PRICE QUESTION IS LEFT OUT AT MILK HEARING
Price Question Is Left Out at Milk Hearing After discussion of four non-contro-versiai points at a ruilk hearing conducted by the state department of agriculture last week, the hearing was...
...The Legion is seeking part of its appropriation to underwrite the national convention of the American Legion if it comes to Milwaukee, while the DAV is seeking part of its appropriation to cover expenses of the Green Bay convention which will be held this year...
...Two weeks ago the DAV asked the high court to take original jurisdicon in deciding the controversy...
...Instead of hearing oral arguments as to constitutionality of the measures the supreme court will decide the issue on briefs...
...Constitutionality of the acts appropriating $50,000 to the Legion and $10,000 to the DAV has been questioned by William T. Evjue, editor of The Capital Times, who has threatened Smith with legal action if he released the funds sought by the organizations under the 1939 acts...
...Price Question Is Left Out at Milk Hearing After discussion of four non-contro-versiai points at a ruilk hearing conducted by the state department of agriculture last week, the hearing was adjourned without consideration of the controversial question as to whether grade A and other special milks should be figured on the base and surplus price which is used for ordinary milk...
...Adjourned to June II After some hesitation on the part of Ela, Sears declared a recess, during which it was agreed to have a conference between interested parties...
...or Green Bay...
...Sears adjourned the hearing until June II at 9:30...
...representing the milk pool, now wants to bring in the special grade milk producers under the pooling arrangement which, special producers say, would mean a difference of 43 cents a hundred pounds to them and would net a gain of less than 3 cents a hundred pounds to the other members of the pool...
...Gilbert F. Lappley appeared as attorney for the department of agriculture...
...A few Madison area producers of Guernsey milk, grade A milk, and other special milks contend that they have made high investments to produce a special milk and that the agreement made three years ago that they should not be Included in the base and surplus plan should be continued...
...Ela...
...At one time, Sears declared that as attorney for the petitioners was not ready to proceed, the hearing would close, which would be equivalent to dismissal, but had to reverse himself when Ela declared that he would keep them there "until 7 o'clock tonight...
...Convo Cash Case Briefs Due June 4 The state supreme court last week set June 4 as the deadline for filing of briefs on the question of whether State Treasurer John M. Smith should be forced to release $27,050 of funds appropriated by the 1939 legislature to the American Legion 1941 Convention Corp...
...Hearing on the question of applying the base and surplus rule to the special milks was postponed to June 11, at 9:30 a. m. All the testimony at the hearing Thursday was agreed that clarifications should be made In milk price orders to Include city ordinance and city health requirements, that the Madison order should include pints in flavored milk, that milk sold on the stamp plan where the merchant get* paid in full for milk should continue to give the producer full price also, and that the handling of payments by the Madison milk pool when a dealer becomes Insolvent should be Attorneys Chide Ela Half a dozen attorneys appeared to represent various groups of farmers and individuals on the specia.1 milks • issue, which has been quite thoroughly threshed out in former hearings but has to be gone over again because the state department failed to give the required notice by publication in the official state paper...
...The court will decide both appeals at the same time...
...Emerson Ela, attorney for the Madison milk pool, was the subject of much bantering by the other attorneys, when Ela, promoter of the hearing as attorney for the petitioners, asked for adjournment because he wasn't prepared...
...After the recess...
...of Milwaukee, and $4,000 to the Disabled American Veterans Convention Corp...
...Shortly after, the Legion also sought action by the court on its claims...
Vol. 10 • June 1940 • No. 22
