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Show WOULD PUT LIMIT ON COLD STORAGE Representative McKellar of Tennessee Makes Speech in Favor of His Drastic BllL WASHINGTON, Dec. & Voracious vultures vul-tures of the market places, and "plun-derbund "plun-derbund of food sharks." were characterizations character-izations applied to cold storage speculators specula-tors who comer perishable foodstuffs to boost prices by Representative McKellar of Tennessee when he spoke today, championing cham-pioning his bill for federal regulation of the cold storage business. Saylnc this proposed legislation was not designed to Injure the cold storage business busi-ness as such, Mr. McKellar declared. "The drastic features of the bill are only aimed at the corrupt and dishonest, at the gamblers and speculators, at the voracious vultures who stand around In the market places and reap where they have not sown and fatten on other people's peo-ple's food. I don't bellevo any member of this great house will stand up for any such plunderbund of food sharks." The McKellar bill, which would proscribe pro-scribe both prison terms and heavy fines for violation of Its terms, would make It Illegal to ship adulterated nnd mlBbrand-ed mlBbrand-ed food products In interstate commerce and would limit the periods food products may be hold in storage. |