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Show CONSIDER PUT PAPER SUPM Government Seeking to Assure As-sure That Smaller Papers Will Not Suffer. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Government control of the news print paper industry, by which paper will be distributed to all newspapers in the country' to protect the smaller newspapers, is - being considered by Chairman Baruch of the war industries board. December 1 is the date the control'' con-trol'' would become effective under the present plan. , A tentative plan has been worked out by the pulp and paper section of the board for Chairman Baruch's approval. Operation of paper mills by the government govern-ment is not contemplated, but the entire news print output of the country would be allocated according-to each newspaper's requirements, thus assuring a supply to the smaller papers now said to have dif-fibulty dif-fibulty in obtaining news print from the mills. Chairman Baruch said today that investigation inves-tigation of the news print situation disclosed dis-closed that some action by the government govern-ment toward equitable distribution of paper pa-per is necessary. Some larger newspapers, newspa-pers, he said, have been able to purchase pur-chase an ample supply, and in some cases have more than their requirements, while smaller ones face a serious shortage which threaten suspension of publication. publica-tion. It is considered probable that the new plan, if accepted, will supersede the present pres-ent restriction of the use of news print which reduced the news space in daily newspapers 15 per -cent and Sunday editions edi-tions 20 per cent. Mr. Baruch intimated he would be in favor of alloting each newspaper so much paper to be used in any way the publisher pub-lisher desired. |