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Show DIVORCING OF STOCKYARDS FROM PACKERS IS OPPOSED WASIIlXOTt N Nov. 2J Opposition Opposi-tion to any plan for divorcing the five Mjs meat packers from their stockyard properties bj court decree, ns tending I-- Interfere with enactment of controlling control-ling legislation, was expressed in a Joinl statement issued here, today hy Charifpj A. Lyman, secretary of the nn-'ional nn-'ional board of farm organizations. Florence Kelly, secretary of the National Na-tional Consumers' league and Mrs Maude Wood Park, president of the National League f Women Voters. The statement, also signed by representatives repre-sentatives of the Farmers' National co'.inoll and the Hrotherhoo-1 of Locomotive Loco-motive Engineers, declared the modified modi-fied plan for divorcement of their stockyard Interests submitted to the District of Columbia supreme court by the Armour and Swift companies would, if carried out, 'only complicate the Situation," and make more dlffl- Icull the enactment of controlling leg- islation Control of the meat packing industry must be "exercised as a I Whole," the statement said. |