Evening star., 1933-12-29
Likely to Join With Walker
Hill in Independent
Purchases.
SHIPPERS ARE ASKED
TO CONSIDER CONTRACT
Retaliation Of Milk Producers As
ISOLATION Is Seen in Threat
of Injunction.

With the Walker Hill Dairy already
buying Its milk supply independently Of
the Maryland & Virginia Milk Produc-
ers' Association, another distributor to.
day signifed its intention of going out
side the association If its shippers de-
cided to quit the farm cooperative.
The Arlington County Dairy, throagh
its president, Julius Marcy, Clarendon,
Va, has sent letters to all its shippers
asking them to confer with officials Of
the dairy company before making any
arrangements in case they decided to
drop out of the producers association.
Seek to Preserve Supply.
1--WE just want to be certain We won't
lose our milk supply" Marcy ex-
planned. Eve are not seeking to break
up the association. In fact, We are for
the association, but, if the farmers
want to quit it, We will sign them up
Independently We have built up a fine
bunch Of shippers with good quality
milk and high barn scores and we don't
want to lose them"
Walker Hill Dairy began buying its
milk independently last Saturday, after
officials of the producers association
had refused to comply with demands of
the distributor for cream prices COM
parable to those paid by Chestnut
Farms Chevy Chase and Thompsons
Diaries. Walker Hill, likewise, said it
had no desire to break up the farmers
organization, but announced that be-
cause Of keen competition it must have
equitable prices or be forced out Of
business.
Injunction Threatened.
Possibility that the association might
retaliate against Walker Hill by seek
ing an injunction to prevent the dairy
from buying milk from association
members, but not through the CO
operative. was seen in a warning by
Frank Walker, president of the CO
operative, that he would sue the dis
tributor He served this notice in q
telephone message to officials of the
dairy company.
That there is an undercurrent OF
feeling among certain groups of pro-
ducerS to leave the association was
disclosed Wednesday night at Fairfax,
Va, at meeting of dairy farmers.
Several producers at that session
questioned John McGill, jr, secretary
manager of the association. at length
as to the ability of the organization
to hold its members II they wanted TO
drop out. He replied that the associa-
ton intends to enforce its contracts"
The contracts of members to deliver
milk as directed by the association have
been transferred to the Eastern States
Milk Marketing Association. of which
Isaac w. Heaps is the controlling factor
Who would sue the members. in event
they break their contracts and go inde-
pendent is problematical because of the
interlocking Of the two organizations.
Action Declared Without Vote.
One prominent Fairfax County dairy
farmer said the transfer of contracts
from the Maryland and Virginia group
to the Eastern States organization had
been done without vote of the asso-
citation, and he believed. therefore. that
the cooperative would be equally as
guilty as any of its members who might
seek to go independent.
Meanwhile, McGill continued to tour
the countryside, addressing meetings of
farmers on the new two-price method
Of selling milk to the dairy companies
at rs cents per gallon for class l and
16 cents for class 2. eliminating class
3. formerly used for manufacturing
purposes. The association has placed
this method in operation, effective
January 1, for a 6o-day period, hoping
that by that time the proposed milk
marketing agreement before the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration
will have been approved and the prices
for classes ! and 2 increased cents
per gallon.