Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-03-05 | Page 2 | Newsprint Cut Called Illegal

NEWSPRINT CUT 1 CALLED ILLEGAL WASHINGTON March 5 tP p- War production board assurance assurance that no further print paper curtailments curtailments curtailments cur cur- will be ordered 1 until nUl July or later was accompanied Friday by a charge that a WP a-WP W P. P B official had exceeded I This his authority In reco recommending drastic cuts In is newsprint and other civilian n supplies After a 4 conference wit Cana Canadian Cana Canadian dian dlan authorities in Montreal early this week the W P B announced Thursday night that newspapers magazine and book publishers and commercial printers will not be asked to make further cuts in consumption of print paper at least until after Jul July 1 I 1 Asks Probe Frobe Representative S h a f fer e r R. R Mich called upon a house com com- to look into the recent acts of Chairman J Joseph seph L. L Weiner Weiner Wei- Wei Weiner ner of W P Bs B's office of civilian supply in Jn connection with newsprint newsprint newsprint news news- print and other recommended commodity commodity com coin cuts cute Returning to Washington after the Montreal meeting W P B officials officials officials of of- said Canadian authorities agreed to furnish tons of ot otwood wood pulp to the tM United States this year plus an additional tons In the ne next t few months W P B recently announced that a proposed second cut in newsprint of ot not over 10 per cent which was slated for April 1 would be held in abeyance Shafer made public a letter he wrote to Chairman Howard Boward W. W Smith D D. Va of the house committee committee com corn charging that Weiner has not only stepped far beyond the limits of his autt authority but at atthe atthe the same time has proven his unfitness unfitness un un- fitness for the high office e he holds 40 Per Cent Asked Shafer gave as an example of what he h termed ov of authority a case In which he said Weiner r recently insisted upon a flat fIat reduction of 40 per cent In the use of newsprint while other war production board officials were convinced that a reduction of a a. maximum of 10 per cent Would be sufficient Mr W Weiner hier did not yi yield ld from his position until forced to do so by members of congress It has since been learned earned that possibly n no further reduction in newsprint consumption will be re re- re q d. d The Michigan 1 n congressman also I charged that Mr Weiner's Werner's reduction reduction re re- of 67 per cent in the I pro production of farm machinery rY was without rhyme reason o or authority au au- au- au I He volunteered to appear appear as a witness before the committee to amplify the thee cha charges