Dimout in Washington

Washington was all but newsless. Members of the strong, independent International Typographical Union did not go to work Monday morning. They did not formally strike; they called a meeting; voted to remain in continuous session. Their demand: a $1.33 a day pay hike.

The Post managed to get out a ten-page edition with the aid of five printers who reported for work before the union voted. The Times-Herald did likewise, chiefly by photographing typewritten stories, printing from engravings. The Star and News published not at all.

The "work stoppage" was contrary to labor's no-strike pledge. While all four papers hurriedly sponsored news broadcasts, the War Labor Board ordered printers back to work. To bosses of the union, which had had similar disputes recently in Newark and Salt Lake City, WLB sent a demand for explanations.

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