A Dismal Situation.

The article focuses on the negotiations for the New York newspapers strike over the issues of automation in 1965. Executive vice president and chief negotiator Thomas J. Murphy of the Newspaper Guild of New York says that the negotiation seems to be a test of strength instead of collective bargaining. It mentions that "Herald Tribune" has resigned from the New York Publishers Association, while the publishers gave veto right to the International Typographical Union (I.T.U.) on the new machines.