Evening star., 1940-08-15
Gross Calls Schultz
Statements on Milk
Malicious SANDER
PennsyIvonion Hints
Hoosiers Only Worry
Is MiIk's Source

IS MIX S OOuICe
Representative Gross, Republi-
can, of Pennsylvania yesterday
branded as "slanderous" and ma
licous" some of the statements made
on the floor of the House Monday
by Representative Schultz, Demo-
crat, of Indiana in reference to the
distribution of scent milk to WASH
ington's needy.
Mr.. Gross, a farmer and a milk
producer of York County, Pa, was
granted 20 minutes by unanimous
consent to reply to Mr.. Schultz.
The text of his remarks follows:
I'm order to keep the recoros
straight and to give the House the
facts concerning the distribution OF
relief milk commonly known as s.
cent milk in the District of Colum-
bia, want to correct certain erro-
neous statements made by the gen.
tlemen from Indiana, Mr.. Schultz,
recently During the milk contro-
versy last winter before the District
Committee and on the floor of this
House l said that the way to give
the District cheap milk was to quit
talking about it and give it to them.
1oc Of II fhnco r,onr-thc fhou
are getting it. And now the gentle
man is not satisfied; calls it mon
strosity; talks of the oppressed peo-
pie in the District. I would like him
to explain to the members in the
House who is being oppressed.
What Oppression:
IT did not know that oppression
was tolerated in this country. He
finds fault with the fact that the
stations are only open four hours
a day. I want to call your attention
to the fact that these people getting
this milk are unemployed; they
have nothing to do and they can
come and get this milk at any time.
He is finding fault about the
quantity given. He made the
slanderous remark that the members
of the Maryland-Virginia Milk
Producers Association should be
ashamed of themselves picking on
innocent mothers and children who
cannot protect themselves, as he
says.
He criticizes the quantity of milk
given to an individual. Now the
facts are that the Maryland Virginia
Milk Producers Association is one
CT the best organized and soundest
farm co-operatives in America, un-
der leadership that commands the
respect of all those who believe in
farm organizations and who have
been recognized from coast to coast
for the services that they have
rendered to their organization as
well as to the consuming public.
Pigs Get Milk in Indiana.
This organization has long served
this municipality with quality of
milk unsurpassed in any other mar
ket in the country. He contends that
he was sufficiently interested to
drive out on the farms and ask GER
tain producers what they do with
their surplus milk and that certain
farmers told him that they must
have some for their pigs. He mali
ciously stated on the floor of this
House that these farmers are giving
their pigs consideration before they
give the consumers of Washington
any milk.
Certainly that is going to be re-
sented by every producer in the
organization as well as py every
other farmer who makes milk or
raises pigs.
There has been no shortage of
milk in the District of Columbia
These farmers have always seen
to this and if after supplying the
needs of this city they use any other
milk they may have to feed their
pigs is no ones affairs except the
farmers. and I am quite sure that
the farmers in Indiana have saved
millions of pigs by giving them milk
at critical times and thus were able
to pay off their farm mortgages with
the sale of their hogs.
There was a time when the De-
partment of Agriculture gave me
wide publicity as hog grower and
my success was made possible by
the fact that we fed the pigs milk,
and I make no apologies to the
gentleman from Indiana or any
one else for the fact that we fed
these pigs milk.
so far as the distribution in the
city is concerned II stations have
been opened. These have been au-
thorized by the Department OF
Welfare and are under their regu-
lation. The dairy supplying this
milk puts men in each one of these
stands during the hours when they
are open to make the collections.
On the opening day there were
cards out which had been issued
by the Department of Public As
sistance for a total of 1876 quarts.
Not nearly all of that milk was
taken away. If these people that
the gentleman from Indiana pities
so much are too lazy and Indifferent
to go to the station and get the
milk, then they are not entitled
to it.
However, I think after the sys-
tenn is more generally understood
there will be very few who will not
avail themselves of that privilege.
THE gentleman from Indiana
seems to be greatly annoyed be-