Evening star., 1933-09-24
SEAL PUSHES MILK
INVESTIGATION FOR
SENATE HEARINGS
Committee Counsel Requests
Auditors to Have Reports
October 10.
BALTIMORE DAIRYMEN
TO BE QUIZZED FURTHER
Special Witness to Be S. NJ. Shoe
maker of Maryland u, Cor
poration Stakeholder. -:

Various phases of the investigation
Of the milk industry in the Washing
ton and Baltimore areas are being
hastened to completion by Elwood H
Seal. special counsel to the Senate
District Committee, in preparation
for an early resumption of hearings
before committee members in charge
of the inquiry
Seal yesterday called upon auditors
assigned to assist him in the inveSti-
cation to make all possible speed in
completing their analysis of the books
Of independent dairy concerns here
asking them to have final report
ready by October 10.
1t is anticipated that Chairman King
of the Senate District Committee will
seek to start the concluding sessions
Of the public hearing about October Is
The group of auditors some time ago
completed study of the books Of the
major and affiliated dairies here. find
ing in one case that profit on invested
capital had increased from 8 to 40
per cent in recent years.
Further Baltimore Quiz.
Seal this week will return to Balti-
more to complete questioning of dairy
and other officials tt<re as to COM
plete certain relationships in the indus
try and. meantime, will continue his
study Of the identity of stockholders of
the National Dairy Product Corporation
from list Of $4,000 submitted by
the officials of the concern.
Plans for the resumption of the hear
ings already are taking shape. Seal
will call as a special witness Samuel M.
Shoemaker, chairman of the Board of
&c ~ hn vt,iN nf
who. Seal discovered, holds 1898 shares
of common stock in National Dairy
Products Corporation. 1t had been tes-
titled at recent hearings that Shoe
maker had sponsored the selection Of
DR.. Clyde l.. King in 1929 as milk
price arbitrator for the milk industry
here. Seal wishes to question Shoe
maker about this matter. The Senate
Committee has heard testimony that
Dr. King attempted to fix prices here.
While studying the list Of stockhold-
ers in the National Dairy Products Cor
poration yesterday. Seal found the
names of DR.. F. w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools, and Robert L. Hay
cock, the assistant superintendent. The
books show DR.. Ballou holds 80 shares
and recently received a quarterly divi-
dend of SO and that Haycock has 20
SlldlcS dIlu 1CNClNCO 0AFAdCAo Pdy
ment of Sc.
Investigate School Activity.
Because of the activity of the Wash
ington Dairy Council in supplying
teachers and principals and school chill
dren here with material promoting con-
sumption of milk as a healthful food,
Seal arranged to see DR.. Ballou and
Haycock tomorrow morning.
At the same time. Seal emphasized
that he recognizes the right of any in
dividual, including school officials. to
make personal investments in such COM
mercial enterprises.
A recent report of the Washington
Dairy Council, which is supported by
donations from a group Of dairy firms
here and the Maryland-Virginia Milk
Producers Association. shows the coun-
Gil in the last year or two has distribut-
ed nearly 100000 pamphlets stressing
the importance of milk in the diet.
Hundreds of teachers and principals
here have received such information,
the report revealed.
The material, Seal was told by a
council ofdcial, does not carry the names
Of dairy concerns. Seal wishes to learn
how the council arranged to have the
material distributed to the school
system.