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‘ \Vhat promises to be a sweeping investiga< H. 1940. by Senator Murray, chairman ol~ retary ol the interior; James Lawrence Fly, J

tion into current newspaper operations has the Senate Small Business Committee. former chairman of the Federal Communica— x J

been tentatively scheduled for the week he The segment relating to printing and tious Commission; Thurman Arnold, foe of J

ginning January 7 when the Senate Small publishing placed emphasis almost exclusiye- business and labor monopoly, and former J

Business Committee will explore various 1y on the one-newspaper town angle. This Associate Justice, United States Court of J

phases ranging from one-newspaper towns. report stated: . . . ”VVhilc small business is Appeals: VVoodrufl Randolph, president, [11- J

chain ownership to newsprint problems. The strong in printing and in some branches of teruational Typographical Union." J

re original hearing (late set by the Committee the publishing industry. actually a high de- The fact that Mr. Ernst has been selected J

staff for December 16 was changed to the gree of concentration prevails in the publish- to make the opening statement indicates J

later date at the insistence _of Senator Wherry ing of newspapers, periodicals, and books— that the hearings will be pegged on the J

the (Neb) ranging minority member and prob- a fact of obvious social importance. . . . Very thesis of his latest book, “The First Free— J

ably next chairman of the Senate Commit- few communities now have more than one dom" and subsequently propagandized in J

tee who believes the inquiry is so broad version of the news.” his radio speeches. Noteworthy is the sim- J

at {that the utmost care must be exercised to Any action taken by this Committee would ilarity between points of newspaper opera- 5

insure fair and impartial sessions. affect at least 70 per cent of publishers in tions questionnaire of the Senate Committee ‘

Apparently the Committee is willing to the small daily and weekly field who oper- and Ernst program of reforms by Congres- J

give time to the leading critics of the small- ate in one-newspaper towns. Senator Mur- sional action. 3

town newspapers to ventilate their theories ray’s press release of December 17 stated. .\nother witness listed by Senator Murray

;but at the same time afford publishers’ or- ”VVe intend to give the fullest possible con- is Thurman Arnold, foe of business and

ganizations like the N.E.A. full opportunity sideration in the hearings to each phase of labor monopoly. and former Associate Jus- J

'to rebut charges against newspaper manage- the problem. particularly newsprint, mon-- tice. United States Court of Appeals." Ar- J

he area ment and explain the actual story of news- opoly, and survival. We. will also consider add is now in private law practice. As As— J

;-paying . paper policies relating to ownership and small neWSpaper advertismg, taxes, postal sistant Attorney-General for many years, he J

ermore, operation of member papers. N.E.A. Legis— rates, production costs. labor problems. “’e was mnSIdered a crusader against adver— J

dustrial ‘lative Committee is arranging for a number will consider specific proposals for Iegis- tising‘. His mantle was taken over by Wen- J

)00'000 J JOE practical publishers to testify at any pub- lation remedies where appropriate.” dell Berge now Assistant General who a J

are gen- Elic hearings called by the Senate Committee. The Committee's official statement reads: year or two ago expressed the interest 1
.Iburban J It. is reported that about 2.000 publishers. “Noted experts, as well as independent pub- of the Department of Justice in the trend

:cilities. Jmostly in smaller cities and towns, replied lishers have already been invited to appear toward one-newspaper towns. Arnold's po— J

rthwhile Jto the Committee's letter dispatched early belore the connnittce. The calendar now sition on advertising was stated in an- J

”in November asking seven questions relating bemg‘ drawn Includes: Morris L. Ernst, nat- nouncing decrees against automobile finance J

to economic problems based primarily on ionally prominent legal expert in the news- promotion when he declared: “The pur-

what the Committee described as “obstacles paper field, newly appointed to the Pres- pose of the antitrust laws will be furthered J

Jto free competition.” That staff employees of ident’s Commission on Civil Rights Legisla- if advertising is limited to its proper func— J

Jthe Committee already reached conclusions tion, who will make the opening statement tion of building up consumption, and if J

J'without the benefit of questionnaires is dis- at the hearings.” restrictions are placed against its use for the

‘closed in Senate Document No. 206 en- Others will be: “Clinton P. Anderson, Sec- purpose of giving a monopoly advantage ' ,‘i

» ltitled “Economic Concentration and World retary of Agriculture: Averill Harriman, to the competitor with the largest pocket- J

J‘War Two" submitted to the Senate June Secretary of Commerce: Julius A. Krug, Sec- book." . ‘ J

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, 11 Mr. Ernst claimed in his book he had P . ‘ ‘—
11 “discussed this material and my proposed rogram, seventy—elghth Annual KPA
-' 11 solutions with more than a score of United
. 1‘ States Senators. All but two agreed that M'd ' M ' J b
11 here is an issue of major importance.” His I -WInter eetlng, anuary I "I8 ’
11 book was written “in the hope of stimu- _7____
1 11 . 13111:?g“:::;ers;::§::ss;::sdintgizagzg ”Early Bird” Open House, KPA Headquarters, Thursday Evening 1
1 would be put on the statute books in our ——r—-—~vimwrmrafiiaa 1
11 ‘ necessary crusade to preserve diversity of Friday, January 17 1
. 11 opinion—in fact at well as in theory." 8‘00 R . t t‘ S h R M . Fl 1
11 Ernst contends competition in the news- 1 ' a.m. egls ra Ion, out 00m, ezzonlne 00" .
' 11 . paper field has practically vanished; and that 10:00 am. Meeting called to order by President Harold A. Browning, South
1 government aid is necessary to “bring a re- Room ‘
11 versal of the trend toward one-publisher 1
. ‘ . . ,, . invocation by the Rev. Felix N. Pitt, Secretary Catholic School Board 1
. 1 communltles ; that a government bounty in Add . . 1
1! the form of tax exempuons up to a certam ress of Welcome, Hon. Leland Taylor, Mayor of Lowsvrlle 1
- 11 figure would encourage folks to enter the Response, James M. Willis, Chairman, Executive Committee 1
» 11 publishing business and restore the compe— Appointment of convention committees .
_ 11 3::nn1::::c:e:aspj::£135:3: :hirerflilieyilflsd Address, j’Newsprint,” T. A. Corcoran, Louisville Courier-Journal
11 to compete with going concerns if measures and Times .
' :1 were adopted “to encourage small publish— Address, ”National Newspaper Problems,” Fred W. Hill, President,
11 ing by carrying papers free up to a certain National Editorial Association, Hamburg, Iowa
11 1 minimum circulation." ' ,
I c Furthermore, Ernst holds the view that ‘2'30 p.m. Luncheon, SOUth Room
7 1 “Today there is no way of judging how Address, Governor Simeon S. Willis
many papers could be supported by a local Address, ”Tourist Promotion,” Hon. Arthur Welsh, Minister of the
I 1 economY-" These and Other theories mu“ Department of Travel and Publicity, Province of Ontario, Canada
1 1:: 3‘21::Eebilofg:§tr:;s11:1ielziart:e(:fdat§;::g Weekly Group Roundtable, South Room, James M. Willis, presiding
11 1 one-newspaper tow“ No doubt he will Topics: 1. ”Burlding Classified Advertismg,” O. S. Wespe
1, elaborate his program when he takes the 2- ”National Advertising,” Vido" R- Portmann
1 stand January 7. 3. ”Audit Bureau of Circulation,” Virgil P. Sanders
‘ 1 Meanwhile a Committee employee has an— 4. ”Community Service,” Fred W. Hill -
1 alyzed the p ubIIShf: rs, .letters' The.newspilm Daily Group Roundtable, Louis XVI Room, Joe La Gore, presiding
1 . Shortage w111be hlghhghmd as an lmmemate Topics‘ 1 ”Circulation Problems ” Frank S Newell
problem but other issues of newspaper man- ’ ' H _ . _ _ ’ H ‘
11 agement will figure prominently in the 2' ”Classn‘Ied Advertlsmg, ‘0' IS, Wespe
. '1 hearings. 3. News Pictures In Promotion, Joe La Gore
1 . The N-E-A-Legkla‘ive committee has "3' 5:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour, Courtesy Lexington Herald-Leader and Louis-
‘lues‘ezfn Publisilirshio send ‘hfisir Viewstfio ville Courier-Journal and Times, Roof Garden
1' as In ton 0 CBS SO 8
1 . . ::tefia;c:lg;; :9 used in [ghe N.E.A. Presenta. 7:00 p.m. Banquet-Floor Show—Dance, courtesy Louisville Board of Trade,
: 1 do“ at the Senate hearings. 1 Brown Hotel, and Courier-Journal-Times—WHAS
, 1 1' Commenting on the Ernst “tax incentive" Saturday, January 18
theory mentioned above, one Inlander has
1 . written his Congressman as follows: 8:30 am. Breakfast meeting, South Room, President Browning, presiding
1 "The 6’“th ‘0 WhiCh nfw’sl’ali’ers if in Address, ”Newspaper Illustrations,” M. R. Foster, Graflex Company
1 1 510‘er by goverilmem SUbSldy.COUId go ".1 Address, ”Disposal Programs,” James P. Sullivan, Chief information
1 political finagaling, or otherwrse be prosti- Division War Assets Corporation
1 tuted, gives one something to think about. I . ‘
1 I thought you should be informed about Annual Report, Presrdent Harold A. Browning
1 this matter: because it is something ViCiOUS Annual Report, Secretary—Manager Victor R. Portmann
11 and a most unusual attack on the freedom Unfinished Business
of the ress. _ _
11 “Newsspapers that are subsidized or inade- New Busmess 1 . ‘
11 'quately financed are newspapers subject to Report Of Committees: Memfgrlml
, 1 pressures and other dangerous influences agiglutions 1 . :‘1
1 which take them out of the field of public . Nominations 1
1 service and make them become organs. . . . Election of Officers 1 _ z
‘ “The fact is, and history proves it in most H H ‘ y.
11 7‘ instances—the one-newspaper in a town is AUld Lang SW19 1’—
11 . lhem because the Pliblic has Willed in" 2:30 p.m. Kentucky Associated Press Meeting, Louis XVI Room 1
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.Iille Do you remember when America was strictly a meat- and - potatoes /
nation . . . when an orange was a Christmas tree decoration and a grape- [
ee fruit was virtually unheard of . . . when poultry was for the luxurious Sun- ‘
day dinner only, and turkey was exclusively holiday fare?
er-Journol Can you recollect when seafood couldn't be had by the middle western '
consumers and Great Lakes fish was beyond the reach of coastal markets ‘
_ . . . when butter tasted differently every time you ate it . . . and eggs were ‘
Presudent, for baking only . . . when all store—cake was "pound" cake, and most com- ‘
mercial baking was done in cellars?
Do you recall the time when evaporated milk was unthinkable as
baby food . . . when tea was the importer's bonanza and the flavor of coffee
was half-dissipated before it reached your cup? ‘ _ ‘
‘er Of the Do you remember when growers of fruits and vegetables had no mar- I:
3/ Canada ket but roadside stands and stores near their farms and orchards . . . when !
presiding a farmer‘s share of the consumer's dollar was less than 32 cents?
e Do you remember when the cat slept in your grocer’s cracker barrel . . .
when a food-store clerk worked 72 hours a week . . . and when the average \ l
rs wage-earner had to spend more than 50 per cent of his income on food? l
It’s a far cry from those days to today when consumers everywhere }
. . ’ can select food from the far-flung producing areas of the nation . . . when
asudmg farmers in any state can sell to a national market and get more than 50 h
per cent of the consumer dollar . . . when the food-store clerk can work a ‘
5-day, 40-hour week at the highest wages that have ever prevailed in food i
retailing.
Ind Louis- If anybody is nostalgic about the "good old days," we fear the blame
is ours. ‘
Blame the change on mass distribution. Blame mass distribution for 1
01‘ Trade, sounder production and a square deal for the farmer. Blame mass distribu- i
tion for a better national diet and better living at lower cost for the con- 1
sumer. Blame mass distribution for the improved lot of the food worker. I
Blame efficient mass distribution on the A 8. F. We accept the responsibility.
presiding Pioneering each step of the way to a higher standard of living for pro- ‘
Company ducers and consumers alike has enabled the men and women of A&P for 87 I
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‘1 _________ figures erroneously Onlltted, and my, 0
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g ‘3 K t_- f ,. A Victor R. Portmann, Editor-Publisher others ev1dence appeared that the fi". n
‘ en 3’9’ 38 _ _——"—-_- might have suffered some mechanical 1) EV
' ' Printed On The Kernel Press, Lexington . _ ,
“ ring. If an error has occurred possrblyj mini
1 _ ’I ‘ way would be to print revised statement: by 5.
‘: he Kentucky Press Association recognizes the fundamental importance early issue. i legis
, ‘;‘g of the implied trust imposed on newspapers and dissemination of public The Post Office Department’s directive? 1n 3
‘2 information. It stands for truth, fairness, accuracy, and decencyin the pre- the 1’05”” 15111169“ “I December 10 mal has:
1! ’ sentation of news, as set forth in the Canons of Journalism. It advocates 1‘ mandatory f0“ ““741 .lmsmmsmrs t0 Chi ure
- ‘5, strict ethical standards in its advertising column. It opposes the publica- ”11 puPEShers 1“ the” area‘ ghe 01%» in b
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‘5 , tzon of propaganda under the guise of news. It aficirms the obligation of a b ‘ es OS‘m‘S erg ”6 ,requehm _ prompt PI
‘l . . . to look over the retained COples of i been
i ~ newspaper to frank, honest and fearless editorial expresszons. It respects ,. , ., . . .
21 ll . . d th Ti ll er _ d'v'd l t t' ', t. _ statements at then post offices, and IL} istra
“ , equa 1)) of opinion an e g1 of en y in t z ua 0 par iczpa ion in of the required information is not gilé cent
i‘ the Constitutional guarantee of Freedom of the Press. It believes in the the publishers should be requested to filefi‘f lativ
' 1'1 ' newspaper as a vital medium for Civic, economic, soczal, and cultural com- publish amended statements in dupliti; Con
, “ _ ' munity development and progress. on Form 3526, giving the full infonnatitiij adOI
, ‘2 i __________________—.__._—__—_ Investigation shows a number of weef men
' 1‘ . )ublishers who failed to file (:irculatit
:‘ Volume Eighteen, Number Two volume number. We sincerely hope that :mtements fell back on the 'lllbl that id 2:151
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‘ ii Kentucky Press Association Officers 1656 seven een usy, eventu years years tam thls SCCUOH- The Department’sgn ther‘
,1 . _ that have seen our Kentucky newspapers rise - - ~ . '
3: Harold A. Browning, Presxdent t th . . ltf l . , . l h . ’ structlons are clear. ”Hie postmaster isq emp
Whitley Republican, Williameufg b0 e1r “g1 u p051t10n W1“ t e nations dered: “Copies of the revised Forms35i at l(
‘ Fred B-W3Ch5: FIT“ Vice PIESIdent , est newspapers m management, content, should be obtained for future use, but: '1‘
l Herald-Leader, Lexmgton appearance, and community serv1ce. . . . £ . '2
' I ‘ , Tyler Munf or d Second Vice President _ _ m the meantime the old 1‘orm 5526 is use» urgt
Urn-0,; County Advocate, Morganfield Starting the {new year, held back by c1r- postmasters should see that publishersi men
- ’ Victor R. Portmann, Secretary-Manager cumstances durmg the past two years, the weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly public worl
l ‘ University of Kentucky, Lexington Press will appear in a new format. We hope tions include in item 5 the average of ti It
i District Executive Committeemen that You Will like it. 'The Chang? i5 “fade to number of copies of each issue of such pull sent
‘. '. ghairman, game; Mnyillis, Missezcifer, le'an- take care of mountmg advertismg lineage, lications sold or distributed to paid my visit
“ . 5:32:25 Ifdifticih- éfégnioejd; Boriiaixi: because supply houses want the patronage scribers during the preceding 12 months.”f liab
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i Sack Gigi News} BowginiGreef‘li Tigrfghlvm_ of 1Ke1131ck§b ntewspjlpeis :nd the [:1 less fur Furthermore, the legal requn‘ementr bacl
. ‘ ynn, ourier— oum , ouisvr e; i , 11- ms 1es ie as me mm 0 give eir mes- . . .- ‘
‘ » gil P. Sanders, Sun-Democrat, Carrollton; 7 ~ , , 1 . 1 d publ1cation must be met even when “I era]
i . sages. “6 W111 make tie Pless arger an ‘ .
E Sixth, EnOs Swain, Advocate-Messenger, Dan- b . d ' , p ‘ . , 1 late (Octobei 1 IS the regular date). TE. 5655‘
i ’ ‘Ilflle; Sara/emf, 120mm“; legzniJFI‘tgd 1.1031;er etlter ‘m a???” 301” cooperation in Uta? Department declares: “Publishers sho‘l‘ 15“"
tmes; res ons urg; 1g . . e on, cut EHVOI'. ‘ l yOU COVCI‘ your 21551011111611 Si" ‘ ‘ . ‘ . . "
l‘ Advocate, Mt. Sterling; Nin’th, Kyle White- 0 carefully read the instructions relatnrgi3
3i ‘ head, Enterprise, Harlan; State-at—Large, Sey- —————.——-—-—— the particular features omitted before E1111!
l mm" 13- Goodman, Efltefpfise’ Elizabethtown; . . out and publishing the annual statemenl NC
‘ a ’ Immediate Past- President, Chauncey Forgey, Sworn CerUlOthl’l LOW , 1.11. l'
l _ Independent, Ashland. , ”lhe annual statements should be pub 15¢; n
‘ 4 w,___#______,___i,W#A_m_‘,, WI” Be Enforced in the first issue of the respective publitlfi T
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; Postmasters who have been negligent in trons Punted next after the g -; seve
i NATIONAL EDITORlAL— the enforcement of the public law relating statement. In cases where statementsl-lgt timr
‘ . , ‘ “ifs/”4‘ SSOCIATION t0 sworn statements of newspaper circula- “0t been filed and PUthhed’ the [Nb '1”? Are
1 “Ms" 1 - I / tion have been sharply reminded by the should, except where they have been 31:, fit:
‘ Post Office Department of their duties. Many c1fically e’éelnP‘ed from filmg ““3111 m“ E
‘> Mr; complaints have been received by the de- ments, be requested promptly to fie 23' garr
‘! Happy New Year To You! partment that some weekly publishers Pubhfh the Staifints‘l ($.66 p)ar. 6’ see. if age
. Posta Laws an egu ations. " g ,
l ___ flouted the new law and some local post- . . . . cur]
‘, G . U ' masters overlooked Departmental Order No. The next Step toward msurmg comphewt of I
‘H rowmg D- 32278 dated July 31, 1946, requiring them with the circulation statement law is t0.d€li .1
l When we grow older, birthdays do not to notify "publishers of all weekly, semi- such publicatlons not fillng the perlngg in .
‘i ‘ .always seem important, and, unless re- weekly, and triweekly publications admitted 0‘ the mails and then more dTaSUC P615; tax,
it minded, are sometimes forgotten. Perhaps to the second class mail matter at their post Q85 In event 0t fraudulent CerUIatlon dag eigl
.‘ that is why the Kentucky Press failed to offices of the new requirements regarding under the U- 5- Criminal Code. i em]
‘11 note'last month that it was celebrating its circulation data.” (NEAB September 9.) _.._——-——O.————- of wor
‘ saucy, inquiring eighteenth birthday- “We Most publishers printed this statement Robert S- Taylor, 51 years 01d, 5%} fusc
1 i Are Seventeen" and proud of it after fin— but in many cases errors were made in that tary-treasurer of the Southeastern Parr Iha:
I ‘ ishing seventeen years of service to Kentucky the five paragraph statement was summarized Company, Louisville, died suddenly only 6111}
i , newspapers. in one printed paragraph, In others the cember 16 on his way to the office. I
1‘ This service we pledged in the first issue first four paragraphs were printed and the —————-—o—————‘ t: P10
i‘, and have reiterated the pledge each new fifth omitted and still others the fifth para- Be sure to write it 1947. ' . to ‘
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infllrciilag Higher Minimum Wages Newspapers Violating Libel Suits Dismissed
it the figlii On Congress Aggendo Lottery Laws Today Against State Papers
chanical b1} Evidence of a strong drive for higher There are a number of community news— Two $20,000 libel suits against the Lex-
l pOSSlblylx minimum wages is noted in announcements papers which are violating lottery laws by ington Sunday Herald-Leader were-idis- ‘
1 statement‘ by some legislators that they will introduce publishing information regarding local missed recently in the local circuit court—
, ' . legislation at the next session of Congress. ”drawings” or other contests involving one for lack of prosecution, and the second,
.5 directive In addition, Senator O’Mahoney (D-VVyo.) chance. Penalty for violation of this law » an outgrowth of the same newspaper story,
ber 10 mal has stated his intention to introduce a meas- is drastic, and the law is so broad that by a directed verdict.
sters to chi ure calling for a guaranteed annual wage any mention of a lottery, even though it is The suits were brought by alocal woman
, The on in basic industries. not so described in the news item, makes and her uncle after the newspaper pub~
5mg prompt Proposals for increased wage rates have a newspaper liable for prosecution. lished a story in November, 1945, quoting
;op1es of l been sponsored by Wage and Hour Admin. In answer to Indiana’s request for an of- police sources on arrest of the two following
es, and if: istrator Walling, labor unions, etc. A re- ficial opinion on the question, the solicitor a disturbance on a bus. The woman testi-
is not give cent meeting of the National Labor Legis- for the Post Office department has replied lied that her husband has asked for a
ited to filea‘i lative Conference'(representing State Labor that “all matter of every kind relating to divorce as a result of the “disgrace”, buti l
in dupliw Commissioners and some unions) here a lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any the newspapers produced police as witnesses i
information adopted resolutions recommending amend- kind for the distribution of prizes by lot to the facts of the disturbance and police ;
ber of weel ments to the Fair Labor Standards Act or chance is regarded as non-mailable." The court records 3f the fines against the pair. i
le circulatio raising the present statutory minimum from opinion also quotes Sec. 18. U. S. Code 336 A Circuit Court Jury December 9 re- ‘
alibi thattl 40 cents to 75 cents per hour for workers as follows: turned a verdict favoring the Enterprise
did not C02 in interstate business, The group contended HN0 newspaper, ClI‘ClllEtl‘, pilnlphlet, 01' Publishing CO., publisher of the Harlan
)artment’s/ i; there still are many thousands of workers ‘ publication of any kind containing any Daily Enterprise in one of four suits brought .
stniaster isa employed under substandard conditions and advertisement of any lottery, gift enterprise, by four Harlan county magistrates alleging .
(1 Form~35§ at low wages. or scheme of any kind offering prizes de— libel, i
re use, but The National Labor Conference also pendent in whole or in part Upon lot or The magistrates asked $10,000 each on ;
i 3526 is use urged extension of the Federal unemploy- chalice, or containing any list of the prizes grounds the newspaper libeled them in re— . i
publishersc merit tax to cover employers of one or more drawn or awarded by means of any such porting the removal of an auditor by fis- i
'eekly public workers. lottery. gift enterprise, or scheme, whether cal court, Only one suit was tried. The 3
average oftl It is expected that several bills will be Pie. said list contains any part 01‘ 1111 Of such court ordered the remaining suits continued i
e of such piil sented to the incoming Congress for re- prizes, shall be deposited in or carried in indefinitely. i
to paid sul vision of the wage—hour back, pay double- the mails of the United States or be de- ________.____ #___
12 months.” liability clause. Proponents point to large “"6er by any postmaster or letter carrier.” A few states report that some returning i
gquii-einent. back pay claims outstanding. with no Fed- The solicitor’s opinion further made clear GI veterans are financing free circulation _
an when it 6T8] time limit on double liabilities as- that publication ”E " “5L ”f winners after sheets. Some are printed in commercial 3
:ir date). Tl SCSSCd- At present, limitation is left to State the event. “5 ‘1 ”CW5 “mi" “150 is a viola- shops, some are offset, and others mimeo-
lishers ghoul law and varies from one to six years. ”0“- graphed. These are not in position to 1
ns relatingl . ——-———.—“-—— make sworn post oflice statements. '
lbefore fillii Overseas Mail .
mi statement No Exemptions Granted , , . . , . 9.
1 be publish! In Old Age Benefit TOX Mail restrictions have been lifted on over— SC‘CWI lWllW‘kY Clint)” 113W l’CCH hfm‘
ective publiti seas subscriptions to newspapers where the (’l‘ed on the 13.03“] 01 Directors and 011 lm'
: filing of tll , This question came last week: “We have papers are being sent to a serv1ceman with POW?" committees for 1947 by tile South-
;atements liai several boys, all minors. who work part— :l-pei‘niancnt AI’O number of four 01- less e‘rn Newspaper Publishers Association. B.- F. _
the publishei time such as after school and on Saturdays. (llglts- SerViccmen need no longer “HM“ llorgey, Ashland independent, and L‘SIC ' .
iave been spl Are we required to pay the 01d Age Bene- the publication. It can be sent [0.111111 so IllilkCI': _l1‘-.- Lmuh‘V‘llC .(AO‘mCT Journal 3an
ng such Sm fit tax on them?" long as lie is not assigned to a staging area [111165, were elected (lli‘ec tors. Mr Baker is
1y to file in Every person Who. works for a wage, re- or is not en route from one station to an- ill-W 001130113!" for 11.19 BUSIHCSS committee.
)ar 6 sec. 53' gardless of the amount of the wage. or the other. The key to his status is his APO Newspaper men servmg on committees are
H' ’ . age of the workers, must have a Social Se. number. If there are four digits or less RUSSCli L. Scofield, Lexington Herald-
) . curity number and is subject to the payment ' in his APO number, he has been assigned Leader, Advertising; Frank S. Newell, ‘
mg compllfl‘l‘, of the tax. to a permanent station. Frankfort State Journal, Business; Thomas
:law is to’den’ This office recently discovered three cases '—"‘—“.———_“ B- Adams, Lexington Herald-Leader; Cir-
the Priv‘leg' in which publishers were not paying OA'B If they are properly worded to represent culation, Joseph l.aGorc, l’aducah Sun- -
drastic Pei)" tax, two of them because they had less than a routine reminder of future renewal, sub« Democrat, Editorial; Mark Ethridge, Cour—
‘culation clan! eight employees and thought they were ex- scription bills can be mailed on postals ier Journal, Freight Rates and Zoning; Fred _
nde. . empt and one because an employee was for one cent, instead ofhaving to go in 1%. VVachs, Lexington Herald-Leader, Labor;
—— 3 working only part~time. The two were con» Si-cent postage envelopes. Quite a number Thomas \Vood, Hopkinsville New ,Era, '
‘ars 01d, 590‘; fused over the exemption of firms with less of publishers use this form of billing, re- Newsprint and Traflic, Leigh Harris, Hen. ,
ieastern Pall than eight employees from payment of Un- the postage expense, but they are so much derson Gleaner-Journal, Postal and Legis-
iddenly on ll employment compensation. porting that they not only save two-thirds lative; T. B. Challinor, Richmond Register,
. office. It should be remembered that every em- of the postage expense, but they are so much Public Relations; and Thomas Underwood, ’
___4 j ployee, even if there is only one, is subject ,faster to handle that it is no chore at all Lexington Heralcllcader, Schools of Jour-
. 1’ to the CAB tax, says the Indiana Bulletin. to bill the subscription list each month. nalism. .

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ll Walsh New Editor Frank Newell Elected Hartford News Goes l P .
ii Of Lancaster Record ‘To ABC Directorate To Seven Column E R21:
.V l! The appointment of William A. Walsh Frank Newell, general manager and ed- The Ohio County News, Hartford c011;
li . of Fort Thomas, Ky., to succeed Sag Kash itor of the Frankfort State Journal, was munity weekly, will join the ranks of 1i T]
t; as managing editor of The Central Record elected to the Board of the Audit Bureau em column papers with its first issue of till up I
ll was announced by Henry C. Cox, editor. of Circulation without opposition at the re— new year, January 3, 1947. The paper will the
‘l Kash resigned the position, effective Decem- cent convention in Chicago. Prior to be— run seven columns instead of six. In oi film,
H . her 1, in order to accept a position with the coming general manager of the Frankfort der to bring about the change it was necet: lglg‘
l‘l . Sports department of the Lexington Leader. paper, he was circulation director of the sary for the paper to buy a larger presl re- E
l. . Walsh was formerly editor of the Presque Toledo Blade. His long experience in cir- and another Linotype machine was recentlj “ins
ki Isle, Me., Star—Herald and is a one—time culation work makes him well fitted for installed. Promise of a larger paper wai _wuh
ii member of the editorial stgfif of the cm. membership on the ABC board. Congratula~ made last summer by Percy H. Landruhi .alm(
ii I ' , cinnati Enquirer. A veteran of “form War tions, Mr. Newell. editor and publisher, when the subscription fail:
' It II. he served more than three years in _————O_——_—— rates were raised to $2.00 and $2.50. Aneii the
I H public relations work for the Air Trans- Weekly editors, takinga tip from the cross— name plate and other improvements have The
[1 . port Command. fire publicity of the Time-Life-Fortune Mag- also been made as the News starts its 73rd _ 'r
‘ h azine empire. can profit by using one of year, having completed volume 72 on De stay
,7 El . _—".'—_"—-_— their features as a vehicle for advertising cember 27. . M e
. 11‘ Rules Regarding another department. A wisecrack in the i (Ci/id
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