Legislative Voting Record 



No. of Milk Control 

 Members Sessions (House only) 



(By Senatorial Dist.) Served For Against 

 39th District (LaSalle 

 County) 



Sen. O. E. Benson M) 

 Rep. Hayne y 



Plumbing 

 Amendment 

 For Against 



Fruit and 

 Vegetables 

 For Against 



■X. 



X 

 X 



(Cont'd from 

 page 9' 



Bang's 



Disease 



For Against 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X- 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



MILK 



C\y4 — HILE Chicago s 50,000 babies 

 ^^y 1/ enjoyed the "world's purest 

 ff J fnilk supply," the week of 

 June 26, dairy farmers, milk dealers, con- 

 sumers' spokesmen, economists and oth- 

 ers told federal investigators why a pro- 

 posed milk marketing agreement and 

 order should or should not be applied in 

 the Chicago area. In general, battle lines 

 were drawn with consumers and dealers 

 on one side, farmers on the other. 



A. H. Lauterbach, manager of Pure 

 Milk Association, testified that farmers 

 would get little more for their milk in 

 June than condensery price and that they 

 will get $10,000,000 less for milk in 

 1939 as compared to 1937. 



Paul Potter, speaking for 105 dealers, 

 said none of them is willing to accept 

 the proposed agreement. Reasons: TTiey 

 don't want government policing; dairy 

 farmers' incomes are higher than those 

 in other branches of agriculture; the 

 proposal would set up a milk monopoly 

 with a single farm group in the saddle. 



One dealer said the price of milk 

 should be but a few cents higher than 

 condensery prices to offset the added 

 costs of producing milk of health de- 

 partment standard. 



Consumers threatened legislative meas- 

 ures of the public utility type if fluctua- 

 tions in producers prices are not reflected 

 to consumers. 



During the five days all groups were 

 heard. All evidence assembled is being 

 reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 He will do one of three things: 1) Re- 

 ject the proposed agreement and prepare 

 a new one, probably a compromise. 2) 

 Declare that no federal agreement is 

 necessary in the market. 3) Accept the 

 agreement as proposed by the Pure Milk 

 Association. 



Should the Secretary set up an agree- 

 ment it will be submitted to the dealers 

 for approval. If dealers, representing 50 

 per cent of the volume of milk handled 

 on the market, and a majority of pro- 

 ducers approve, the proposal becomes a 

 simple agreement between producers and 

 dealers who sign it. The Secretary will 

 then issue an order comtselling the deal- 

 ers who did not sign to abide by the 

 terms of the agreement. 



If the dealers reject the agreement by 

 a sufficient majority failing to si^n, the 

 agreement is then submitted to the pro- 

 ducers. If 75 per cent of the producers 

 voting approve and the agreement is 

 signed by the President, it then becomes 

 a Presidential order binding all dealers 

 to its terms. 



At any time after that, producers may 

 vote to have the order cancelled. But 

 75 per cent of the producers voting must 

 favor its cancellation. 



AUGUST, 1939 



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