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Show Rep. King Points to Cranberry Scare Rep. David S. King of Utah Wednesday said he hoped the congressmen who eat Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing cranberries "will see a little red when they eat them." "I hope they run no risks in eating them, but I do hope they are disturbed enough over the cranberry contamination scare to give early consideration to legislation leg-islation dealing with the general problem of food contamination." He believes the cranberry scare might prompt early consideration, con-sideration, specifically on a bill he introduced in the closing days of the recent session. The bill would establish a nine man commission of scientists to study additive and contaminant in food products and water supplies. sup-plies. In letters to two colleagues, Rep. Oren Harris of Arkansas and Rep. Kenneth Roberts of Alabama, Mr. King urged early hearings on this legislation. "This whole scare and the resultant re-sultant economic repercussions might have been avoided by the work of such a commission," Mr. King told the House leaders. Mr. Harris heads the committee commit-tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to which the bill was referred. Mr. Roberts is chairman chair-man of the subcommittee on Health and Safety, in which the hearings on the bill would start. |
