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the lines of Circular 114 of the Department of Agriculture, with reference to 

 milk supplied to employees in this department during luncheon hour. In reply 

 thereto I beg to inform you that as the quantity of milk taken by the employees 

 of this department amounts to almost nothing, no action in this respect is con- 

 templated. 



Respectfully, O. J. FIELD, Chief Clerk. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



Washington, December 8, 1910. 



DEAR MR. WILLIGE : In reply to your communication of November 28, with 

 reference to establishing a restrictive standard for the milk supplied to em- 

 ployees at the lunch hour, there has been no order issued by the Institution or 

 its branches in this connection. 



Very truly, yours, C. D. WALCOTT, 



Secretary. 

 Mr. J. Louis WILLIGE, 



Chairman Special Committee, 



The Washington Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 



OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER, 



Washington, December 1, 1910. 



SIR: This will acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 28th 

 instant, making inquiry as to the rules governing the sale of milk to employees 

 in the Government Printing Office. 



In reply, I have the honor to advise that dealers to whom permits are issued 

 by the Public Printer authorizing them to sell milk in the Government Printing 

 Office are first required to furnish satisfactory evidence that they have been 

 authorized by the health department of the District of Columbia to sell milk. 

 Any deviation from this practice has not up to this time been contemplated. 

 Respectfully, 



SAML. B. DONNELLY, 



Public Printer. 

 J. Louis WILLIGE, Esq., 



Washington Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 



BUILDING AND GROUNDS, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 



OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, 



Washington, D. C., January 4, 1911. 



Mr. J. Louis WILLIGE, 



Washington Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 



MY DEAR SIR : Your letter of November 28. 1910, addressed to the Librarian 

 of Congress, on behalf of a special committee of the Washington Chamber of 

 Commerce, on the subject of milk supplied to the Library of Congress em- 

 ployees, was referred to me as the officer in charge of the Library Building. 



It is my duty to explain that the delay in my reply has been due somewhat 

 to the unusual nature of. the question and uncertainty as to the scope and 

 application of Circular No. 114 of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the 

 Department of Agriculture to which it refers. 



Now that I have been able to read it rather carefully, I am prepared to state 

 that I feel quite sure that should the Government departments issue an order 

 regulating the quality of the supply of milk furnished to the lunch rooms and 

 employees in their several buildings the Library of Congress would do likewise., 

 and, furthermore, that should the Department of Agriculture issue such an 

 order the Library of Congress would follow it as far as practicable. 

 Yours, very truly, 



BERNARD R. GREEN, Superintendent. 

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