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Show I ASK FACTS Oil I REMSEN BOARD H WASHINGTON, Jnly 20. In, con- H nectlon -with charges against Dr. Har- M vey W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry HH bureau, tho house committee on ngrl H culture departmont expenditures, to- H day called on the secretary of agrl- B culture for complcto Information re- H gnrding the cost and the work of tho ! B Hcmsen board of oxperts on pure food I B matters. B The committee decided that the H board's work was an Integral part of ' H the Wiley case, which it will investl H gate in connection with the recent H recommendations It has made, and , H what has been done with thoso rec- i B ornmendations. M The Remsen board waa appointed by j 1 President Roosevelt especially to de- B c'de & famous benzoate of soda case, I H Dr. Wiley hold that it wan Injurious J j to health and that its use in food j H preparation and preservation should H not be allowed. The Remsen board 1 held that, when used In certain small H quantities, benzoato of soda could ' M not bo considered harmful. |