The Washington times., 1911-10-01
DIR. WILEY SOON
TO Be CAR OVER
PURE FOOD LAW
McCabe and Dunlap May
Be Deposed When Taft
Gets Back.
ACTION FORCED BY
OPINION OF PUBLIC
Chief Chemist to Have Complete
Control of Acts Ad-
ministration.
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the facts in the situation were developed
from unreasonable sources.
Solicitor MCCabe has been in the NCSt
most of the time since Congress ad-
tourned, on his leave. DR.. Wiley also.
las been away from Washington most
of the time. Mr.. Dunlap has been on
the job. -,
Mr. McCabe has come home, and IT
WAS stated today that he would nave
q conference with the Secretary ton1or-
row, when the new arrangement would
be gone over and the revision or policy
made perfectly clear to him:
No pure food decision will be made,
from this time forth, TO which Or
Wiley or his adherents could possibly
object, because DR.. WHEY VIII make an
the decisions There will be no veto.
70 possible hostile majority. no revision
higher up.
This condition will continue until after
President Taft has returned and has
lad opportunity to decide his perma-
neDt policy.
Taft Holds Fate.
Whether McCabe and Dunlap shall
remain in the service will finally re-
main with him. 1t IS expected and be-
bieved that MCCabc will go, and that
Dunlap will be permitted 20 remain,
though with lew duties and no share In
executive authority over the food law
This announcement of the new food
law policy is regarded as vastly more
important than was the decision OF
President Taft in favor of Wiley
Ever since that decision. there has
been acute concern whether any prac-
teal results were to come. or Whether
Wiley was to be "vindicated." being
retained in a position of nominal
authority. but Invested of all real
powers. ~
oil no that
the law proposes to give him, and the
people who have been charged with
the effort to suppress MIN Will re re
tired from participation In the ouIles
That further and more sweeping re
forms will come later is generally pc
lieved. The proposal is being pressed.
and Secretary Wilson will not oppose
# to establish Bureau OF auDiliI
functions having to do with this I'M
portant subject, and to INCLUDE rs one
of its most important divisions. the
activities of the present Bureau OF
Chemistry.
New Bureaus Work.
This bureau would deal with the
whole food-law administration. and in
addition would handle quarantine,
sanitation. and all the related subjects
which the advocates of department
Of public health have desired should
be placed unQer CaDlneI OIlICfI'
If is very possible that Congress may
decide to establish the proposed depart
ment, represented by Cabinet member.
The Importance which the food admin
istration has suddenly assumed, has
done much to increase the realization
of the wide functions that such Cabl-
net department could exercise.
BY the time the Moss committee is
ready to report. with recommendations,
the Administration will have beaten 1t
oil 10
are expected to be made. The Remsen
board will not be permitted to exist
after the end of the present fiscal year,
for Congressional leaders in both houses
of Congress have determined that the
next agricultural appropriation bill shall
contain a restriction, in effect, that mo
part of this appropriation shall be used
to maintain any board of appeals in
chemistry
The restriction. however, Will not be
necessary because the Administration
will before that have announced that
the Remsen board is to go.