| Show I rl l TALK nl ON I 1 President Says Court Provision Seems Designed to Prevent Remedy of Evils MR REPLY S l That hy it II ll Ito lin IIII mid U 1 June U Chairman II of at the tha house bouse committee mi tin mil l tt made raude public the i respondent between Resident President RoMe and himself regarding the inPut meat Inspection In bill but prepared by b the Ihl committee The Two president In isle his II letter my thit Ihal a most every change chantI in the th howa hota wea la for the worse and In hi his Judgment Ill an n framed u as tu ii mini minimis minimis mis the theme of ot rooting out tin the Ih cilia eMIs In III I the lie IIII parkin houses house In hi hits IliA reply Mr r declares declare the president II la very sery er ery 1 wrung HOn In ii hi hIs hlA estimate of the th committee s 11 hili bill culls lallA attention in to provisions In the bill an l concludes conclude with an expression of that thaI the president should feel teel Justified in Impugning the Ih of or t committee of the house hoa e nf or three tite tI You rou have no WArrant for tor it 11 wi rv Mr Ir In closing ln The Tit correspondence between the president end and Mr la Is UK us II follows The White House Washington June Jutte 14 ii im My ly iy tear dear Mr Ir I hae hRIp Roue goti over Oer Your our bill er r carefully atil not only obtained H It report from Mr Jr ir Mi Cube as A I told yu nu I would fuld but alto ali obtained a II report from mm Mr Ir Hf noMi on it iI I 1 am ant orr fo tu My M g the Ih more mor closely I J investigate tI oj substitute au II to the I hI wort I 1 find It II Almost t change IH Is one une for tor the tb worse orse so s t that It 11 hardly seems necessary for In Into into to enumerate them Perhaps lf the amendment as III a you ou 00 have hae now no drafted it itIs Itis Is la not quite n as I bad a as It ins wh when hen n I 1 you ou submitted It to Inc me In the first nut Instance hut It Is III very ser er very nry ery l bat nJ I There een II to be one point In H whit hi h b hIt bIt hit It U is that the amendment is II even tn worse titan than the original ment It If tu its seems seem likely there Is It no provision for making plants I at all al hours houri to the Inspectors Inspector In tin 1111 any event I 1 am am sorry lOrry to 10 to say lIa bat i this strikes strike me ml as all an which no matter how hA unintentionally It is ranted framed so 10 as aa a to the ham Ihan c cof of or rooting out the evils 1111 In the packing bUll busi business ness 1151 Doubtless l It 11 suits suit the packer who object ob t to a thorough goIng Inspection much better Jetter than the tho senate Fanale amend amendment ment and I have hae no doubt that not only the packers but th their lr allies In to business bu lnell and anti those hose stock growers who are Influenced by 11 It them thim would prefer If 1 It Hut But I am sin convinces convinced It would auld In III the thelong long lent run b be a heavy blow to the honest Mock raiser and the honest packer parker to adopt these provisions rather than Ihan the far tar better ones onS contained In III Inthe Inthe the senate naIl amendment for tor as om torn tiered d with the Ihl senate amendment this proposed pro amendment which you OU tell lell me no nt Is jl that of or the till majority of oC the house houe committee would hamper In the most nuHI grossl o I Improper r fashion the secretary of or agriculture In doing lol the work oik thih you OU have appointed IIPp him to do 10 and will wilt prevent reent even elm w ro much of or this work as AI can lall be bt done at all from being well welland ell elland and thoroughly done If It the lull hill should hould wo o through In the theom form om that the majority of at our corn com committee mIllet propose lI It Il might ml ht be lie that I should sign l It as AI working u n i certain carta III alight improvement over oer the present las IA hut but if w so I should It II by b a II memorandum explicitly stating how liow grave the Ibe defects were re and nd I can cannot cannot not lIot even een to 10 sign It because the provisions about the courts pa Ill in well wella eli elia PI a all about other matters are so bud bail that thai In Ill my m in opinion If It ther hall hail been deliberately designed to 10 prevent th tb remedying of ot the evils 1111 complained of ot could Mulct not nave have ba e been lIef lI worse It to me tao that the surest WR way to keep our foreign trade and Ant In Indeed deed dM our Interstate trade likewise In a K thoroughly condi condition tion tiset and nd to prevent Us Its the it II had in is into isto to enact fN t the law In In thee the shape proposed In III the amendments submitted to me inc by you CU Sincerely yours THEODORE lion Hon lames James Jam W Chair Chairman Chairman man Committee on Agriculture re House of e WAI Committee Ommittee on Agriculture House of ot Washington ton V D I C June 11 Ii 1 iO 0 My I Dear Mr Ir I received your 00 letter latter teat bat night You ar aN are wrong ron very err very ry wrong wron In your OUI estimate of or orthe the committees bill It IK is a all as perfect perfecta a piece pl e of legislation to carry Into Inlo effect ett 1 your year Gur o own n views on this question ll M as was ever prepared by a committee of ot Congress member of oC the committee U k an u absolutely toMtIt and sincere as yourself In his hk desire to 10 me cure ure the tatU IIII of ot a rigid meat In Inspection bill bUt They Thy Know the meaning of lit th the laII To show abow you ou nu how bo unreliable the information I is upon which you yov bier your nur opinion of nf the bill I call nail your our at lit attention to 10 the tb following language In jour our letter There Thre U is no provision for tor making the nl plant plants R e ble at all hours hour to 10 the If U you will turn to page pape pa 1 t of the bIll hill copy IOP enclosed line t 2 you ou wilt will 11 find the th words ord And lId for the of It such Mich examination and In 10 inI I said Id Inspector Inspectors hall have hate ha a acen aI I cen at all aU times tt to every t rr part pert of ot Mid aId aIdI establishment U ran Ian n the th English Ian guage be br made lUck any In plainer I Turn also alao to page PIlI t line Itne U II 6 and you nu nuI will I fled this language t The seers seere tary tar of agriculture shall Mull cause esua an ex foX animation and Inspection of if all 1 rattle cattle I sheep cheep swine swi and sad goats OIl I and ancl the hI ton food j thereof therm slaughtered and anti pr rr pre prepared i pared III in the th for the Ut of in interstate II or foreign x to I t Imade he made mad during the UI night ht time a all as 11 as a during the day fine when hn the h of MM maid 14 rattle aIU sheep sut 1 III i and ADd gnats Rott or the th preparation of t said food tONt product I is conducted luring during tilt tile night time I I Therefore In at al least one on of or the j I two LIfO criticisms you cu make of the bill 1111 billi I i u must admit that yu U ae aO wrong wron i You lay 11 It 11 suits inC uio lo P who nho object t to a it i inspection I 1 told you OU on eda night when llOn I 1 submitted the lb bill to you ou that the peckers P insisted before our nur cum corn on having haTing a right InSpectIon hiti passed PI Their lilt upon It and the commIt Om 1 vil i Iii i ar me no out In lii the statement nl that 1181 they Ih placed nu no Wha r in our way a but bul nn on the CI t us ua u many ma valuable ik llona n baseil upon their knowledge of lit th their ir lr business Your our oth other other er actual of af the I amendment refs refers to tn the court Jurt ret r lew This The Th worst that can Ilin be satO nalO i f r this clause p pla Is la that It II Is II perhaps that It Jt Is la already covered by b existing law lawI lawf II III I f have hue been taught tau ht always alwIs to honor the tho Ih Judiciary of ot my country I have hae Ita been heen 10 to r respeCt the Ih rights right rl ht 01 om omits Its lu citizens cl anti anil to 10 respect the tight rights of or property cannot believe that th thin the thel theinert in l inert re rP repetition tIllon of C a provision which guarantee 8 t to the tb citizen the Ib privilege of ot an aim to the r b courts court nf ot the Ih land When ba he li h his proper property right I are aff threatened can an be JUMI or fir properly objected ed to The r rest net t of Dr your our letter with and A n general lion of or rh ri rf committees bill If It you OU or Ill our advisers er will Mill I nl out sped pec U wherein II It lly falls fails t I i n tie ae h your our nur purpose I can unsure assure It sure you yIU It will be hI prompt promptly I h r You I Y to rt hor ii Inn g In I n y a r let letI f 11 I er r And 1111 I 1 ia it to I even tee oro in s r to In sign It II th niP I e Ir sinie ai u lIt an 0 bad that Ihal In inv my m opinion o If they Ih had hili been deliberately 1 to 10 pi pl event the of if I In he Ii evIls 1111 ropta Inid i of or they Ih coUld l n nt not t Ila l lop n W I 1 regret that y Lt t I ir sit nl f tip the Ih Slit e sh h 11 fe f p I JUMI nil floJ V ty by lo it tn A In n lIt in ni 1 ale I It ii v t i f C ee tto of or the Ih house of represents t If I You have 1110 no ito warrant I for Cor it II Very Sery VU truly yours oln J J a To T Roo celt President nt of or orthe the Slates MAY t DIFFICULTY As ts a result of ot a conference at nt the White Boutte this Ihl afternoon a change has ba taken pl place e which may ole noire tin Ihl In which the house commute on un a agriculture ure found Itself after th h lied had d indicated that the sub substitute for tor the lie amendment wa wal U The participants participant In the conference beside the president lI were wert James Jam D 13 Reynolds who assisted lt l lIn in making Ibe be packing house houBe n for tor the Ihl president Solicitor de lie department of nr agriculture And an nf WIs who signed the tho majority report purt on the meat substitute After the house sub nub st thoroughly hl with Represent at he Adams Adam the Ih president Indicated Just what WhAI he hI desired written Into th Ih law Mr Ir Adorns saW nil he h would be he willing to 10 accept pt time suggestions Ul thu 1111 otili 1 work tn to that end In Its the Ihl ti tie 11 e The ne MIl toW 1011 him that he heh objected h particularly to the court re rr review rrIe review view Ie par graph After he hI said Mid that thai he was wan not nt trying for or any an particular tar lar form of words In III the lb proposed law I but he tip wax was wrier alter H is substitute that Ihal would b lit be effective and Ind adequate ll I tf I |
