Clyde Beals, editor of the Guild Reporter for its first six years, resigns and is succeeded by Fred Myers. . . . The Guild’s executive board decides to hire four organizers, and the CIO—with which it is affiliated—agrees to fund an additional two for at least four months. . . . The Hearst-owned Herald-American in Chicago fires 62 Guild members, in violation of the contract and in apparent collaboration with the AFL, which has set up rival newspaper unions.

U.S. newspaper unions launch an intensive drive to enact “citizens’ job protection laws” banning the use of professional strike-breakers. . . . The combined financial assets of all U.S. labor unions total approximately 6% of those of General Motors. . . . A CWA float with the theme “Promoting World Understanding Through Communications” wins the top award for originality in the Kennedy inauguration parade.

Guild officials secure a mortgage and begin meeting with architects to build the union’s headquarters building. . . . Breaking all Guild-wide records for length of tenure, John Carmichael retires as executive secretary of the Twin Cities Guild after 30 years. . . . Leaders of three Guild locals excoriate Rupert Murdoch for using U.S. employees as strike breakers at four London newspapers.