Evening star., 1939-05-09
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Belief Market.
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Bx JAMES E. CHM.

sale market were maze before Cne
House Milk Investigating Committee
today by Clarence V. Dye, who
claimed he represented 80 independ-
ent milk shippers.
He also declared he believed there
Is an understanding between GER
tain people controlling this market
to harass us"
Mr.. Dye told the committee that
one dairy in Washington Highland
Farms is selling milk for II cents
a quart.
els that the reason the High win
dows are being destroyed?" asked
Representative Schultz, Democrat,
Of Indiana.
Partly" the witness replied.
Later, he said, he believed the
dairy's windows also were being
smashed because of attempts to force
its employees to become unionized.
Spectator Interrupts.
At that point. spectator in the
rear of the crowded hearing room
shouted:
Does he have a right to speak
for High?"
"You have no right to interrupt"
replied Representative Schultz.
Shortly afterward John S. Bar
bour, counsel for the Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers Association,
objected to Mr. Dyes testimony, be-
cause he said the witness was re-
peating a lot of rumors.
I'VE could go on ad infinitum
with this kind of testimony" said
Mr.. Barbour
"As a member of this committee
I deem it information and want
it," declared Mr.. Schultz.
Questioned as to his knowledge of
the importation of unlicensed cream
into the District, Mr. Dye said he
had been told by Mr.. Wilson" that
the Milk Producers Association had
acquired $50 carloads of midwest
ern cream in three months. either
In 1886 or 1887. while at the same
time it was selling a surplus in
Philadelphia.
r'That isn't so," shouted a spec
tator.
Later in the day the committee
plans to inquire into details sur
rounding the seizure at the En-
b4ssy-Fairfax Dairy early in March
of 2,400 gallons of alleged unlicensed
cream. This case is now pending
in Police Court
Bill Would Open Market. ~
Meanwhile the committee planned
to take under consideration a bill
INTRODUCED by Representative Bolles,
Republican, of Wisconsin which
would open wide the Washington
milk market to shipments of milk
and cream for fluid consumption
from any part of the United States.
Only cream for ice cream purposes
is now allowed to come into WASH
ington from producers whose barns
and cattle are not inspected by local
Health Department inspectors.
A verbal clash between Chairman
Bates of the investigating commit
tee and Representative Shafer, Re-
publican, of Michigan marked the
resumption of the inquiry yester-
day afternoon following week end
recess. Disclosure also was made
that the committee had subpoenaed
certain records of the Embassy
Fairfax Dairy, which Mr.. Bates said
the committee had tried to'procure
for four days.
Seton Darr, counsel for the dairy,
said q misunderstanding" led to
the action of the committee. He
explained the records were open to
inspection of committee investiga-
tors at all times, but an auditor
refused to turn over certain reports
without signed statement from
officials of the company, which he
did not have at the time the papers
were requested.
Clash Marks Testimony.
The clash between Chairman
Bates and Representative Shafer
occurred near the close of the ex-
animation of Owen A. Keys, former
employe of the dairy, who testified
he had given information about ac-
tivities at the concern to an at
tache of the corporation counsel's
office.
Il would like to know who is con-
ducting this investigation Mr..
shafer demanded. "Is our attor-
ney doing it, or is the corporation
counseTs office? 1t seems to me
the testimony here this afternoon
il q pure, unadulterated attempt
to smear a certain dairy"
Chairman Bates assured Mr. Sha-
fer no attempt is being made to
"smear anybody" nor is an attempt
being made to cover up any one"
& Mr.. Keys was one of three for
mer Embassy Fairfax employees who
testified. The others were Daniel
II. Hawthorne and Edwin G. Doveu
Mr.. Keys said he was employed
at the dairy as sales accountant
until last September and charged
1t had imported unlicensed cream
from Lafayette, Ind, and Grand
Rapids, Mich. He also said he had
seen unsalted butter melted down
and mixed with skinned milk to
produce cream.
Since about May l, Mr.. Keys
testified, he has been employed by
aMr. Wright" who he understood
tS connected with the Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
tfon, which is supplying Washing
top with nearly 80 per cent of its
milk and cream.
Mr.. Dovell told the committee
that between April, 1887, and De-
cember, 1888, he had hauled to the
dairy about $50 truckloads of So
called bootleg cream" which was
produced in Michigan and other
middle Western States.
He gave graphic account of his
operations. He said he picked ur
seme of the cream at dairy plant
in Alexandria, Va, and brought il
into Washington over a circuitous
route, which took him to Falls
Church and Leesburg, Va, across
tA6 Potomac to Point of Rocks ano
thence into the District through
TAkoma Park. Other shipments
hi explained, were picked up al