He also refused to attend any meetings called by a threemember citizens panel Governor Romney established to determine means of settling the strike. Frazee stopped dealing with the Governor. And after interpreting a statement by Governor Romney as an accusation that he was using the strike as a catapult to international office, Mr. Frazee's volatile nature has undercut the Mayor's attempts to settle the strike. Hardest hit are the large numbers of teamsters.įree Press editorial employes have gone as far as New York and Miami for work, while The has kept about 900 nonunion editorial and advertising people on a four‐day week.īut the pressmen - whose average annual pay is $11,400 -show no sign of breaking under the financial strain or behind‐the‐scenes pressure from other newspaper unions.įreeman Frazee, president of Local 13, has remained impervious to outside criticism of the strike.Īn aide to Mayor Cava‐ nagh says Mr. In spite good times in Detroit, parttime jobs are difficult to find. The Daily Press has also proved lucrative for eight teamsters who gained exclusive circulation rights and now earn 2 cents for each paper sold.īut the majority of newspaper employes in Detroit have not been that fortunate. Staff members refer to the Daily Press as “the junior achievement paper,” and its coverage of the newspaper strike has been superficial if not nonexistent.
With a daily circulation of 250,000 and an effective advertising department, The Daily Press publishers are expected to clear more than $500.000.īut The Daily Press and its competitor The Emergency Press, have not filled the news gap. After a slow start, The Daily Press has been stabilized by an increasing number of Free Press editorial employes who joined the publication when it began paying the equivalent of the local American Newspaper Guild scale.
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