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Show MASTER PRINTERS OPPOSE CUT IN 48-HOUR WEEK ST. LOUIS. Mo. Sept. 16- Ttesolu- j tlons disapproving any reduction from the forty-eight hour working week generally observed by the printing industry in-dustry In the United States were adopted nt the convention of the United Typothetae of America yesterday. yester-day. This action was the outgrowth of an agreement made last year by the clo"d shop branch of the typothetae with the Typographical Union, grant-I grant-I Ing a 44 hour week for printers which, ! according to the resolution caused I "mlsrf-prcHenf at Ion and misunderstanding" misunder-standing" H to the position of the I present body. A resolution proposing the elimination elimin-ation of both the open and dosed I shop branches of the typothetae on (the ground that handling labor problems prob-lems conflicted with the educational program of the organization wan do- I feated hut a substitute measure which I was adopted specifies 'hat any action I taken bv either branch is not blnd-' blnd-' Inc on the typothetae. |