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Show WILEY TELLS -HOW HE WAS TURNED DOWN aamanamaMmaamBaBBBaaaBamal ' McCabe and Dmnlap Combination Combi-nation Almost Invariably Invari-ably Against Him. WASHINOTON, Ang.-laDr. Harvey Har-vey W. Wiley, bead of tke govern meet ekemietry bareaa aad eaatral figure ia tbe agricaltaral department pare food eoatrovaray, before tbe booea inveeti-gatiag inveeti-gatiag aocnmittoa today; branded aa falee a atateaaeat af the paroennel board, wbicb roeommeaded Mai tor die-miaaaj. die-miaaaj. Be told how Dr. F.'L. Daalap, aaao-eiate aaao-eiate chief of bia bareaa, aad Solicitor MeCaba of tke department repeatedly voted kirn dowa ia tke food and drag impaction board, of wkiek -Wiley waa a member. - - Charged with haviag made aa illegal contract for the expert eervieae of Dr. H. H. Bui by of Now York, 1T. Wiley toatided before tbe committee today. Wiley ' BdmcaMoa and Training. He told of kia educational training for tke pare food line aad described kia nativity la advocating pare food tegie-latioa tegie-latioa aad of eppoaiUoa te food maau-faclarera. maau-faclarera. - . "I took a very active.' part la all atepe leadiag ap to tka pare food law," Dr. Wiley eaid. replying te Ckairmaa Moaa. "I begaa ia.lasl an attempt at a eeleatlae laveatigatioa of tke adul-teratioa adul-teratioa of fooda aad took aa active part ia all effort! to eeeare each law." He explained that tke pare food law aatkoriaed' kia bureaa te investigate all fooda to determine whether they wore "Do yea then - certify your madiag to the aecretary of agricultural '' Baked Bepreeentaiive FloyeTof Arkaaaaa. - . "W aaod to." ' " What ess tbo next ahaage) ia the admlniatratioa of the law" "The appointment of tha food' aad drug iaepeetioa board. At drat the hearings were held be or the bareaa of ckomlctryi tkea they were transferred trans-ferred to tkia board." "I Dr. Ihinlap a eheeniat!"- "Yea." . , "I Sollaitor McOabe a.ehomiatt" S "Not that I know af." kcOab Vote Socltlea. "Suppose yoa take oao poeitiea a a chemist aad Dr. eualep kaothart doea Mr. McCabe'a vote decide tk quee-tioat" quee-tioat" ...(. . J'ltdid." - 'What attitude bee the board, of laid mui 'drag Inopcctio takea toward the bureaa of abemiatry I" . .., , " The view of the ebemlatry bareaa aa to wknt waa adulurated or mie-braadad mie-braadad ware overruled la about ' two-third two-third of the cases. Somtimce t voted to overrule the bureau, but usually 1 was evarruled agaiaat my veto. ' ' ."Whoa -yoa aad Dr. Danlap disagreed, dis-agreed, how many time war yoa caa-taiaed caa-taiaed by Mr. McCabel" c ' Never, aa I remember, except la my deciaioa that rye whisky meat ba made from rye. On bat matter McCabe sided with mc" "How maay of th case bavm beam passed oa by the board" , "From fiftoea buadred to two thon-aaad. thon-aaad. Oa about oao aaadred eases where Dr. Dualap agreed with me, on the first ' vote and tuo aolicitor disagreed dis-agreed witk both of aa,- Or. Daalap changed hia vote ia every eaae te agree with the aolicitor." Lad to Waata af Mooey. Dr. Wiley , declared the reeult of these everm lings waa to "aquaader. aad wast" all tk asoaey spent ia pro- Kratioa of the ease by the ekemietry rcau. . . "About 9000 caeca," he eaid, "have been prepared by the bareaa at a sum averaging about gkOO each, iacladiag the gathering of samples. " Dr. Wiley told of a meeting ef that board of whleh he waa aot aotifiod, but at which McCabe aad Daalap took important aetioa. He eaid he fouad It useless ta appeal to tha secretary at agriculture, and under the . eireojn-ataaee eireojn-ataaee he considered Dr. Daalap hi superior of floor. He declared tbo charge regardlag the Busby contract were baaal oa a letter from Baaby never actually sent to- him aad aa important part of which ana never uwa aanuv pnoiie oy sne per-soaasl per-soaasl board. He said ho did aot know what charges had beea suds agaiaat him whea he waa ealled before the department de-partment ' person ae! board of . whose report his first Intimation waa the "ia-vitation "ia-vitation to resign." "Did yoa eater late aay contract with Dr. Babv whereby ho wa to work a eartaia aumber of days!" asked Representative Floyd. "I did aot." "DM row get tbo report after K had been sent to the president?" "Tee, snd sfter II had son to the attorney at-torney general. I won't expreee est opinion opin-ion aa to the attorney fewer!.". When the Ituebr aereement letter whleh the personnel hoard declared bed "never been controverted." wae produced. Dr' Wiley eaid: - "The letter waa never sent to 'me." 1 "How do you explain the statement of the personnel board?" "The! statement la fatso." ' ' Dr. Wiley showed aa official letter from Dr. .'HuBby to-aecretary Wlleon, enowlng that the letter on which tha personal board based Ita eharawe. hod actually never been sent -to Dr. Wiley. "Further than that." aald Dr. Wiley. "M la clear that the most Important part of the uneent letter which states that Use entire Itueby aaieement waa ubect to 1 th approve! of the secretary ef sericulture sericul-ture waa not made putNic" "Teu bad nothing to do wHh soaking the asreemont with Dr. stusbyT" aaked Mr. rtoyd "No. dr. I never ieosld any Cores, spondenee nor took part la the arrance-mmt arrance-mmt I aeked Dr. Blfetow to And out the emalleet salary (or which Dr. Roe by |