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DAILY- NEWS, VO-pAY( PRUajU i fa Wd i rr; 1 1 ir vifl- I r'm'i "14 11 If Engravers Vote Yes And That's That By JACK TL'KCOTT New York's 114-day newspaper blackout, the costliest stoppage of its kind in American history, ended yesterday, soon after the last of eight unions ratified a two- (N'ETVS foto by Fred Morgan) There's no doubting- what Mayor Wagner feels at City Hall at the end of the strike. Today's April 1, but no fooling. Mayor, the presses have rolled again at last. I FREE NEWS IN SKY To help celebrate our return to publication we shall release 1,000 balloons from the roof of THE News Build- ing, 220 E. 42d at 3 P.M.

today. Each balloon will contain a coupon, and each person who finds one will be entitled to free copies of THE NEWS for 30 days, delivered right to his or her home. Just fill it in and send it to Room 205, THE NEWS. (NEWS foto t.y 'liarlp favne) Photoengravers turn in their picket Mgns at Nkws Building. year contract with the city's major publishers and removed its pickets from newspaper plants.

The 16-week shutdown, which beeran with a Public Victor At Strike End, Says Wagner By EDWARD KILL A happy Mayor Wagner yesterday declared that the public was the real winner in the settlement of the 114-day newspaper strike. He then called for a new approach to the industry's collective bargaining; problem to avert another such Ionic and disastrous news blackout. "We will have to find out bow we can work out other methods Asked for his own reaction to the final key vote, he said: "Definitely one of relief. Now I'll have a chance to be with my family." Praises Kheel He paid a warm tribute to his labor adviser, Theodore M. Kheel, his settlement proposals for both the printers' and photo engravers strikes he had recommended establishment of a joint board to consider union-management problems in the newspaper business.

"We are not going Into that today." he continued. "Let's get everybody back to work for a day 106-day walkout called by Local 6 of the International Typographical Union, is variously estimated to have cost the economv between $200 and $450 million. It idled about 17,000 of the industry's 19,704 employes, and kept 5.7 million daily papers and 7.5 million Sunday papers from readers. The final settlement was devised by Mayor Wagner and his labor adviser, Theodore W. Kheel, after more than nine weeks of day-and-night mediation at City Hall, the Commodore Hotel nd half a dozen hideaways.

of management-union i fir twn Rut. I think this matter ver- The peace pacts call for IIIC 9BIU. "We must make sure that man- agement and labor can work to- gether in the course of the next twj years to iron out matters so that the next bargaining period I can be approached in a more or- i go back to work and negotiate their contracts later. for "his terrific help and the long nights he put in" helping Wagner find the key to the strike settlements. The Mayor also warmly acknowledged the contributions of three mediators, Stephen Schlossberg, federal representative, "who was in this before all of us." and Morris Tarshis of the City Labor Department, and Vincent McDonnell, executive di- rector of the State Mediation should be taken up fairly soon, so that the lessons we have learned may not be forgotten." The Toughest Strike The Mayor termed the just-ended strike "one of the toughest we ever had in the city or in the country." "Obviously," he reiterated, "we need other ways of union-management relations." I Four Papers Struck The printers struck four paper age wage-Iiinge packages 01 $12.03 a week, spread over two years, for about 3,000 Local printers, 2,400 deliverymen, fio8 mailers, 315 paper handlers, 320 photoengravers, 1.700 pressmen, 453 stereotypers and 6.800 News-! paper Guild members.

Electri-jcians and machinists agreed to derly manner. Wants Joint Board "I am sure that both sides realize that new things will have to be done." Wagner pointed out that In Service. High and Low Spots of the 114-Day Strike Here are highlights of the 114-day newspaper strike: -Jan. 17: ITU says printers coast to coast will vote Feb. on 3'i assessment to finance strike.

Jan. 22: Mayor Wagner holds secret meetings with union and publishers' officials. Jan. 23: Rockefeller says he may seek legislative creation of State Commission of Public Concern, with subpena President Kennedy's press secretary, Pierre Salinger, arrives for one-day The Nkws. New York Times, World-Telegram Sun and th Journal-American at 2 A.M.

on Dc. 8, a short time after a iren-(eial package increase of slightly more than $10 a week over the 24-month period was offered by the Publishers Association of New York City. Five other members of the association the Mirror, Post. Herald Tribune. I-ong Inland Star-Journal and Iong Islam! Press' Queens editions immediately closed down.

Only the Pot. smallest of Man- (Cnntirttrd on pogo 10. col. 1) Two Papers Go to 10 is. The New York Times and Herald Tribune announced that recause of added manpower costs and settlement of th 1 1 4 a newspaper blackout, the price of their daily editions will go from five to 10 cents in the metropolitan area.

Both papers will retain their Sunday price of 30 cents within a 50-mile area. The Nkwii price will remain at fiva cents. i look-see at strike stalemate. Jan. 25: Both sides agree to let Wagner mediate.

1 1 T1 1 1 1 .1 h.th July 21. 19S2: Negotiations open. Printers ask 48 contract changes that publishers estimate would cost $98.04 a man per week. Oct. 11: ITU Local 6 President Bertram A.

Powers warns of a long strike. Dec. 2: Local 6 votes 2,003 to 47 to strike. Dec. 3: Publishers offer $8.50 a week in two-year package.

Dec. 5: Federal Mediators Walter Maggiolo and Stephen Schlossberg arrive. Union cuts demands to $83 a week. Dec. 7: Deliverers' union officials agree to recommend okay of $10 weekly package.

Publishers offer printers $9.20 package. Dec. 8: Onion cuts demands to $38 a week four minutes before 2 A.M. strike deadline. Strike hits four papers, five others close down.

Some 20.000 workers idled. Dee. 10: Joint meeting proves worthless. Labor Secretary W. W.

Wirta flies to New York. Dec. 13: Wirtx and Mediation Chief predict long strike. Dec. 20: Schlossberg proposes indefinite recess in talks.

Dec. 26: Talks resume after holiday break, but collapse after 19 minutes. Jan. S. 163: Wirtz, Gov.

Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner name three-judge Board of Public Accountability, headed by Federal Judge Harold R. Medina. Local 6 boycotts it. 9: Mailers Local 6, also in ITU, rotes to join strike. lit Board accuses Powers of "deliberately" planning long strike.

Jan. Publishers accuse Powers of refusing bargain. 'j sides and begins series of marathon sessions. Jan. 31: Wagner, after 18-hour meeting, says two critical issues block settlement.

Feb. 4: Women's Wear Daily News says New York stores lost 15 million in sales in January. Feb. Printers vote, 62,913 to 21,869, in 752 locals, for 3 assessment. Feb.

7: ITU President Elmer Brown flies her from Colorado Springs to join talks. rb. 1: Some 1 jobless fi'e claims for unemployment inuiance. eb. 13: I'uwrn and Ma Lo-al i Pi indent Thomas Laura ff to Colorado Spring Feb.

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