The Press: No Motion

"They're not ready to negotiate, and until they are, there's not much to talk about. So you say something, and they say no. Then you wait for the mediator to tell you to go home."

The words were spoken by Bertram A. Powers, president of the International Typographical Union Local 6, which by striking four Manhattan dailies last December incited into silence all seven of the city's papers and two on Long Island. But the sentiment might just as well have come from the mouth of Amory H. Bradford, the publishers' chief representative.

Although it was true that the opposing sides have met...

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