Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-13
Committee on Personnel of
the Department of Agricul'
ture Recommends That H
Be Permitted to Resign.
EMPLOYED A CHEMIST
AT TOO BIG A SALARY
This Is Charge on Which H
Is Attacked, but He Says He
Is Not Worried Over Out
come; Will Leave It to Taft
Dy Evening Herald \. n. Lss.ed Wire,

tDy EVENING Herald \. a. Leased WIreb
Washington. July 10 Dr Harvey
" Wiley. pur, food expert and rhi,t
nf thv bureau of chemistry coy the de
partmcut 90 agriculture, and one of
tlo most VtG,N known officials in the
government service. has been CON
domuod hy thv committee ON person
mel ut th, department OF ugriOultuto
with e recommendation 90 President
TAFT that o., "bc permitted Co resign
AttoruD, Gcurral Wickorsham, iu
AN opinion uu tho case Submitted the
president recommends approval OF
the committees action
II is charged against Dr wiley that
Ihc permitted an Arrangement tn Dee
made With bt n u Rusby, a re.u--
nizod pharmaoosnOsist ot Columbia
university New York. for compcnsa-
iou ln excess of that allowed bS law.
d % is claimed that the arrangement
Was to put br Rusby ON the pay roil
at IA, department az $1,000 yrat
as an rmployc ot the bureau of ch"u-
istr,. an agreement being made Ni,h
him that ne SHOULD ne cnlled upuH e..
perform only such service Hs this gal-
lars would compensate for at the fat"
Cf eco q day for laboratory iuycstig1.
uuu- uuI $50 per day for attcndau,c
boz court
Ntturup, General Wltk.rsham hsll
,hIt tlr ltN permitted the paNr.ru'
lot .uIl NlI dsA rh, cumm,.' .n
urd tho 1torno, general also rsepu-
mud THAT pr Rusby bc prrm.tt. Zee
.r,lgl chat Dr L. g. Krnlor gh.al %.
tn. division of drugs u the depart
m.r, of agriculture hc reduced, and
chat pr " n BisoluV assistant
.hl,. u tu. bureau ui chemistry. also
by uyHu au opportuuity 60 resign.
President Taft, 10 was learned la'rr
tuda.. has forwarded an of tho ua .I,rs
,n IA, case Co pr Wlr, ard 1911
tax. un actuu until Do, receives 90 u,..
souaI statement from him
Il .s SHOWN that tN, president ha
the highest regard for the pure food
.DNp,rt and fbr his administration "t
th, bureau ul chemistry In Wii.N
has ny,u attacked almost constant.
sine, tn, pure food law went into ci.
'..I lt ns. been elaImcd by the lu-
forests affected that Dr wiley" rul-
u4- have been uuduN harsh and ur
.u-t nr Wiley has regarded nr Eua-
hN ts one pf his most Naluahl. ASST
ANTS boo thp task uf enforcing ON. uur,
tuod and drug act
pr Rushy received aII tHu papers mo
tu, ,p.. several days ago and ueH.
nI- rruI. uuuU. 900 Sew York. IN.
ueht hg, u mad uui reached W1 h
mgtpu ,ars TODAY iu tb# r.r.
however .. e quoted aa saving nr
d.d NOT .rea nor lrsIro Jr, work. iu th.
department OF aarI..ltur. flr charges
that tHer. Was DO uu.-sidcd presrutt
u.u o. ,". .lsp tu tbc otturnc, g,u.
,rI Goo ..l.Utut. ru. ld-is of upiuIuU.
ur Eu-He HIJ cha hr had uo uetu.
.u| kuoNIu4 thsf tho arrangement
mutp NItn uIm Was irregular Iu uu.
tu. ~. .ad De- seemed 90 u, ry.
gurU.I H. tu, department as .u".
script ud resented the idyu tlu. H.
..uIN .. dismissed iu disgrace 'r ...
'usrtuf.. doine work NnI.h uf...r..
n. HiH rrsular ,uuIuEm,y.
Nr WILEY has not rysirr.U Ju. .
a. there has breu un request tu. #.
resignation u is believed thH N...
ru, publication uf tb. t.."n.I
"hargcs AGAINST Uiw thrrg nN Do.
-rcat wave uI protest ugJu.' M .I..
posed di-nissHl
President TAFT heur. acting uu t..
lease. 70 is said NiU graut % Hra"us o..
lam involved aud NN p, nd,d nH
,bg his own ul-Wcnt
90 would not adt.-. tHfun, tu ".|
, around m, ulu.. FOO .r. w, uH' uu'
Hs thyrr o. uo trH.us r"n IONS tru
NN nr" said Dr Wil,' today Whom
.a-k,u fut o. statement
"Io book frightened Hoou. tUr
natter an know D. that .ruN H.
.tr, .harRoa Nas served uu u. about
Go Nprt ago. aud Z viii Wukv rrplN Geo
president Iuul thr latter -.,- Nl
.tu utk. tny statement uuuli. & ua .r
uYt.iu. further tU sl.. Iu fN. matter ''