Evening star., 1934-01-30
BR|ST0W MAY HEAD
MILK ASSOCIATION.
Four Montgomery Candidates
Hold Balance Of Power
in Uprising.

With q definite commitment by a
majority Of the incoming directors of
the Maryland & Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association to replace the pres
ent management of the cooperative,
"insurgents" launched a campaign to-
day to make certain the change is made
at the annual meeting February 5, or
es soon thereafter as practicable.
Directors throughout the milk shed
have been meeting informally since the
recent elections to formulate a new
policy of operation and to decide how
the services of President Frank S.
Walker and Secretary-Manager John
McGill. jr,, best could be dispensed
with The principal difference of opln-
3on is over the selection of successor
to McGill, who has managed the affairs
OF the association for the past 10 years.
Power Lies With 4 Delegates.
With the balance of power in the
directorate in the hands of the four
Montgomery County members OF the
board, the drive for an immediate
change in management is being con-
centrated on these Maryland pro-
ducers-L. A. Sabine. John Vinson
Peter, James King and Maxwell White.
All four pledged themselves, when
might ago. to make change in man
hgement, but not at once. They said
then that they believed the already
precarious condition of the market
would be further endangered by an lrp-
mediate change. but announced that
as soon as conditions "Warranted,' a
new management would be installed.
Several leading insurgents" how
ever. are anxious to see that major
tty of the directors are committed to
q definite length of time that Walker
and McGill will be retained. They
want the membership Of the associa-
ton to adopt a resolution saying. in
effect, that the present management
will be continued only for month, or
at least only temporarily. They are
afraid that unless some time limit
IS placed on the tenures of office, both
men will stay in the saddle for an
other year
Bristow Leading Candidate.
Former Senator Joseph L. BristoW.
outstanding progressive on the Board
of Directors. who was reelected unan-
imolsly from Fairfax County, is being
doomed for Walkers post as president.
The opponents Of the present man
agement have said they see no reason
why he should not be elected president
at the annual meeting next week and
retain McGill as secretary If
necessary, until a qualified successor
can be obtained, either from one Of
the nearby agricultural colleges. or pos
sibly from the Government service.
Meanwhile. there was to be meet
ing today of several influential asso-
citation members who are interested in
q proposal that the cooperative handle
its own surplus" in its own manufac-
turing plant. A plan already has been
submitted to the Federal Government,
looking toward obtaining financial
commitment, and great interest has
been manifested by one high official.
Members of the Senate Milk Investi-
eating Committee, together with its
counsel, Elwood H. Seal. repeatedly
have asserted the solution to the So
called overproduction problem on this
market lies in the handling of the
market surplus With a plant of its
own, the association not only could reap
the profits from this class of milk, but,
In the opinion of many. could prove
within less than year that no actual
surplus exists.