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Show Mountain Valley Bafoy Takes Standi 'On Ked Mot Caldeir Issue Calder Deal To Be Closed Dec. 16; Directors Advise THE controversial issue arising aris-ing from the Mountain Valley Dairy Products company contract con-tract to purchase the Uintah Basin Ba-sin assets of Calder Brothers headed toward a solution Tuesday, Tues-day, after two weeks of "haggling" "hag-gling" between the Hi-Land Dairy affiliate and a group of local milk producers. End of the controversy appeared likely when the Mountain Valley company, com-pany, through its vice-president, Ed Sorensen, made it plain that it intended to go through with its commitments to Calder Brothers Broth-ers on December 16. In a letter addressed to Ray E. Dillman, Roosevelt, dated December 8, Mr. Sorensen said: "The entire Board of Directors of Mountain Valley Dairy Products Pro-ducts Company was called into a special meeting today for the purpose of considering the proposal pro-posal which was made by you and a group of milk producers in the Uintah Basin last Saturday night to our president, Mr. Bruce Fitzgerald. At that meeting it was apparent that there was still some disposition on the part of local people to take over the Calder operations, not withstanding withstand-ing the fact that our organization organiza-tion had been committeed by a binding contract two weeks before be-fore to purchase the assets of Calder Brothers Company. f "Mr. Fitzgerald has reported to us that your group requested another" opportunity- to" gather together sufficient funds and support to take the Calder deal from us and handle it yourselves. Mr. Fitzgerald told us that he committeed himself to the proposal pro-posal provided that the milk producers in the Uintah Basin could be united on this project, it being his position that the Mountain Valley Dairy Products Company and Hi-Land Dairy man s Association did not wish to force their way into this additional ad-ditional business if the local interests in-terests in the Basin did not wish us there. . . "We have given your people two days time since they made the proposal In order to come to us in a united fashion and show that they are in a position to take over their program with the Calder assets. At this time we have discovered the total lack of unanimity between the producers pro-ducers and business interest in the Uintah Basin on this project. pro-ject. We have caused a survey to be made with respect to your proposal and our position on this matter. "It has come to us in convincing convin-cing fashion that your producers are not at all united on any plan to lake over the Calder facilities. On the contrary, a large number of milk producers and business interests in the area have privately pri-vately come to us and expressed the hope that we would not withdraw with-draw from the enterprise ... A prolonging of negotiations would be fatal to the Calder business and to the best interests of all concerned in building a strong dairy community in the Uintah Basin, A decision cannot be long- ' er delayed with respect to this important matter. "For these reasons the Board of Directors of the Mountain Valley-Dairy Products Company has met and has carefully considered con-sidered the proposal submitted to our president Saturday night. In light of subsequent developments develop-ments and in light of all the facts, and factors in the transaction, we are of the united opinion that we must go forward under the commitment made to Calder Brothers Company some three weeks ago to purchase the assets as-sets of Calder Brothers Company. Com-pany. "Our group of producers has worked for years in order to develop a high-grade market in the metropolitan area of Salt Lake. We are short of milk, and good business requires that we forthwith complete our negotiations negotia-tions and our transactions with Calder Brothers Company, looking look-ing to the increase of Grade "A" -milk from the Uintah Basin to the Salt Lake market. "We are convinced that the best interests of the Uintah Basin Ba-sin milk producers will be served by cooperating with us in this tremendous undertaking. Our directors and management are determined to use all of their facilities and sincereity in marketing mar-keting in the most efficient manner man-ner the milk and dairy products produced in the Uintah Basin. "REALIZING that this matter cannot longer be left in suspense and in uncertainty, the Board of Directors has authorized the Secretary and Treasurer to write this letter and to instruct you and the producers and business interests in the area that Mountain Moun-tain Valley Dairy Products Company will go forward under its contract forthwith. "It is our plan to enter into possession of the properties on December 16, 1947, and to proceed pro-ceed from there to bring into operation the Roosevelt plant as quickly as time will permit. We feel that this is the only way the best interests of the milk producers pro-ducers and business interests involved in-volved can be protected. "We trust that you and your milk producers and business interests in-terests in the Uintah Basin will appreciate the position we find ourselves to be in and will cooperate co-operate with us to the maximum in increasing the return to the milk producers in the Uintah Basin. By this process of cooperation cooper-ation it cannot help but result in enormous benefits to the milk producers in the Uintah Basin together with the entire business community." Very truly yours, MOUNTAIN VALLEY DAIRY PRODUCTS By: Ed Sorensen, Vice President |