across the street from the Vernor's
plant, so on hot days we'd send a
copy boy across the street for
Boston coolers," he chuckled.
Kenneth Kraemer, the assis-
tant sports editor at the Free
Press, was out of work for two or
three days when he got a phone
call asking him if he needed a job.
Before the strike, Mr. Kraemer
was a telegraph editor, picking sto-
ries off the national and interna-
tional wire for publication.
The Detroit Daily Press made
H no distinction between cub and
veteran. He got his chance to re-
port and edit.
"The esprit de corps was
tremendous. Everybody was
young. It was like creating the first
newspaper; there'd be so many
emergencies, things you hadn't
thought of before. You had to put
the paper together from imagina-
\.„ tion.
"It seems like another era.
There still were people who had
the kind of money and access to
equipment to start a newspaper
right away," Mr. Kraemer, 59,
said. "I doubt anyone could do that
anymore. All it required in those
days was to find an empty build-
ing, papers and pencils and
enough people out of work to do
that."
Reporters and editors were ini-
tially paid $200 per week, but af-
ter four weeks, when the number
of employees swelled into the hun-
dreds and subscribers signed up
by the thousands, the Press raised
them to their pre-strike salaries.
Mr. Holtz was also able to per-
suade Ralph Nader to write a col-
umn for the paper and bought
• stories by Bob Walters, a Wash-
ington reporter who used a pseu-
donym.
In late 1967, when the second
strike put Mr. Holtz and friends
back in business, times had
changed. The paper only stuck
around as long as they could fend
off (ironically) union demands for
very expensive contracts and
heavy competition from other pub-
• lications that had surfaced after
/ the '64 strike.
The Detroit Daily Press had its
last run on January 20, 1968.
Mr. Stern suggested he is se-
riously considering flying up to
Detroit to see about rousing it
from its 27-year sleep.
"I'm ready. I'm waiting for a
telephone call. It's my forte," he
I
said.
\
Even if that call doesn't come,
• Mr. Stern is content with his
memories.
"It was hard work, but it was
worth it. It changed my life." ❑

Correction

- 1

The July 14 article on the new
board for the Primrose Benev-
olent Club omitted the name of
vice president and treasurer
Irene Rodman.

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