Part: 1234         Session: 1234         Page 262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307 of 512

- into areas, into other areas, and it was simply this, that I felt that any dilution of the Times' human resources, that is, the brains and ability of the people who were getting out the Times, any dilution would only necessarily weaken the quality of the daily morning newspaper, which to me was the only thing that really mattered as far as the New York Times goes.

I was concerned that putting out an afternoon paper would result in just such a dilution of resources - exactly as I feel that putting out all the special sections subsequently that actually has occurred has also diluted the -

Do you feel that way about a West Coast edition?

I think I have to say I did not feel quite that way about the West Coast edition, mainly because it took so little of Times' resources. Remember, it was the New York Times in capsule form just wired out to the West Coast, and I don't think that I really felt that that was that kind of dilution.

I felt that our putting out an afternoon paper would be. And while I certainly didn't make any, I wasn't in any position, for that matter, to make any big fuss about it at all - my view could really be put in capsule form by saying, I felt that we had a hard enough time putting out a really first-class morning daily newspaper in New York City, to warrant our not getting diverted by putting out anything else.