Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02
GainsReported
As Talks Go On
In News Strike

NEW YORK, Mar. 2 (AP) :.
-Negotiators for striking
printers and eight publishers
went into a weekend session
today in an effort to settle
the city's S5-day newspaper
blackout.
Some progress was reported.
Betram A. Powers, president of
striking Local No. 6, AFL-CIo
international Typographical
Union, said eight hours Of
negotiations yesterday we're de-.
voted entirely TO automation.
THE attenuation issue was
not resolved" Mr.. Powers told
newsmen, but some progress
was made"
Attenuation includes news
paper use of outside tape to run
typesetting machines.
Representatives of the Pub
fishers Association Of New York
City had no comment as they
arrived for the meeting in the
Hotel Commodore.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner,
who has been acting as media
tor In the contract dispute, said
both sides had described yes
terday's talks as harmonious.
Mays to Boycott Post
In another development yes
terday, Macy's Department
Store announced an advertis-
ing boycott against the New
York Post, which will begin
publishing Monday.
A spokesman for the Post
said the paper had no comment
on Macy's announcement. The
Post broke away from the pub
fishers ranks Thursday. leaving
eight major dailies still BACKED
out.
The printers are returning to
the Post under the terms Of
their old contract. A new pact
is to be worked out in bargain
ing between the union and the
newspaper.
Last December 8, the 5000
printers struck the Times, Daily
News, Journal American, and
World Telegram and Sun.
Shutting down in a zone struck,
all struck" stand were the Post,
Herald Tribune, Mirror, Long
Island Star-Journal and Long
Island Press. The Press con-
tinues TO publish editions for
suburban Long Island.
Until Mrs. Dorothy Schiff,
the Posts publisher, resigned
from the Publishers kssocia-
ton and announced the paper
would resume publication. a
total Of 10000 newspaper en-
ployes were out of work.
The Post employs about 1900
.. A full staff of printers went
: back to work yesterday, as well
as members Of the advertising
staff and some editorial en-
, ployes. All employees are due
! back by Monday.
Cleveland Strike Continues
The four-month newspaper
black-out in Cleveland continues
against the Plain Dealer and
the Press and News. The strik-
ing AFL-CIO Cleveland News
paper Guild and the independ-
ent Transfers Union have
agreed on new contracts. How
ever, three unions-the print
ers, mailers and machinists-
remain on strike, with wages
the main issue.
In New York. Mays said in
a statement:
Mays takes no position
with respect to the merits of
the current labor dispute. This
is already in the hands of Fed
eral and city mediators, and
we hope that a wise solution
can be found.
I'VE do feel, however. that
to support the newspaper with
our advertising when the others
are not available might put
undue pressure on them TO set
tie regardless Of merit. We
prefer not to do this"
The Post had a circulation
last fall Of about $4,000. For
its Monday press run, 1t plans
five editions rather than its
normal eight. The first edition
is planned to reach newsstands
by Sis am, an hour earlier
than usual. The last edition
is scheduled to hit the street
about 5 pm.
A s6-page paper is planned.
compared to the prestrike
average Of "a pages. Mrs. Schiff
said she had more than enough
advertising, and that regular
Post advertisers were getting
preference.