The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-10-05
WILEY In CONTROL
EXPERTS ENEMIES TAKEN OFF
GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Alleged Defender of Adulterants,
Given Vacation Until Taft Returns.
In sudden succession of orders
at Washington an initial move in the
expected reorganization of the de-
partment of agriculture, George P.
McCabe, department solicitor, Mon
day was retired from the pure food
and drug board. F. L. Dunlap, as
sociated chemist, closely identified
with McCabe, was allowed leave Of
absence until the presidents return
and Harvey w. Wiley, chief chem
ist, left apparently in supreme COM
mand of the board. DR.. R. E. Doo-
little, of New York, was temporar-
lily appointed to the board to sue
ceed Mr.. McCabe.
These changes were announced on
Monday by James Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, following confer
ence with DR.. Wiley, who has been
on a long vacation. They were deem
ell inevitable in view of personal an
Itagonism aired before congression-
al committee the past summer and
DR.. W1ley's exoneration by President
Taft, after Attorney General Wicker
sham, whose views were aligned
with those of Secretary Wilson and
Solicitor McCabe, had recommended
DR.. Wiley's removal from office be-
cause of teachnical irregularity in
appointive methods, the responsible
ity for which he denied.
The pure food and drug board is
the agency which passes upon many
important c.ses arising under the
enforcement of the pure food law.
Dr.. Wiley, on the one hand, and So
licitor McCabe and DR.. Dunlap on
the other, were the members Of the
board. DR.. Wiley declared that he
was usually outvoted and made q
number of sensational statements in
the investigation of the controver-
sy. Smarting under the frequent
overrulings of his views wherin he
held food products deleterious to
health, he told a congressional COM
mittee that he regarded his asso-
ciate, DR.. Dunlap, as his superior Of
| fcer.
Secretary Wilson's brief announce
ment of the change stated that So
licitor McCa,be voluntarily resigned
and that his resignation had been
accepted.
DR.. Dunlap was acting chairman
of the board when DR.. Wiley was alb.
sent from Washington. Whether DR.
Dunlap will return to his duties on
the board was not stated His tenn
porary withdrawal was attributed Of
| ficially to the fact that he is to take
| the customary four weeks vacation
but Secretary Wilson stated that DR.
Dunlap would not return until af.
ter President Taft had returned tI
| Washington.
- place of Solicitor McCabe, tc
Sc e with DR.. Wiley on the board
Secretary Wilson appointed DR.. Doc,
little, long a member of the bureau
OF chemistry force and now head OF
that bureau substation in New York
DR.. Wiley and Mr.. Doolittle will con-
stitute the majority of the board fol-
the immediate future, the latter's
appointment being necessary to give
the boards action legal effect.
The reasons for Solicitor McCabe's
resignation were not announced
Secretary Wilson stated that Mr.
McCabe's duties as solicitor remain
unchanged, and under the general
provisions of the law, he will con.
tinue to exercise an important con.
troll over the enforcement of the pure
food law.
There will be no permanent
changes in the department method
of enforcing the pure food law un'
til President Taft has had an oppor.
tunity to take the matter up in Wash
ington," said Secretary Wilson. "The
appointment of DR.. Doolittle will
simply continue the board operations
as at present, up to the time wher
President Taft returns"