THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESD


YELLOW ON THE WAY:
Housewives Quit Mixing OleoSept._23

Tay The Associated Pre,,!
For the first time in 50 years,
colored cleomargarine will appear
in Michigan stores and restaurants
on Sept. 23, if a new law is not
blocked Ily the American Dairyf
Association.
The law, which amends the 1899 1
act forbidding the sale of all but
uncolored oleo, was initiated last
year by petition and recently ap-
proved by the Legislature.
HOWEVER, the dairy associa-
tion is busily circulating petitions
in an effort to obtain the 105,656
signatures necessary to suspend
operation of the law until it is put
to a vote by the people at the
November, 1950. elections.
Charles Stone, Michigan see-
retary of the association, says he
already has about 75,000 signa-
tures.
Although he is confident that
there will be enough signatures by
the Aug. 23 filing deadline, it was
rumored that the dairy people were
having trouble getting more peti-
tioners. And there were those who
Coast Guard
Has Openings
The U.S. Coast Guard is offer-
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students who may desire a career
in the Coast Guard as commis-
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Positions are open for Civil.
Marine and Electrical Engineer-
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tecture. The Coast Guard also
wants to obtain officers for gen-
eral duty for which no specialized
training is necessary.
Interested persons may obtain
further information from the
Placement Bureau or by writing
to the Commandant, U.S. Coast
Guard (PTP); Washington 25,
D.C.

were willing to bet that the asso-
ciation would not make it.
* * *
THE LAW permitting the sale
of colored oleo was one of the
few made by the people themselves.
If the rural dominated Legislature
which has always resisted easing
the sale of margarine, had not ap-
proved the proposal, it would have
been voted upon in last spring's
election.k
Taking a parting shot at col-
ored oleo, the Legislature passed
another new law which will also
take effect on Sept. 23.
Under this law, colored margar-
ine if served in restaurants, must
be served in triangular pieces, The
restaurant must also state in large
signs and on menus that it is
serving margarine.
IN ADDITION, colored oleo may
not be sold in stores unless it is
clearly identified on the package.
The package must also bear,
in reasonably prominent type,
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the name and address of the
manufacturer, a list of all ir
gredients and identification o
the oil or fat used by the nar
of the animal or plant froi
which it is derived. The origi
of the coloring matter and t'
kind of preservative must al&
appear.
It will be illegal to use su
words as "butter," "milk" (unli
there is milk in the finished pr
duct), "fresh" or any other wo
associated with advertising da
products on an oleo package
advertisement.
Penalties for violation of I
new law were set at $50 to $1(
fine and costs or from six moni
to three years in jail or both.
Abbot Away
Prof. Waldo Abbot, director
WUOM, will leave today to atte
a two-week seminar on educatio
al radio at the University of I
nois.

SHORT-STAFFED-Some peculiar photographs are in store for
the readers of The Daily unless the present staff of photographers
is augmented by additional talent. Ann Frey, above, and her baby
fox squirrels, who are thriving on bottle feeding, have been
assigned to all beats for the summer session, until additional help
is found.
$1,000 OFFERED:
Report Spurs Investigation of
Government Contract 'Bribe'

SALE-Closing for Summer
FINE ORIENTAL RUGS
30, 35 to 45% discount
SAVE THE DIFFERENCE and decorate your place with these hand
woven, colorful, charming pieces made of Virgin Wool.

Reg.
Shiraz 5.2 x 3.7 .. . ........... $ 75.00
Fine Hamadan 5.2 x 3.5....... ..85.00
Heriz 8 x 11.2 ........ ...... 350.00
Heriz 7.9 x 11 .5 .............. 335.00
Backtiary 4 x 6.10.............125.00
SIMILAR REDUCTIONS ON ALL PIECES
LARGE ASSORTMENT

Now
$ 45.00
52.00
245.00
230.00
85.00

WASHINGTON.-(A)- A three-
pronged investigation was ordered
yesterday after a report that a
wartime Lieutenant Colonel got
a $1,000 fee as a down payment on
work he said he would do helping
a client land a government con-
tract,
The report was in yesterday's
issue of the New York Herald Trib-
une.
* * *
JACK STEELE, in a copyrighted
story, said that James V. Hunt, a
so-called management counselor
here, had accepted a $1,000 fee
from Paul Grindle, president of a
Framington, Mass., furniture fac-
tory.
Grindle was quoted as saying
that Hunt, who was an official
in the War Assets Administra-
tion after he left the Army, had
implied he had considerable in-
fluence around Washington.
According to Grindle, Hunt toss-
ed off the names of several promi-
nent Washingtonians.
AMONG those mentioned, Grin-
dle said, were Maj.-Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan, Military Aide to Presi-
dent Truman, Secretary of Defense
Johnson, and Jess Larson, former
War Assets Administrator who re-
cently was named Federal Works
Administrator.
Grindle said he gave Hunt
$1,000, and agreed to supply an
additional $500 a month for ex-
pense money-plus 5 per cent of
the gross amount of any con-
tract he received.
But, the story said, Grindle kept
a record of all conversations, and
turned these records over to the
Herald Tribune.
AS A RESULT, investigations
were ordered by:
Secretary of Defense Johnson.
He said he wanted to see whether
anyone has received "percentage"
contracts with the national mili-
tary establishment.
Admiral Paul Mather, who
succeeded Larson as head of the

War Assets Afdministration. He
said the story would be investi-
gated thoroughly.
And Chairman Hoey (D.-N.C.)
of the Senate Investigation Com-
mittee.
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IN. L. MANGOUNI
334 South Fourth Ave. Phone 6878


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