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of milk to be purchased through
the Pure Milk Association, as to the
time and place of delivery, as to the
time and terms of payment.
Among the labor leaders indicted
were: Leslie G. Goudie, Chicago,
president of the Joint Council,
No. 25, of the A. F. L. International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf-
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers of
America; Steve Sumner, aged secre-
tary- treasurer of the Milk Wagon
Drivers Union, and six other officers
of that organization.
Six officials and former leaders of
the Pure Milk Association also were
named. They included President
John P. Case of Naperville, ILL.,, and
Don M. Geyer, Boston, former gen.
eral manager of the association, now
associated with an Eastern organ
ization.
Distributors Indicted.
The president and nine other Of
ficers of the Associated Milk Dealers,
Inc, Leland Spencer, arbitrator of
Ithaca, N. Y, and w. A. Wentworth,
New York City arbitrator, were
others indicted
The major distributors indicted in
cluded:
The Borden Co., New York; Bor-
den-Wieland, Inc, Chicago and New
York; Bowman Dairy Co., Chicago;
seven other Chicago dairy COM
panies.
TWenty-one individuals named in
connection with the major distribu-
tor group included:
D. B. Peck, Chicago, president,
Bowman Dairy Co, and four other
Chicago Bowman executives: H. w.
Comfort, New York, vice president
of the Borden company in charge
of fluid milk operations; S. M. Ross,
Columbus, Ohio. Midwest district
chairman of the Borden company;
Charles L. Dressed, Chicago, presi-
dent of the Borden Wieland Division
OF the Borden company: five other
Chicago Borden and Borden
Wieland officials; eight Chicago
officials of other dairy concerns.
The Associated Milk Dealers, Inc,
large Chicago distributors trade as
soclation, and 10 of its officials were
indicted, including President Louis
who is also secretary of the
International Dairy Co., Chicago,
one Of the corporate defendants, and
Paul Potter, executive secretary of
the dealers group.
Milk Dealers Bottle Exchange Of
Chicago was named a defendant.
Ice Cream Industry.
The indictment bearing on the ice
cream industry included the follow
ing defendants:
National Dairy Products Co., New
York; the Borden Co., Fairmont
Creamery Co., Omaha, Nebr.; Bea-
trice Creamery Co., Chicago Cream
cries OF America, Inc, Los Angeles,
Calf; Poinsettia Dairy Products,
Inc, Tampa, Fla; Abbott's Diaries,
Inc, Philadelphia; H. P. Hood e.
Sons, Inc, Boston; Steffen Ice G.
Ice Cream Co.. Wichita, Kans.
Boedeker Manufacturing Co., Dallas,
Tex; New Orleans Ice Cream Co.,
Inc, New Orleans, and the Crescent
Creamery Co., St. Paul, MINI.
Three Chicago subsidiaries of the
National Dairy Products were named
also. They are General Ice Cream
Corp, Schenectady, N. Y, national
subsidiary, and the Hendler Cream
cry Co., Baltimore, subsidiary of
Borden, and Garry Ice Cream Co.,
Washington, D. c., subsidiary of the
Beatrice company.
The International Association of
Ice Cream Manufacturers has ap-
proximately 40 State and regional
affiliated associations and 400 per-
sons and companies as members.
Others Indicted.
Nineteen officials and former off,
cials of the international were in
dicted including:
Mr.. Hibben, Thomas H. McInner-
ney, New York, director and presi-
dent of National Dairy Products
Corp; R. V. Jones, New York, di-
rector at large and a Borden Co.
vice president; Madison H. Lewis,
New York, international president;
L. E. Hurtz, Omaha, Nebr., execu-
tive committeeman; G.. S. McKen-
zie, Los Angeles. executive commit
teeman and president of Creameries
of America; w. j. Barritt, Tampa,
Fla, vice president; c. R. Lindback,
Philadelphia, former president;
H. P. Hood, End, of Boston;
executive committeeman and presi-
dent of Hood & Sons: John D. Nc
Even, Wichita, Kans., executive
committeeman and president Stef-
fen Co.; George L. Boedeker, Dallas,
former president and president of
Boedeker Co.; Benjamin C. Brown,
New Orleans, executive committee
man and president of New Orleans
Co.; w. r. Cammack, st. Paul, for
mer president and president of
Crescent Creamery; Vernon F..
Hovey, Schenectady, N. Y, execu-
tive comitteeman and president OF
General Ice Cream Co.; L. Manuel
Hendler, Baltimore. executive COM
mitteeman and president of Hendler
Creamery and Mr.. Daniel.
The Ice Cream Manufacturers
Association of Cook County (Chi-
cago) and two of its officials were
indicted.
DR.. Bundesen Immediately wrote
to Mayor Edward j. Kelly asking
for a leave of absence until DISPOSE
ton of the charges and saying: Il
know nothing whatever about any
conspiracy to fix the price OF milk. "
The indictment stated Capt. Gill
bert:
Selected officers of various local
teamsters' and chauffeurs' unions,
counseled, advised and protected
them from arrest and prosecution
for preventing delivery of food sup