Show Sugar t Chief Named Over West T Protests BEET CANE MEN VOICE OPPOSITION t E Expert pert in Agriculture re Department Department Depart Depart- ment merit to Be Mentor of f Industry ANNOUNCEMENT DUE SO SOON N J Cummings Coming to Utah I West to Hold Meetings J B Dr Dy United Press Prell W WASHINGTON ASHIN TON Oct 24 Professor 24 Professor J sugar expert the de department ailment of ot agriculture was chosen hosen today day by Se Secretary of ture turc W Wallace lace to head the new new- sugar sugar division in inthe the agricultural adjustment the United Press was was informed on reliable authority Bernhardt's choice was made over the be almost unanimous opposition of domestic beet and cane sugar ers rs and western congressmen They had demanded that a practical sugar sugarman sugarman sugarman man from within the ranks of the sugar ugar industry itself be named chief chieff of f the new division Bernhardt's appointment was exec ex cx- peeled ec ted to be he announced formally tomorrow to to- morrow lorrow it was said at atthe the agriculture department Storm of Protest News of the choice raised storm of of- f protest am arnd sugar among hg g sugar lives ives here particularly representatives represents represents- tives lives of western and mid w west west- st st. ern erm rn congressmen They Ther were not oot Informed in in- formed ormed by Wallace of his choice Th They y were informed by Wallace however at t a conference c called ll d' d dat at 1 his iS- iS office that lat their demand that a representative tive Ve from within the sugar industry I should hould head the sugar division would I granted I The sugar men and western con con- gressmen had proposed Charles M. M Kearney learney of Morrill Neb representative Ive Uve of the National Beet t Growers' Growers as- as as head of the division At a meeting held at Wallace's Wallaces office Friday night attended b. b by Congressmen Congress Congress- men Cummings of Colorado Murdock of f Utah Montet Louisiana and representatives rep rep- I of ot both beet a and d and cane rowers Wallace asked for an expresion expression sion ion of opinion on retention of Bernhardi Bernhardt Bern- Bern hardt hardi in the proposed sugar division The vote vole vas was unanimously no uno This was by the offic official al minutes I f that meeting Leaving Leaving- for tor West Vest Congressman Cummings announced today oday be he was leaving immediately for fora fori foria a tour of the western states to conduct conducta I Ia a serieS of public meetings there at which he hopes to enlist popular support support sup sup- port ort for the proposed sugar stabilization lI tion on n agreement which Wallace recently re re- rejected I 1 am leaving tonight for Colorado II and nd will hold four meetings there Then laen I will move on to Utah Calif Califor- Califor ornia or- or I nia ia Idaho Wyoming and Montana Montan where we will hold other meetings W Ve We hope hop to arouse a 3 public opinion which will help us save this sugar industry industry in- in Cummings told the United Press |