Evening star., 1940-07-23
|low-Cost Milk
Plan Rushed for
Sales Aug. Z
Chestnut Forms Dairy
Bid of ~ Cents q
Quort Is Accepted

rushed plans for the establishment
Of the low-cost milk depots which
will open August IL and dispense
milk at cents a quart to persons
on relief and working for the
w. p. A.
The clear signal was given for the
program yesterday, when the Sur
plus Marketing Administration of
the Agriculture Department an
noul1ced that it had accepted low
bid from Chestnut Farms Chevy
Chase Dairy for supplying the de-
pots with milk.
The bid was 81 cents a quart.
The Federal Government under
writes the program by subsidizing
the dairy In the amount of its bid.
The District Welfare Department
mans the depots with w. p. A.
labor. The dairy is required to keep
sales director in each depot. SIM
liar low-cost milk distribution pro-
grams already are in effect in Bos.
ton, Chicago and New Orleans.
Bid Expires In October.
The Chevy Chase bid expires
October 81, 1910, when new bids
will be solicited. The whole pro-
gram is arranged to run until June
81, 1941, when it may be renewed.
Two other milk handlers made bids
as follows: One at the rate of 2.75
cents to 35 cents a quart for the
different depots and another at a
fiat 3 cents a quart for all depots.
The Federal payments will be
made only on milk actually sold at
cents q quart by the participating
handler to eligible low-income FAM
lilies.
Eligible purchasers under the pro.
gram total about 11.40O cases.
Participating handlers will pay
producers special price, provided
In the Federal order for the WASH
ington milk market. For class /, or
fluid milk of per cent butterfat
disposed of under the program, the
special price is 81 .995 per 100 pounds,
plus quality premium.
For class milk used for regular
sales, handlers with q District Health
Department permit are required to
pay minimum producer price Of
$3.l7 per 100 pounds. and handlers
without q District permit pay $271
per 100 pounds, both prices subject
to any quality premium earned by
producers.
Three Point Program.
Department officials pointed out
that the Washington low-cost milk
program, similar to others supported
by Federal funds, Is designed to
utilize with higher returns to dairy
farmers substantial quantities Of
milk which these dairymen would
otherwise sell at lower prices for
manufactured dairy products, pro.
vide q larger volume OF milk for
handlers plants, and make available
greater supplies Of milk at low cost
to low-income families.
Milk supplied for the Washington
low-cost milk program will be re-
quired to meet the health regulations
applicable to milk sold for consump.
ton as fluid milk in the Washington
marketing area. The participating
handler will be required to comply
with the provisions Of the Federal
order for the area.
Eligible purchasers will present
milk cards, which will be checked
by the w. P. A. employe of the
District Welfare Department, and
purchase milk from the handler
representative.
Eligible buyers will be allotted
milk purchases as follows: A pint
daily for persons under II years,
for every expectant or nursing
mother and for single-person relief
cases and one-haf pint of milk q
day for all other persons ov& IT
years. These allotments could be
increased for persons showing q
dietary need for additional quanti-
ties Of milk.
5000 Direct Relief Cases.
During recent months the 11,400
cases have been classified each
month among three relief cate
gories In Washington, as follows:
$500 direct relief cases laid to de.
pendent children, old-age assist
ance, aid to the blind and general
relief; $500 certified on w. p. A.
waiting assignments and 1000 GER
tified as employable by the District
Public Assistance Division but un.
assignable to w. p. A. employment.
The Washington street locations
OF milk depots, which would be op-
Grated from 2 to 6 pm. daily except
Sundays and holidays, are as fol-
lows: 1640 Wisconsin avenue NV,
Twenty-f1fth and K streets NV,
Ninth and U streets NV, Georgia
avenue and Park road NV, Fifth
street between NJ and N streets
NV, 1858 Florida avenue NE,
Forty-f1fth street and Sheriff road
NE, Fifth and E streets Sc, Good
Hope road and Eighteenth street
Sc. and 476 G street NV.
Bruce Rnird n Erondfo&her