The Washington times., 1937-10-04
BOARD TO HEAR
CITIZENS PLEA
FOR 11-CT. MILK
Residents in Arlington
To Get Hearing

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Oct. 4.-"Glve us milk at II
cents per quart" will be the theme
song of hundreds Of residents of
Northern Virginia who are plan
ming to storm Milk Commission
hearing scheduled to be held IN
the court house here one week
from tonight.
Although all present indications
are that the turnout will be some
thing like a hundred to one in
favor of abolishing the Milk Com
missions ruling that prohibits any
dairy from selling milk in this
area at less than IA cents per
quart, an argument is expected to
arise between Arlington county's
two candidates for the house Of
delegates.
ATTACK EXPECTED
Political observers in this area
declare that young Bryan Cor
don, jr., 22-year-old Republican
candidate who is seeking the seat
held by Delegate William D. Med
ley, a Democrat, will seize the
opportunity to attack his opponent
for supporting the legislative bill
which established the price-fixing
powers of the State Milk Com
mission.
Just how far young Gordon will
be able to carry his attack, how
ever, is another thing. Delegate
Medley admits he supported the
legislation empowering the Milk
Commission to regulate prices, but
declares he did so with the i'm
preston that the legislation was
sought only to end milk war
that was being waged in the lower
part Of the state at the time. Mr..
Medley explained that he did not
expect the law ever to be applied
in this section.
PRICED BOOSTER
Thousands of residents in Fair
fax and Arlington counties and
Alexandria have had their milk
prices boosted two and three cents
ger quart as a result of the COM
missions ruling and it is this
group that is bitterly opposing
continuation Of the price-fixing
regulations in this area.
Several independent Virginia
diaries and at least one Washing
ton dairy had been serving this
area milk at II cents quart until
the commissions ruling forced
them to boost the price to IA
cents, that charged by the larger
Washington diaries.
The hearing here next Monday
night which is expected to pack
the court house with standing
room only is an appeal to the
Milk Commission to lift its regu-
lation in this area.
PLAN PROTEST
Scores Of civic organizations in
TIE area effected by the boost in
prices have announced that they
would send representatives to the
meeting to protest the regulation
which costs individual families
from 80 cents to several dollars
month in increased prices.
Delegate Medley, in his effort to
relieve the situation locally, was
largely responsible for the public
hearing being called to hear the
citizens.
Gordon said today that he would
not only contend that his oppo-
nent had supported the measure,
but would argue that Mr.. Medley
does not spend enough of his time
in Arlington county contracting the
people to know just what legisla.
ton they do want, since the greater
part of his time is devoted to his
law practice in washington.
STATES HIS VIEWS
Delegate Medley said that he
would make it plain that he was
opposed to the regulation in this
area and that he had supported
it only with the understanding
that the measure was to apply
only to that area where a vicious
price cutting war was being waged
by dairymen.
The date of the election for the
delegates 10 the general assembly
is Tuesday. November 2. when
some 5000 voters are expected to
chose betwee' Medley and Gordon