empty
newsstands shortly after 6 pm.
EST)
At 8 PM, however, when a
million copies had been run off
the presses were halted to begin
a replated edition. also marked
'late city edition"
The Herald Tribune planned
to run off upward of two million
copies, more than triple its nor
mai Sunday circulation. This
would supply approximately one
of every four potential buyers.
Meanwhile. negotiations con-
tinued deadlocked in a strike OF
AFL photoengravers which closed
six other major New York dailies
q week ago today.
The Herald Tibune had sus-
pended operations last Monday
night in sympathy With the other
publishers.
Meetings Resumed.
Representatives of the publish
ers and the union met in Joint
session tonight for the first time
since Thursday. Members of a
special Federal mediation panel
announced only that joint meet
ings were resumed.
The joint session was recessed
at 10:45 pm. (EST) until 10 am.
tomorrow. A Federal mediator
said "a number of suggestions"
had been explored but neither
side issued a statement. The
mediator did not say what the
suggestions were.
The publishers announced no
change in their previous best
package offer of $3.75. The
photoengravers. who make plates
to reproduce pictures and illu-
Strative matter, now receive a
basic wage of from $120 to $13l a
week.
The strike itself was the top
played story in the edition pub
lished by the Herald Tribune.
which has it's engraving done by
an outside commercial firm.
Streamlined Edition.
The newspaper published sum-
maries of news and sports de-
velopments of the week in which
New York-the worlds third
largest newspaper market-had
no major daily. -
Markets, business, foreign and
domestic news, single editorial
and some features were carried
in the streamlined newspaper!
There were no comic sections
or the usual weekend feature
sections. Missing were the
crowded pages of weekend ad-
vertising. made more striking by
the height of the Christmas buy
ing season.
The streamlined editions will
be published. the paper said,
until further notice.
Herald Tribune Statement.
In resuming publication, the
newspaper today issued the fol-
lowing statement:
THE New York Herald Tri-
bune resumes today an eight
page edition without advertising,
designed to give the widest pos
sible distribution to the basic
news.
THE decision to interrupt
publication was taken with the
greatest reluctance. The Herald
Tribune. which has its engraving
done in an independent plant,
has not been involved in the ne
gotiations with the engravers
union.
But when it became clear
that continued publication was
being used as an instrument to
obstruct normal collective bar
gaining, We concluded that sus-
pension was our only course.
I'VE wanted to make sure that
the offer ofsarbitration be given
the calmeSt possible considera-
tion. Unfortunately the offer was
turned down by the photoen-
gravers union.
Nov we are convinced that
resumption of publication will
not prejudice further negotia-
tionS.
For five days. in the midst
Of important national and inter-
national events, the people of
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