Evening star., 1934-02-10
M'G|[L RESIGNS
FROM MILK POST
Maryland & Virginia Direc'
tors Indicate Acceptance
Is in Order.

John McGill, jr, has resigned once
more as secretary-manager of the
Maryland g. Virginia Milk Producers
Association, and this time directors
indicated they would accept his wishes
TO be relieved on March IS.
In a formal letter Of resignation,
sent last night to Frank s. Walker.
association president, McGin asserted
the action Of the board Of directors
last Monday in appointing him only
temporarily" indicated my services
are no longer satisfactory to them"
He complained that action in the
insurgent members of the cooperative
in attempting to oust him from the
post he has held for 10 years has
taken the heart out of me-
McGill first attempted to resign
several months ago, after Senator Nc
Carran. Democrat, of Nevada, and
vice chairman of the Milk Investi-
eating Committee. had declared that
the producers association needed
cleaning out" The directors refused
to act on the. resignation, however,
and McGill automatically continued
at the helm of the organization.
Hailed as Committee Victory.
His action of yesterday was hailed
by ElWood II. Seal, counsel to the
Investigating Committee, as a dis
tinct victory for the committee"
Senator King. Democrat. of Utah,
chairman OF the Senate Committee.
who. during the hearings called
McGill and Isaac w. Heaps, head of
the Eastern States Milk Marketing
Association. the Gears" of the Balti-
more and Washington milk markets,
said:
Il have marveled at the apathy of
the farmers in not getting control
Of their own organization"
The new directors, who were elected
at Mondays meeting will hold their
first formal business session Tuesday
at the associations headquarters, 1871
street. and it was indicated this
afternoon that McGill's resignation
would be accepted Immediately There
was a division of l3 to 8 against re-
electing him for another year at
Mondays annual meeting and it is
expected the vote will be recorded the
same way for acceptance of his
resignation.
Sacks Prominently Mentioned.
Several of the most progressive di-
rectors already have been looking for
q successor to McGiil and the names
of George P. Sacks, Bethesda, Nd,
banker and former co-proprietor of
the Chapin-Sacks Ice Cream Co.; B.
Agee Bowles, former vice president of
the Potomac Savings Bank of George
town, and two Alexandrians have
been advanced. One prominent Vir-
ginia director expressed the belief
the directorate might choose a pro-
ducer. versed in business affairs, to
take McGill's post.
"At any rate" said this director,
the association will not collapse sim
ply because McGul leaves. We must
be a bigger organization than one
man"
McGill's letter charged his failure
to grant privileges to certain members
End his refusal to give milk distribu-
tors certain trade advantages has
made many enemies for him.
TT Is true" he said, that I have
stood up against all efforts to in
duce me to grant any member any,
thing I could not grant to every
member. Perhaps no one ever will
know the daily and insistent de-
mands that have been made upon
me for increased basic a1lotments, for
leans and for making up losses out
Of the associations treasury, for which
the association was in no way re-
sponsible.
Taken Heart Out of Me"
Most of these things I have had
to handle single handed. and all of
which is, of course, not liked by those
who ask for such privileges for them
selves or for their friends. I also
realize that protecting the members
against insistent demands by certain
dealers for advantages is, perhaps,
none too popular with them. But for
whom have I been working?
In other words, If doing my duty
in every way to the best of my ability
for an organization which, even my
worst enemy will admit have had an
important part in bringing from
hopeless condition to one of the best
in the country, is to be rewarded by
such treatment, then I will have to
admit it has taken the heart out Of
me to such an extent that can no
longer, under such circumstances,
render my best services. am forced
to request that my resignation be
. .nan,kna A. ~ AHarnh IL