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Should the Guild put aside its "white collar complex" and affiliate with the American Federation of Labor, like the shirt-sleeved compositors upstairs and the overalled pressmen down? The convention sidestepped that fundamental question by adopting the proposal of its president, shaggy, drawling Heywood Broun, to postpone discussion for a year. Then the delegates opened their arms in welcome to their newest hero...
...imply that other Manhattan newspapers had offered $250,000 to kill the Post. What they did, after Publisher Martin decided to kill his own newspaper, was to pool $150,000 for the Post's name and Associated Press membership, provided that Publisher Martin give his 700 newsmen and pressmen two weeks salary to keep them in funds over the holidays...
...city's pressmen, publishers and advertisers had a band led by a dancing Indian in a war bonnet (see p. 50 ). Walter Damrosch was with the radio people; little old Charles Winninger led the actors. Samuel ("Roxy") Rothafel's costumed choristers from Radio City cut capers on the asphalt. Paramount had four imitation Marx Brothers and six Mae Wests. Some Army signalers paused in front of the reviewing stand to fly 50 pigeons back to Washington with greetings to the President. The Stock Exchange crowd had a band of Scotch pipers. The Cotton Exchange people had a band...
...unbalanced budget usually begins to stir President Hoover into alarmed action about half way through each session of Congress. Last week astute United Pressmen at the White House thought they saw the customary signs, forecast one more special message to Congress in which the President would urge an evening up of income and outgo without making specific recommendations on how this was to be accomplished. The Associated Press accepted a routine denial by the White House Secretariat that any such message was contemplated...
Finally a pistol battle took place in the publishing plant of Berlin's world-famed Socialist daily Vorwdrts ( Forward!"). Shooting from behind their presses, Socialist pressmen repulsed invading Fascists who, however, severely-wounded two pressmen. Later a sniper concealed in the Vorwarts building pointed a shotgun at Fascists marching past in the street, squeezed the trigger, badly wounded one Fascist...