Evening star., 1940-08-11
Milk
Ready for Needy
Tomorrow
II Stations Will Be
Open in Afternoons
For 1900 Persons


Milk at S cents a quart will be
made available, beginning tomorrow,
to some 10000 certified needy per-
sons at II distribution stations
throughout the city which will be
open daily except Sundays and
holidays from / to 5 pm.
Letters have been sent to about
10000 persons advising them of the
availability of the milk and re-
questing that they indicate the sta
ton at which they will make their
purchases.
Some 5000 replies have come in,
Welfare Director Robert E. Bondy
said yesterday, and yellow eligible.
ity cards have been sent them which !.
must be shown at the distributions
station. Without these cards, he
warned, no milk will be sold.
A carefully computed allotment
of milk to each person has been
figured, Mr.. Bondy explained, and
each card will state the amount of
milk to which the person is entitled.
w. p. A. Furnishes Personnel
Mr.. Bondy said the first days
sales probably will be small, judging
from the experiences of other cities
which have adopted this program.
He said it may take some time be.
fore the people take full advantage
of the opportunity.
Meanwhile during the last two
days preparations for the new pro-
gram have been rushed to COM
pletion. Agriculture Department
specialists in low-cost milk pro-
grams have been studying the set
up here and have pronounced it
good, according to Mr.. Bondy. Per-
sonnel for the distribution centers
three to each center-was supplied
and instructed by the w. P. A.
Mr.. Bondy praised the co-opera-
tion of the Chestnut Farms Chevy
Chase Dairy which is handling the
milk. The dairy has agreed to pro-
cess the milk, bottle it, deliver it
properly iced to the stations and
sell it.
BY arranging for the dairy to sell
the milk much red tape was avoided
which would have developed if COL
lections were made by Government
employees.
Under the contract between the
dairy and the Agriculture Depart
ment the dairy will collect five cents
for each quart of milk and will be
paid an additional OF cents a quart
from Federal funds. The milk, it
was said. will be sold only in quart
bottles with cap warning against
resale. .,-.
Mr.. Bondy SAID three-cent bottle
deposit will be required on the first
day and the bottle must be brought
back each time.
At the stations, clerk and two
helpers will check the quantities of
the purchasers on file Of each per-
son entitled to purchase. Thus John
Doe, on showing his card that he
is entitled to two quarts, will paw
his six cents deposit and his dime
| for the milk. The clerks will then
enter on his file card that he re-
ceived two quarts. At the end of
the day these cards will be totaled
and checked against the difference
between what the dairy sent over
and what it takes back at the end
OF the day. These calculations will
provide the basis for the payment
to the dairy by the Agriculture De-
partment, it was said.
Mr.. Bondy said the stations
would be doing well to sell 1000
quarts the first day. David Miller
OF Surplus Commodities Corp, was
IN charge of setting up the depots.
| Otto j. Cass, general superintendent
| OF Public Assistance, is in general
| charge.
Those eligible for the service are
divided into three categories-per-
sons or families getting public as.
slstance from or through public
relief agencies, persons certified for
w. P. A. employment but waiting
for work and persons certified by
w. P. A. as needing employment
out Tor some reason unassignable.
Sold Only in Quarts.
MIX allowances will permit pint
OF milk day for each eligible fam
lily member under /, and for ey.
pectant or nursing mothers. Per-
sons over II will be allotted a half
pint day, except, in each case.
when dietary needs show more Is
necessary. This applies to families.
II an eligible person is the onlv
member OF family, he may pur.
cnase one pint a day Milk will be
sold only by the quart. so a person
allowed pint daily will have to bl1v
a quart every other day.
The stations for distribution will
contain only counter and a drip
pan Tor the ice and perhaps a filing
cabinet. Each will be marked with
sign. The stations will be located
and numbered as follows:
NO. l, 476 c street NV, Surplus
Commodities Warehouse.
NO. 2, Monroe School, Irving street
between Sherman and Georgia ave-
nue. NV.
No. 3, Twining School. Third street.
between N and o streets NV.
NO. 4, Montgomery School, Twenty.
seventh and K streets NV,
No. S, Old Jefferson School. Sixth
street and Virginia avenue S.W.
No. 6, Smothers School, Forty.
fourth and Washington streets NE.
No: 7, Harrison School, Twelfth
and v streets NV.
No. 8, eleventh police precinct.
Nichols avenue and Chicago street
Sc.
No: 8. fifth police precinct, Fifth
and E streets Sc.
No. 10, tenth fire station. MARYLAND
avenue, between Thirteenth ana
Fourteenth streets NE.
No. IL, fifth fire station, M street
between Wisconsin avenue and
Thirty-second street NV.