The Washington times., 1938-01-13
MILK PRICE CUT.
TO Be SOUGHT IN.
VA. LEGISLATURE.
Bill Planned to Benefit
Northern Section
By GEORGE M. GREEN

With the retiring governors ad.
dress and the new budget pre-.
sented to a joint session of the Vir-
ginia general assembly here yes
terday, members Of both houses
were busy today with organization
of various committees.
Only a few unimportant bills
had been thrown into either hop
per early today since most of the
legislators were busy feeling out"
fellow members on the various
measure5 they intend to introduce
later.
WOULD CHANGE MILK LAWS
One of the most important bills,
backed by the Northern Virginia
delegation, would exempt the Arl-
ington.Alexandria area from the
provisions of the Virginia milk
commission act which regulates
Setail milk prices. An amendment
looking to this end will be intro
duced by Delegate William D.
Medley, of Arlington county, he
said today. AS a result of the
act. Medley declared, many fam.
tiles are being deprived of Suf-
ficient milk, since the regulation
resulted in milk prices being raised
from ! to 4 cents per quart.
Senator John w. Rust, of Fair.
fax, and Delegate Maurice Rosen.
berg, of Alexandria, have both in.
dicated they would lend their sup
port to the proposed bill.
AWAIT NEW GOVERNOR
Leaders say little is expected to
be accomplished by either branch
of the assembly in the way of act
ing on proposed legislation until
after Governor-elect James H.
Price is inaugurated here next
Wednesday. Many members be-
heved both houses would recess to-
morrow until the Inauguration.
CanvasSing Of the votes" cast in
the gubernatorial election last No
vember in order to formally declare
Price the new governor" is ex-
pected to be completed today.
Early action was foreseen on
the proposed Statewide sales tax
to finance the old-age assistance
bill and the three.point educational
program. A combined annual ex.
penditure of approximately &c..
100000 is necessary for the two
projects and Senator Aubrey
Weaver, of Front Royal, chairman
OF the legislative commission on
old age assistance said today that
he would introduce a bill propos-
ing a referendum on the issue.
Strong opposition to the meas.
ure is being voiced by legislators
from sections that border other
States without such a tax. The
northern Virginia delegation, 1t
was learned today, prepared not
only to fight such a measure but
to oppose even a referendum on
the issue.
DANGER POINTED OUT
It was pointed out that in case
of a referendum, with the social
security measure and the school
program at stake, voters in the
middle sections of the State, not
materially effected by border line
underSelling, might put the bill
across.
Alexandria, Arlington and Fair
fax, they contend, would lose vir.
tually every retail store if such
measure were enacted.
No provision in the proposed
$163,906.282 budget for the two
year term beginning July /, 1888,
was included by the retiring gov.
ernor for the old-age assistance
plan. Only a small portion Of the
additional funds needed by the
school board to carry out its three.
point program was recommended
in the proposed budget.
Declaring the official designa.
tion Of the estate Commission on
Conservation and Developments
is too long to be practical, Dele
gate William D. Medley. of Airing.
ton, said today that he would in
troduce a bill to change the name
of this department to the "Vir'
ginia Conservation Commission. u
He declared the present name
Is not only nuisance to those
writing to the body, but costs the
State unnecessary money every
tine an official advertisement is
run in the newspapers, since the
name alone requires two adver
tising lines.
Production of milk lead all agri
culture industries in Virginia dur
ing The past year, Governor
George C. Perry, retiring CHIEF
executive Of the State, told the
General Assembly here yesterday
in his address to the opening meet
ing of the 1898 session of that
body. The total value of milk
produced in the Old Dominion in
1887, he said, was $32,000,000.
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