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...think this strike has gone on long enough," said New York Post Publisher Dorothy ("Dolly") Schiff in what was surely the understatement of the week. "The city should have at least one newspaper." With that, Dolly Schiff broke the united front of New York publishers against Bert Powers' local of the International Typographical Union. She resigned from the New York Publishers Association and announced that the Post would reappear on the newsstands this week...
...Schiff's statement gave no reason for the resumption of publication, but officials of other New York papers said last night that the Post's financial difficulties were largely responsible...
...Schiff's decision to reopen came after Mayor Robert Wagner canceled his plans to offer a solution to the strike and called another negotiating session for Friday. He said that both sides had asked for renewed negotiations and said the talks offered "some glimmer of hope...
This in turn would force four papers closed by the strike to try to reach an early settlement with Local Six of the International Typographers Union. Bertram Powers, president of Local Six, stood beside the Post's publisher, Mrs. Dorothy Schiff, as she announced her decision yesterday...
Although no other publishers announced plans to reopen, they left the door open. The Publishers Association of New York City issued a statement saying merely that Mrs. Schiff's decision "does not affect the firm determination of other publishers to press for a satisfactory settlement" with...