. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. (Reprinted from the January 1960 issue of CRANBERRIES.) The cranberry industry is desperately in need of the help of everyone interested. We have been done a great injustice through the statement of Welfare Secretary Flemming and the subsequent adverse flood of publicity, which all but destroyed the market for cranberries. Legislation is being introduced in Congress for Federal aid. Among the reasons why cranberry people deserve the reim- bursement are: 1. Secretary Flemming's pronouncement of November 9 came without notice to the
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. (Reprinted from the January 1960 issue of CRANBERRIES.) The cranberry industry is desperately in need of the help of everyone interested. We have been done a great injustice through the statement of Welfare Secretary Flemming and the subsequent adverse flood of publicity, which all but destroyed the market for cranberries. Legislation is being introduced in Congress for Federal aid. Among the reasons why cranberry people deserve the reim- bursement are: 1. Secretary Flemming's pronouncement of November 9 came without notice to the industry or even a hearing, just as the major part of the crop was about to go on to the market. 2. This government action actually destroyed the cranberry market, probably for some years to come. 3. Such governmental conduct is completely without prece- dent in America. 4. This conduct resulted in economic disaster to thousands of innocent people. 5. There was no sudden threat to public health. The com- pound, aminotriazole, was found in minute quantities in a few cranberries. It is found naturally without spraying in many of our common foods. Some of these foods are radishes, rutaba- gas, broccoli, turnips, mustard, cabbage, etc. We understand that a person would have to eat 2,200 lbs. of heavily sprayed cranberries to consume as much aminotriazole as is found in one turnip. 6. A good authority is quoted as saying that what was called "cancer" in the now famous test rats was in fact not cancer tissue . .. (Reprinted from the February 1960 issue of CRANBERRIES.) It is perhaps not in good taste to mention only a few names, as many are working hard for the industry in its time of need. But certain ones are carrying the brunt of the burden. To name only three: (Cranberry) Institute President Orrin G. CoUey, secretary-treasurer Marcus M. Urann and George C. P. Olsson, president of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. and desig- nated spokesman for the industry, are spending unl
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