Evening star., 1950-06-14
Emergency Milk Plan
Speeds Up After
Confused Beginning
Continued From First Page.)

ApouL IO persons without GER
tificates received milk this morn
ing at the dairy. Thirty-eighth
and Perry streets. In Brentwood.
Montgomery Morrow. county
chief Of sanitation. said county
oficials felt that 1T seemed un-
reasonable, If man with a couple
Of kids is unable to get a physi-
clan, for him to have to go with
out milk" On hand at the dairy
was Charles w. Souder, a sani-
tartan, who checked qualifications
OF the would-be milk purchasers.
Plan May Be Stopped.
Mr.. Morrow said he had dis
eussed the no-certificate plan
with the Maryland State health
oficer before placing it into ef-
feet. He said that if any objec-
ton came from the milk drivers
union. however, it would be
stopped.
The county authorization, he
stressed, was given when the
county health board got no re-
sponse to a wire to the union yes
terday, offering help. A reply
which came later today, he said,
outlined the plan as set up by the
strike negotiators yesterday.
Residents of the area who do
not have regular family physicians
should call the District Medical
Society for names of doctors who
will issue the certificates.
Says Fee Won't Be Charged.
Theodore Wiprud, secretary of
the medical society, said he did
not know personally of any doc
tors who have charged fees for
issuing the certificates. Earlier,
society heads said that while they
had not canvassed members. they
felt certain no fees would be
charged. Statements to doctors
about operation of the plan are
being prepared. Mr.. Wiprud said.
Home Deliveries Slow.
Especially slow-starting was the
emergency home delivery plan.
One physician, DR.. John A.
Nester, a pediatrician of 1903
Gilden drive. Alexandria, said he
was "swamped" with calls for
certificates. He complained that
the new program was creating
utter confusion" involving doc
tors to the extent that they
didn't have time to attend to
patients.
Last night. there was a near
riot at a grocery at 5756 Georgia
avenue NV. as hundreds of
housewives found their hopes of
getting milk dashed when Dis
trict food inspectors. stopped sale
Of large shipment from Balti-
more.
The proprietor, Hy Posin, an
nounced later he would give the
milk away at pm. today in the
rear of No. / flrehouse in Silver
Spring, Md. 49,.
Broadly drawn. by negotiators
on both sides of the strike meet
ing with the Commissioners and
Health Officer Daniel L. Seckinger
at the District Building yesterday,
the emergency plan was completed
later by the union and dairy rep
resentatives at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
Barrett Joins Session.
DR.. Seckinger sat in on the
closed session at the Wal oman,
as did Police Supt. Robert j..
Barrett and Charles Stofberg,
special assistant to Commissioner
John Russell Young.
Clark Diamond, vice president
Of Chestnut Farms-C Chevy Chase
Dairy. announced that seven
dairies will handle transportation
Of the milk for home delivery.
Richfield Dairy. which has been
handling cash sales since Monday,
was excluded because of its large
load. Lucerne will not participate
in deliveries because it has no
home delivery trucks.
Plans for the other seven were
made at a meeting last night be-
tween dairy representatives and
Police Supt. Barrett and In
spectors Walter T. Storm and
Oscar J. Letterman.
Areas to Be Covered.
These are the areas to be COW
cred by the seven dairies:
Chestnut Farms-C Chevy Chase
Areas covered by police precincts
/, 8. 7 and 8.
Embassy-Precincts 9. IL and IA.
Harvey's-Prince Georges Coun-
ty and that part of Montgomery
County east of Sixteenth street.
Model Farms-M o n g omery
County west of Sixteenth street.
Thompson's-Precincts 2, 6, 10
and 13.
Wakef1eld-Precincts 4, s and II.
Alexandria-All parts of Alex
andria and Arlington and Fairfax
Counties.
Ofhcials urged that customers
return empty milk bottles.
Session Produces Plan.
The new plan came after the
Commissioners summoned the ne
gotiators to the District Building
for a conference. The outline was
developed shortly after Commits
sioner Guy Mason abruptly shut
on what started as a debate on
issues involved in the strike.
Telling a group Of about 80
persons gathered in the board
room that he was not interested
in the strike differences, Mr..
Mason asked the negotiators to
work up q plan for supplying the
needy.
Both sides then adjourned for
q closed session. returning in a
short time to. announce an agree
ment.
Meanwhile the MARYLAND and