Evening star., 1950-11-15
WakefieIdDrops
Plan 10 Appeal
Order on Milk
Hints Dairy Will Buy
From Big Producers
Group; Trial Pending

Group; Trial Pending
In surprise move today, Wake
field Model Farms Dairy an
nounced it will drop its plan to
appeal a District Court order up
holding the city's new milk regu-
lations.
At the same time, dairy
spokesman strongly limited that
Wakefield now will begin buying
milk from the Maryland and Vir-
ginia Milk Producers Association.
These developments were dis
closed by Wakefield Attorney John
Hillyard after Judge Alexander
Holtzoff signed final papers dis
solving an extended temporary
restraining order under which the
dairy had continued to import
non-District-inspected milk for
the last two weeks.
@- Sales Restricted.
The stringent new regulations
went into effect last October 81
and prevented all dairies except
Wakefield. with its temporary
court order, from selling milk
here which had not been in
spected by the District Health
Department.
Mr.. Hillyard handed reporters
q terse prepared statement that,
effective today. "all Wakefield
Model Farms Dairy milk will come
from District of Columbia Health
Department-inspected farms"
Asked IL this meant that the
independents now must deal with
the big producers association.
which Wakefield long has bitterly
opposed, the lawyer commented:
That would be good deduc-
ton"
Trial Still Pending.
Mr.. Hillyard previously has
said that about half of Wake
fields milk supply came from
farms not inspected by the Dis
trict. The dairy's decision to
drop its appeal from Judge Holt
Zoff's order still leaves pending a
trial on the merits of its request
for a permanent Injunction to
prevent the District Commits
sioners from enforcing the new
milk regulations.
Mr.. Hillyard emphasized today
that the dairy still plans to carry
through that action.
Wakefield's court efforts against
the District have been double
barrelled. 1t has tried both to
knock out IL unreasonable and
burdensome" provisions of the
new milk regulations and 1t also
has sought to forestall enforce
ment Of the order prohibiting the
sale here of milk that is not |
inspected by local authorities.
'tNot Unreasonable"
In his ruling November 8, Judge |
Holtzoff declared he found the
regulations not obviously un-
reasonable"
The judge declared today that
in view of the Importance of the
case he wanted to make these
amplifications of his earlier re-
marks, based on the evidence
shown in the hearings:
"It is common knowledge that
stringent measures must be taken
by every big city to obviate, or
minimize, importation of contain
mated milk as a possible source of
disease.
Hits Wakefield Stand.
"The Commissioners have been
careful and jealous to protect the
health of the public. The objec-
tions raised (by Wakefield) are
entirely within the jurisdiction of
the Commissioners. 1t is almost
unreasonable (of Wakefield to
have asked the court to substitute
its Judgment for that of the Com
missioners in adopting the milk
regulations"
The District was represented in
court today by Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Chester Gray.
Meanwhile, the Commissioners
approved a Health Department re-
quest for additional veterinarian
inspectors to inspect independent
dairies under the District regula-
tion forbidding the mixing of Ii
censed and unlicensed milk.
Permanent Position.
-Four of the positions will be
permanent with salaries of $2,875
a year.
The others, which the Commits
sioners have authorized until June
30, 1851, are:
One veterinary inspector at
$5,400 year. five veterinary dairy
farm inspectors at a total salary
of $4,000, one clerk-typist and
one clerk-stenographer at $3.50
each, two laboratory technicians
at $3,100 each and one laboratory
helper at $2,252 a year.
The Commissioners are expected
TO ask Congress to provide for per-
manent positions in the 1852 bud