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Show I'ILSOII TAKES ISSUE VITII DOCTORM Criticises Chief Chemist for Not Telling Some Things He Knew. V' " SAYS WILEY TALKED ! 1 ; THROUGH HIS HATJ .. ,v vv .-. ".. Describes "' Origin and De-fends De-fends Creation of the Remsen Hoard. - WASHIK-rTOIf,- Amg.-r tt fisere tary of Agricnltore WUaon, teatifylng today before the hooae . UToatlgaUng coanmlttee, aevoreiy erltlciaed Dr. H. W. Wfley of the bitreaa of ebetuUUy for hU mbpm in regard to . the ure food tmd drag work and told ta A more or Vsaa garteral- way of ' the) -"famUr Ironblea" which ltd to the ran onion datlon for Dr. Wiley dlamiaaal - -. . Secretary WUaon declared that Wiley ia hia testimony before the committee bad: withheld matter ia regard to the eon tro very oyer aulphur dioxide in fruit. He complained that Dr. Wiley did not come to him to dtetroae subjects about which be had. talked freely to the investigating committee and promised prom-ised to have little chat with tba chief of tbe bureau of chemistry whan be returned re-turned from a week 'a vacation , Beeretary Wilson shifted all respoa-aibility respoa-aibility for tbe employment of Dr. H. T. Rnsby to Dr. Wiley. . Beeretary Wilaon aaid Dr. Wiley wag without question tbe head of the bureau. bu-reau. Asked about hi object la creating creat-ing a pure, food and drag Inspection board, the secretary said he felt mere power attacked to a board deeleioa than to oae-maa decision. . . . Why Ha Wanted Board,. '. "There are people who emtieiee wie," aaid the secretary. ' Even- tbe president presi-dent of tbe Cnited States tg aometlmea criticised, and if I remember correctly, there were , tboae whe. aeeuted aa the Saviour paeeod by, Crueify Urn, era-eify era-eify him.' Be I wanted a board.'' ' 'The withea was asked why he ' ap-peiated ap-peiated a mixed beards .eoaaietinv f twg ehemUte, iM.-M new aod -Dr. lun-lap, lun-lap, bad a lawyer. Soiwitor McCabe. ?It may e that it wee not, ieei" ery -to havd lawyer on the board be-, cause of proeeeationg which, maat- be paeeod en," aaid the - secretary, , "It may be that a farmer like mo. or -yea, Mr; Cbarrmaa.-eould take. a.aee Into Sonrt, bat, I dou ' believe, wo would o very well with it.". "Hat it worked on Vety weHt" '-. "I .think. you geatlemea have gone far enough to' ascertain -that the family fam-ily baa not been aa happy as It' might have. been' . i . , The secretary was asked about hia J brae in e -letter - touching -the la-iana la-iana litigation over bonaoate of aeda, in which he referred U Solicitor htc-Cabe htc-Cabe aad ,0r. Dnnlap as "our people on tbe board.", . . Friction on Board.' - - - - ' "Von are" pretty 'well" aware that there was friction oa the board," replied re-plied the secretary. "Ft would have been aa insult to. Dr. Wiley to ooaeaU him ia regard to tbe benaoate of eoda. '' "Why I" naked Eepreeeatatrve Floyd of Arkansas, r "Because be despised "it aad everything every-thing in regard ta It. He felt , that bia work waa reflected oa when we appoiated tbe referee board to reconsider recon-sider the benaoate of eoda queetioa, but it waa not." a The secretary declared that he himself, him-self, aad not'Bolicitor McCabe, iiaa .ye-spoasible .ye-spoasible for iaereaaing the powers of the solicitor. . He denied' tbat in so doing be waa getting back 'to the criticised crit-icised eno-maa- power. f- ----- -. -. Held Something Back. - ,. . Secretary Wilaon charged Dr. Wiley . fContinued on page H.) WILSON TAKES ISSUE ; (Continned from pa4fe 1.) with bavins; kept facte from tn committee com-mittee in ' testifyins; abont tha nee of sulphur dioxide in frnits. Tha seen- tsry waa asked abont tha action of -tbe government. ' "Is that th case where Dr. Wiley said he wrote ma a protest against tha action of ths para food and drug board and got no answer f" naked Secretary Wilson. - "Yes, lir." "Well, here is tha letter." Secretary Wilson read. H had told Or. Wiley he would be glad to talk tha matter over with th board, of which Dr. Wiley waa chairman, when Dr. Wiley called th board together. " I never cot an invitation to meet the board." That opened np Secretary Wilson's criticism of Dr. Wiley. "There is another matter in . connection con-nection with th question thst Dr. Wiley knew about when be testified before be-fore yon and should have told you," aaid Secretary Wilson. "Ha knew this that w had entered into sn agreement agree-ment with the French nation to sus- fend th law until th reference board ad passed on th subject and Dr. Wiley was present nt tbe conference with th French, embassador and acquiesced ac-quiesced in the matter. He should have told you that." Dunlap sad Wiley Matter. Secretary Wilson, referring to Dr. Wiley's testimony that he eonsidsred Associate Chemist Dunlap hia euperior officer, said: "Dr. Wiley was speaking through hia hat." . , Secretary Wilson aaid the Remsea referee board had its origin from conditions con-ditions in Californin. He described th uprising of th Cslifornisns ngainst th order of th bureau limiting the us of sulphuirn fruits and told of hia nromis to further fur-ther investigntioa. When queationed about who chose th members of th Rem sen hoard, secretarr Wilson said: "President Rooeevelt corresponded with th great universities and when he found ths men wanted, I appointed them." H said h had no reason to regret th creation of th beard. He defended de-fended its legslitv by citing atatuto and srscutivs orders and their into' pretatiea by th aitomer general. |