Evening star., 1937-06-06
FEDERATION ASKS
F|VE-CENT FARES,
CUT IN MILK PRICE
Citizens Seek Six.Month Ex-
perImentaI Reduction for
Busess and TroI|eys.
RETURN OF ST PASS
ALSO RECOMMENDED
One Cent Lower Milk Cost Urged
After Probe of Price
Conditions.

Adoption Of hve-cent street car
and bus fare for an experimental per-
iod of SIX months, and a reduction NJ
one cent in the retail price Of milk
were urged by the Federation of Citi-
zens' Association last night in its
closing meeting of the season.
Lowering of the transit fares was
proposed following the request of the
Capital Transit Co. for an increase
IN the token fare from four for 30
cents to four for 35 cents The fed
Grafton also asked that the Public
! Utilities Commission take steps IN
restore the Use Of the weekly 81 street
uary l.
The action on the transit fares Ta5
/ taken on recommendation of William
NICK. Clayton, chairman OF the Pub
lie Utilities Committee, and was BY a
substantial majority. However. sew
eral delegates declared it was unfair
to the company. in the face Of its
sist on lowering the fare.
During debate on this point. Clav-
ton insisted the action would not be
| hostile to the company and that he
believed the company would benefit
by lower fare, which would increase
its patronage, and. therefore, it's rev.
! enue.
| Substitute Beaten.
"A flve-cent fare will not seem so
| strange if you remember that during
| the use Of the 81 street car pass, the
company itself said users of the pass
| were rldlng at the rate of between
three and one-half and four cents a
ride Clayton said.
John F. Hillyard, Michigan Park
delegate, proposed as a substitute
that the federation urge retention Of
the existing token and cash fare
rates, arguing that TO ask thu CON-
pany to reduce fares in the face of its
! greatly increased labor costs, and
the cost of buying new equipment.
would not be fair. His motion was
| lost
a company argument about the Scent
fare for school children by recalling
that it had not been adopted volun-
tarlly, but had been ordered by Con-
greSs He argued for the Scent ey-
perlmental fare, declaring that the
railroads had been ordered to reduce
their fares, and as a result, had car
/
money.
Milk Probe Reported.
The scent fare resolution would
not apply to express bus lines.
investigation of the price of milk
by special committee headed bv
Walker was ordered several months
ago by the federal ton Walker said
his group found the producers were
paid 80 cents gallon as the basic"
price for milk which was used in re-
tail distribution. To this, he said
the distributors added a total of rs
cents a gallon. and the resulting price
to consumers was IA cents a quart.
A partial breakdown of the added
26 cents which the committee was
able TO obtain, he said indicated is
. cents of the total was charged to
, distribution. 4 cents for processing
including pasteurization and A., cents
for administration. and that it Wes
claimed only one-fourth of cent
went to profit.
Take Rap at d. c. Heads.
Walker said the committee was un-
able to gather information which
would reveal the details Of the COM
rlexities of the financial set-up Of the
milk industry, and that it should noC
be expected to do so since a COM
mittee of Congress had spent SIX
) months on such an investigation, and
had failed.
) Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley of kalorama
) who operates a farm, submitted
, minority report. asking that the conf
mittee favor retention Of the present
price of milk until August or Septem-
Der, when the farmers would know
what their crops would mean to milk
production.
Indirectly the federation took a rap
at the Commissioners for their recent
action in striking from the liquor reg
ulations all of section 3, which had
prohibited the granting of certain
types of licenses to places located
within 400 feet of public and private
schools and colleges. and chruches.
On motion by Charles l.. Norris,
chairman of the committee on laws
and legislation. it asked the Commits
sioners hereafter to give public notice
and public hearing prior to any
action by the Commissioners on any
amendment to the liquor regulations.
The vote was unanimous.
Defender Bill Debated.
; Extended debate was held on the
, bill proposing appointment of pub
lie defender for INDECENT persons on
trial in the District courts. A report
by Norris disapproved the bill and
suggested as an alternative study OF
system of having the Government
pay fees to lawyers appointed to de-
fend indiget persons facing criminal
charges.
John NJ Holzworth, New York at
torney, who once was attorney for
Thomas Jordon, who is scheduled to
be executed this month for murder
ing Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes, attempted to
take the floor to make a speech about
crime and enforcement conditions in
the District. but President Thomas
E. Lodge ruled he must wait for pos
sible permission. This AHas never
granted because the federation Or
dered the public defender resolution
recommitted.
On motion by John M Scha fer
/ vice chairman of the Public Welfare
| Committee, the federation adopted
resolutions urging enactment of the
bills raising the age of consent for
/. marriage. to improve working condi-
tiona at the District Jail. and to pro-
vide one day Of rest In seven for work.
ers In the District.