New-York tribune., 1921-11-07
To Ask Court
Injunction to
Deliver Milk
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Milk Drivers Union, at their head
quarters, at 316 West Forty second
Street, announced that thew would hold
another big mass meeting in Madison
Square Garden to-night-on the eve of
the election.
Union Meeting Tonight
"Have Mayor Hylan and Commits
sioner Copeland been invited to speak
there" leading official of the union
was asked.
NO. he replied at is strictly
union meeting, called to discuss our
progress in the strike and to give the
public demonstration of our
strength
But no union official could be found
to answer the question of whether the
Mayor or the Commissioner would be
permitted to talk to the strikers in the
event that either or both appears there
"uninvited."
Meanwhile the first break in the
ranks of the strikers was reported to
have occurred in Hackensack, N. j.,
where, it was said, the drivers plan to
return to work to-day for the Borden
company. Anticipating trouble, based
on information that 100 New York
strikers planned to come over and at
tempt to stop the drivers from work
ing Sheriff Kingsley of Bergen
County last night detailed large force
of policemen and deputy sheriffs at the
Borden plant
These charges that Commissioner
Copeland makes in his statement are
all rot" said Secretary Nathans. "Thev
are based solely on nothing more than
eleventh hour political play calculated
to win the votes of the strikers and to
make 1t appear that the administration
IS eXertlng its utmost efforts to settle
the strike in the interests of the
public
Poor Milk Charges Denied
ESPECIALLY is the charge that bad
milk is being sold the public absurd
and untruthful. If the Commissioner
has found that such milk has been sold
and has not acted in accordance with
the WIDE and drastic powers he pos
sesSes, this part Of his statement be-
comes on the face of it clear ref1ec-
ton upon his own office.
IL notice that he says that we are
exaggeratlng in saying that approx
mately 75 per cent of the normal
volume of milk is now being dstrib-
uted. He places the figure at about
tween 10 and 20 per cent, so what
do you make of that, Watson? It
seems to me that the companies, who
are doing the distributing, are in the
best position to know the facts.
"Another of his charges is that fifty
one OF the small milk companies have
broken away from the trust and have
made peace with their employees If
by trust he means the Milk Confer
ence Board, possess full proofs that
only two companies left the organiz-
alton 1t is true that there were a
few small companies which did not
hold mem bership in the board prior to
the strike, and thus have continued to
operate, but they distribute only neg
llgibe quantity of the milk which
comes into New York
"Ihe dipped milk which is being Sold
which the Commissioner now upholds
Tor criticism, is in just the same
status held by all the milk we are
getting and distributing; it is coming
from exactly the same sources of sun
ply from which it came prior to the
strike. How. under those conditions,
could it possibly be Inferior?
"There is no golden bait being Of
fered the public in the form of cut of
cent in the price of milk, as DR.. Cope
land says. Under a system of employ
ing workers on the basis of their eff -
cheney, we shall be able to effect a
saving in costs of operation which will
be passed on to the public when this
saving has made itself felt.
Again let me characterize these
charges as pure rot and politics.
hope most sincerely that the public
viii not be deceived by them"
Speaking of the status Of the strike
1oa tcrl,t Io I.
of view, Mr.. Nathans said:
"The distributors are rapidly round
ing out their new organizations in
order to enable them to resume retail
deliveries as soon as possible. The
milk made available to the public to-
day through retail stores easily
equalled Saturdays proportions No
attempt to greatly increase this sup
ply was made, as the usual Sunday
falling off in demand was taken into
consideration.
''To-morrow. however. efforts will be
concentrated to place enough milk at
the disposal of the public to enable
them to take care of part of their
Tuesdays needs as we'll as those of
Monday Consumers should bear
this in mind in making purchases. The
need of police at polling places will
restrict the distributors operations on
Election Day."
Permanent Arbitration Urged
Mr.. Nathans also revealed plans foi
permanent arbitration board, com.
posed of representatives of the en-
ployees, the employers and public
which he. said will be established aftei
the strike and which will serve to in
sure to the public unbroken peace ir
the milk industry"
The text of Commissioner Copeland :;
statement was as follows:
81 notice that Nathans, of the Mill