Milford chronicle., 1958-10-31

milk from 135 farmers in Delaware
all year around, and we supply milk
to more than 10000 families in the
state.
As Greenhill grew in size, it pur-
] chased other dairies in the area,
| one of which at the time of acquisi-
tion, had government milk con-
tracts. Greenhill, like every other
major dairy in the area, has bid
on a number of government con-
tracts, each of which was bid on a
sealed, competitive, low-bid basis.
All government contracts of this
type are a matter of public record.
Now let me explain exactly how a
sealed competitive bid works. Each
dairy decides what price per quart
they will bid. For example, Green
hill might bid II cents per quart
and another might bid 16 cents per
quart. These bids are sent in to
the government purchaser and on
an appointed day with all repre-
sentatives present from each con-
Germ desiring to be present, the
letters are opened and the contract
is awarded to the dairy submitting
the lowest price per quart 1t is
just that simple. Greenhill also
bids on many other big private in
stitutional contracts, such as hos
pitfalls and hotels, in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Delaware.
In the last contract with Walter
Reed Hospital in Washington,
Greenhill bid several cents a quart
lower than the next lowest bidder.
Incidentally, on this contract
Greenhill did not make one cent of
profit. 1t was bid at this price to
enable Greenhill to maintain its
volume so that it would not have
to refuse to buy milk from its reg
ular Delaware farmers. A few
months ago a Washington dairy
was awarded the contract to supply
milk to the Dover Air Force Base
and will ship milk here from Wash
ington. 'Greenhill bid on this con-
tract but did not get it.
Now to draw you a comparison,
have substantial financial in
terest in other national corpora
tions which do business with the
government. This is permitted, of
course, by law. The same would
hold true for any person in Del
aware who owns stock in a corpo-
ration and who was selected to
Congress. You are not required to
sell your financial interest in a
company for the simple reason that
you would not have any voice in
or contact with the awarding of
government contracts.
Now this is the law and the facts
on Greenhill Diaries. The charge
made by Drew Pearson's henchman
that have violated the law is COM
pletely false. There is not one word
of truth in it, and Drew Pearson
and his hired legman know or
should know this.
Since this baseless charge made
by Drew Pearson's man is false,
what is behind this telephone call?
The answer is that it is a vicious
effort by my political opponents to
defeat me in this election through
an attempted character assassina-
ton. To understand this situation,
we must trace a number of facts
and events of the past few months.
Ernest Wilson, Jr., top official
of the Democratic Party here in
Delaware and close associate of
my opponent, Harris Mcdowell,
issued a public statement on Aug
ust 7th attacking my integrity.
His statement referred to the gov
ernment contracts Greenhill had
and called me "a decaying hounds
TOOTH" l purposely refused to an
swer that irresponsible statement
because l wasn't going to deal in
this type of politics.