Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
CODE ALTERATIONS
LAID TO HEADS OF
MILK ASSOCIATION
BristoW Charge at MidIands
Meeting Not Challenged
by Accused.
REPLACING OF OFFICERS
is DEMANDED BY SEAL
Former Kansas Senator Declares
Agreement Was Held Up s Days
Before Going to A. A. A.
~ q star Correspondent of The Star

ficers OF the Maryland & Virginia Milk
Producers Association were faced today
with the charge they had altered the
milk marketing agreement proposed for
this area after it had been approved by
the associations board Of directors.
The charge was made by Joseph L.
from Kansas. who IS a director Of the 6e
association, at a meeting of dairy farm
ers here last night. 1t was not denied
by John McGlll, jr.. secretary and man
ager Of the association, who, with Frank
S. Walker and Isaac w. Heaps. rules
the affairs of the producers organiza-
ton
McGin sat throughout the meeting in
heaped villidcatlon upon him and
warned that replacement of the man.
agement OF the organization was i'm
perative. At the end of the meeting,
which was interrupted frequently by
jeers at McGill, Walker and Heaps, the
secretary arose at the insistent
demand of several farmers and an
nounre1:
II have learned a lot here tonight.
There is no use in my saying anything
now, except that we believe the code
will be of some benefit to the market
and we are trying to push it through
for you"
Charges Are Ignored.
He made no reference to any of the
charges made against him, or to the
statement of FlWood H. Seal, milk in
vestigator for the Senate District Com
mittee, that you farmers are either
going to change your officers or you are
going to have another association on
the Washington market
TWO associations are not as good as
one strong organization, Seal warned.
"And right here let me say that no man
can ever say I have talked against your
association. I have not. You would be
verse of without an association"
The farmers who packed the little red
school house cheered. A few rose to
defend their present management. while
others urged that the change, if any is
to be made, be accomplished orderly
through a realignment of directors at
the next election in February. Some
producers asked: Why waltz" and
advocated an immediate reorganization.
One overall-clad dairy farmer, who
described himself as a producer distrib-
ing to tolerate the officers we have and
act like bunch of sheep" and be led
around by the nose?"
Seals warning that new producers
organization might be set up, brought
forth a statement from DR.. E. H.
Marsteller, Manassas physician-pro.
Queer that an attempt already Is I'M
derway to organize a new cooperative
and buy two independent Washington
diaries, He did not 60 into details.
There was no disorder however. as
marked a similar meeting of dairy
farmers at Westminster, Md. We'd
nesday night, when police had to be
called upon to prevent the producers
from throwing Heaps bodily out of
the National Guard Armory.
Eight-Day Delay in Code.
Former Senator Bristow, who spoke
after Seal, told the farmers the milk
marketing agreement was not presented
to the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration until eight days after it had
been approved by the directors.
Then the code was so different
that I could not check 1t with the
first one," the Fairfax producer as
serted.
Who held the code after it was
approved by the board of directors?"
. farmer in the audience asked.
"Mr. McGill and Mr.. Walker" Bris-
tow replied
The principal change in the pro-
posed code, the former legislator said, |
was an alteration in the payment OF
butter fat differentials. He said the
code as approved by the directors pro-
vided for payment of cents per l.u.l-
dred-weight for each tenth of / per !
cent butter fat content over per cent |
for all three classes of milk. AS sub
rnitted, however, the code called for
per unit" payment for high butter fat |
content in class 3 milk.
What per unit means, don't know"
said the Senator. 1T certainly is not
explained In the code, SO far as
could see."
Submitted to Smith.
Bristow then disclosed that he had |
submitted the agreement to Representa-
tive Howard W. Smith Of Virginia, who
Agriculture Department officials over
the possibility of obtaining amend |
ments. The speaker said he had called
Walker into the conference with de-
partment officials because we repre-
sent different schools OF thought within
the association"
As a result of the conferences Judge |
6IfllLQ SuDIIlltCeQ llSt VI CIidAScS "ihCA !
he thought would be in the best in
terests of the producers, Bristow said.
He asked the farmers in the audience
to support the Fairfax producers in
their demands for amendment Of the
code, and urged particularly that the
first and second classes of milk fluid
milk and fluid cream be consolidated
into one classification. He pointed out
the dairy companies make more money
per gallon on class 2 (cream) than on
class milk, whereas the farmer gets |
approximately 9 cents per gallon less