Considers S. 1312, to exempt from the antitrust laws certain combinations and arrangements necessary for the survival of failing newspapers. Includes report "Newspaper Monopolies and the Antitrust Laws, a Study of the Failing Newspaper Act;" by International Typographical Union, 1967 (p. 125-172).

Appendix includes "A Free and Responsible Press, " report of the Commission on Freedom of the Press, 1947 (p. 1083-1233) and "Federal Responsibility for a Free and Competitive Press, " Elmer Brown, pres, Intl Typographical Union, 1963 (p. 1235-1405).

Considers S. 1312, to exempt from the antitrust laws certain combinations and arrangements necessary for the survival of failing newspapers. Includes report "Newspaper Monopolies and the Antitrust Laws, a Study of the Failing Newspaper Act;" by International Typographical Union, 1967 (p. 125-172).