By Morris Bealle
Summary: Bealle's newsletter American Capsule News reports on the conviction, fine, and jailing of the great American naturalist Dr. V.E. Irons for the crime of informing the American people of what was happening to their food supply. "It is obvious that Mr. Irons has committed two 'unpardonable sins'," writes Bealle. "The first is distributing vitamins which keep people well and away from drug stores. The second is exposing some of the crimes of the Food & Drug Administration who, as Dr. [Harvey] Wiley said, are lynching, raping and murdering the laws passed by Congress to protect the public from poisoned and adulterated foods." Irons, like his friend Dr. Royal Lee, warned the public of the depletion of America's soil, the refining and processing of the basic food supply, and the cause-and effect-relationship of these practices to health. In the case, the FDA marched out five "health authorities" from Harvard, including the infamous Dr. Frederick Stare, to testify to the "fraudulent" nature of Irons's statements. Irons was convicted on federal charges and served a year in jail. As this report reveals, those pioneers at the vanguard of nutritional knowledge paid dearly for the right to speak out about what was happening to America's food supply, health, and freedom. 1956.
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