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Wenatchee, Washington. February 10, 1942 Following several press reports here in local papers very bitter ly condemning the Food & Brug Adiainistrution for seizures of apples in Georgia, a meeting m e held in Wenatchee by Governor langlie and representatives of various organisations and a Stats -Spray iecldue Committee was formed I was asked to represent the Co&xsiaaion on tnis cccsntttse. I .'is OTcli.7fi.inf you a copy of a letter widen has gone- to the governor in this connection I personally feel, of course, that the work that has been done by hr. auth, haul Stark, and others during the p&st three years has gone-wall beyond the requests stated, in this letter. 1 an, however, concurring in the natter as .1tesi hopeful that it nay result in a unified, program out here that -will stop the publicity which I feel has been damaging at all times. I thought this would be interesting to you and am atiro that such a program will be particularly interesting to growers in Ohio, Illinois and other states where they are having difficulty in securing machinery to cleanse the apples to the I we*eat adainistrative tolerance. l Personally, I fee1 that the hearing is probably going to be post poned until after the present emergency} and I feel also that our work with certain officials of th Federal becurity Agency and the Food and Drug Administration has had the effect of making them more tolerant in their enforcement, and that this will be liberalised considerably more on next year's crop and those following. Would appreciate any views you might have. C. .&* CHAb Secrotajry-fcianager KA5HIHGT0S Lilli.; Aii'A** g g 0008492 N9728 4\ Arthur B. Langlie Washington Wenatchee, Wi&phinston February % 1942 oar Excellency i . In compilane* with your request that a. Committee be formed to suggest What our Stats Department of Agriculture could do to help solve our sprtty residue problem, such a Committee has been appointed, consisting of the following: 0. T Clawson, Lakeside, liepreeenting Washington Growers Clearing Housej alter Horan, Vianatchee, lepreser.ting land Use Planning Council; C. F. Chase, Wenatchee, Representing Washington State Apple Cesaisalon; -ari taratili, ,-en*tciie, /-presenting Wallin;;ton Stato Horticultural Aas'n J* I .'-.uvi, ..snatches, iiepresoriting Washington ./!, t: Grungi;; ! u., 'retcher, Clearing House .-aneger. uao enoscr Chairman, !acre!ary '-alter Korun, The lo n ^dtio e : ir: f u l l occord on the fclltv'rju'xg points : 1 . t h e a o p lu is d u s t r y o f th e Kor th w est s t a n d s r e a d y t c co o p e r a t e in t h e p r e s e n t emergency by r a is in -; t h e fin e s t cr o p p o s s ib le and d is t r ib u t in g I t fox' p u b lic consump t io n in t h e bcC'.v o f c o n d it ic i:, n ot o n ly f i f e fo r p u b lic h e a lt h r u t an a c t u a l and valu a b le co n i r i u r i io n t o ca t io n s .! h e a lt h d e fe n s e . 2 . Our a b i l i t y t o co o pe rate in t h i s raotter to the fn l 'Je s t e x te n t i t affected by the s h o rtage e ! b ot h Xsor and m a te ria l* Our younr men t o b-ryc nave jo in e d the w a y and the n avy, t h i i e m n y o f the t im m n fid o ld e r Bien have been abso rbe d by aofense projects. Es s e n t i a l m a t e r ia ls a re v.o-.-. m e e ting war ne e dr ant t h e r e fo r e are- n o t a v a i l a b l e fo r the e xpe ns ive se pipm e nt n e ce s s ary t o wash ap p le s and pe ars to meet p re s e n t stringent t o l e r a n ce s . f, c o n d itio n may de ve lo p which w o alc m a t e r i a ll y re duce our m arke table crop un l e s s a p r a c t i c a l reih-u; o f fu v i i r u th e spray re s id u e s i t u a t i o n i s a d o p te d . K T 0008493 3. There is no mod for the drastic tolerance now in use. There io no known authen tic case of .injujy tc health from the Irueslion of arriva sprayed with leas:- arsenate even then C.t-.; without cleaning. The United ftat,es Public Health service has aacse t ve ry extensive study of this subject (more than 3 years) and has published a report of this study, i-ublic Health Sullotin #26?. bay we quote briefly fro this bulletin, page-.! of the simiaryi "Cb er aicai a n a lys e s o f unwashed apples of th e kind oaten by residents of the district showed that the spray residue load averaged about 20 times the amount found on apples shipped in Interstate Coesaarce." andonpageXI: N9728.01 `Special attention was given to medical examination of children because, in fr - l i v e , tn cre are unusual o p p o rtu n itie s i'o r ch ild re n to be exposed to le ad ars e n ate in s e c t i c i d e s prays and s pray re s id u e s on branche s , le a v e s , and j^rass, in a d d itio n to the le a d ars e nate s pray re s id u e s th e y in g e s t on a p p le s . There Wits o n ly one re s p e ct i n whic th e s e ch ild re n may have d i ffe r e d fr o ch ild re n in o th e r d i s t r i c t s ; t h e i r u rin ary le ad and u rin ary a rs e n ic valu e s were h igh e r than the corre sponding v a lu e s fo r a group o f 18 ch ild re n l i v i n g ne ar Washington, B . ., known to hve no 'UBueual e xposure t o le ad o r ars e n ic. "The re m e no in d ic a t io n o f adve rse e ffe ct o f le ad ars e nate e rposyro on the h e alth o f the se ch ild re n .*1 ith the support o f t h i s evidsne and in the abssnee o f shy auth e n tic record o f in ju ry fr o e a tin g sprayed, apple s o r p e a rs , we .cannot e scape the co n clu s io n th a t fr o a h e alth standpo int no to le ran ce s fo r le ad arse nate spray re s idue s are n e ce s s ary, end th at any cle an in g e xce pt to make the fr u i t s a n ita ry and. p le a s in g in appearance i s ft u s e le s s w aste o f tissue and o n e y. 4* While a li.be-r a i l s a t i c n o f s pray re s id ue re g u la tio n s i s by no sasans a war measure , n e v e rth e le s s , t h i s i s a good ti n to c a l l a tte n tio n to the concede w aste be ing fo rce d upon the in d u s try , -ve ry d o lla r spe nt ne e dle s s ly its a d o lla r r e t a v a ila b le fo x1 w r purpose;.', :.f n titsc a'hwn our io ve m n o n i i s ca llin g; on ns t o put e ve ry ;.Vi.U.iabl c o lla r i n de fe ns e e t-japs u k I Pond, I t i s a t r a v e s ty to have a uepartsioiit o f ou r Wovcmucpt fo rce upon ns a ne e dle s s m e t e amounting to l a i lli o a c o f d o lla r s cacti y e a r. l a co n s id e ratio n o f the f> c i r preiiwrjUd in Ih* y o r o j o i n t h e Ovotvu.ti,:-.- ..rees th at !ao aifico t.io r o: t t o l o r -r <. in ijape ratlv-... ;lao th a t t i n xasai.nxU;n. o t&te v3p&rtor.i o f .-Agricclturc i i ju r t i r i o d i.n urgin g tVuxt sny n ubile iiv&ttnr. on -ur-s c. ..tWr la pompom, u n t i l in s war xtas bean won. The Coastlbico i s de e ply v ppre cinbiv v i your In te re s t, m u your o ft e n to a s s i s t in o btaining r e i i x f fo r the f r u i t >yro ve rs who have s u ffe r*;! iitniaauruo iy to cause, cu t h is spray rr:._ "ir: p o t t e r on-.' v-booe orudioafnorit i;: r-usida c van aoxv yrrs u rio u .. by tu x d i f f i c u l t i e s ex co nfe rs !.- w ith ?< re gu Ja tin u unicb require.'- s p e cia l on-, co s tly' tculuMniyt. now xu.:-'j'.ty. ttu: :?U v:iuiiout p rio rity- r e le a s e . f n c r r fo r e , s a m e o ily hiju.ua*- your i;uiodi-..de ebiar. in the pi^iiiiaca t/.. the e ni th a t r-; li.-:' ;x y ox o^rthcorain;. n oon , 11 a d d itio n a l inforssabio u in d e s ire d , picas coca.and u.~. . Id.fcnvhiii:, uc assure d o f our e o nflue nce in your e ffo r t s umi the, in a c ir c tio r . which yo ur in tc-rcat Was brought t o th e e n tire in d u s try . Xm ;pe ctuliy xubhdtte d, ygifT H U : KP 0008494