Evening star., 1934-01-20
Fairfax County Producers
Pick Two Directors 0p-
posing Him.
MONTGOMERY MEMBERS
TO SELECT FOUR TODAY
lnsurgent Forces Are Claiming
Nine on Board of Maryland
and Virginia Body.

The wave of opposition to the man
agement of the Maryland g. Virginia
Milk Producers Association threatened
today to engulf John McGill jr., its
secretary manager, as Fairfax County
members elected two more anti-man-
agement directors pledged to work Tor
a reorganization of the cooperative.
At Floris, Va, yesterday afternoon, A.
Smith Bowman, wealthy proprietor OF
Sunset Hills, was chosen to replace W.
D. McNair on the board OF directors
while at Groveton last night, r. r.
Farr. an attorney and milk producer OF
Fairfax was elected to the directorate in
the place of L. A. Popkins of Alexandria,
Today at Rockville, Md, Montgomery
County members of the ASSOCIATION Will
elect four directors and a still hght Is
in prospect in view Of the m-roller-
like results thus far of the anti-man-
agement faction.
Need Two Directors.
If two directors are chosen who are
opposed to the present management, the
opposition's fight will be won. Seven
directors identified with the ''antis" al
ready have been chosen, three in Fred
erick County, Md; three in Fairfax
County, Va, and one in Loudoun
County, Va. Fauquier County, Va, Is
virtually certain to replace its two d.
rectors, which would give the opposition
out of the total Of 2l.
In electing Farr to the directorate
from the Groveton local Of the cooper
ative some doubt was expressed as to
whether he was legally qualified to
serve, inasmuch as he is not mem
Der Of that unit. The members. there
fore, named Andrew Cornelio as an
alternate. Several members pointed
out, however, that Farr was a Fairfax
County producer and because OF that
fact was eligible to be named to the
directorate from any of the three 10
Gals in the county. Cornelio also Is
understood to belong to the anti-man-
agement faction.
Farr, when advised of his election,
qualified" He said he had not yet
looked into the legal angle
McGiIl Addresses Meetings.
McGill was present at both election
meetings yesterday and addressed the
members on the latest market develop
mentS and the situation with respect to
the associations proposed milk market
ing agreement. He said the new policy
of the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration had ruined the associaton's
chances Of closing this market To out.
side competition, but that pending fur
ther announcements by the A. A. A.
it might still be advisable to go along
with the administration and have
code"
He explained also why the "associa-
ton had decided to go back to the two
price plan, effective January !" plan
which is costing the membership ST 900
a day due to the fact the allotments
of basic" quantities have been raised
to point beyond the amount Of Glass
I, sold as fluid milk by the dairy COM
panies.
Senator Joseph L. Bristow, the third
Fairfax County director, described the
plan as taking money out of one
pocket and putting it in another" The
difference between what the distributors
sell of Glass I and the quotas allotted
TO association producers is paid out OF
the co-operative's treasury, from money
collected from the producers in the
form of brokerage
McGill was questioned closely by the
members about proposal that the as
scciation buy a local independent dairy
plant and manufacture its own surplus,
He expressed the belief that, because OF
the fact there Is less than 10 per cent
OF surplus on the market, the plan
would not work in this milk shed, al
though he did not come out definitely
for or against the proposal