Word: finches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have appeared to waffle it," fretted HEW Secretary Robert Finch. Some people in the Food and Drug Administration, he said, "have been overzealous" in their warnings, while "others have gone too far the other way." Finch had good reason to be disturbed; there was growing confusion last week about the latest flare-up in the controversy over the safety of a substance that millions of Americans consume daily: the artificial sweetener, cyclamate...
Abbott Laboratories, the world's biggest cyclamate producer, was quick to agree. At a press conference last week, an Abbott official declared that "cyclamate is safe for human consumption as presently used in the diet." Finch, too, had his doubts about the chick tests. "We ought to have more than two species before we indict an agent," he chided. "We can push too hard, too fast, and make statements that may or may not be true and create all kinds of problems...
...Finch also predicted that the end of the Vietnam war would be followed by a period of "neo-isolationism" in which the U. S. would try to solve "these terrible problems" at home...
...topic of Finch's formal talk, the problem of preserving the world's natural environment from the destructive effects of industry, technology, and population growth, aroused little controversy. Buthe was challenged on a number of issues in a question and answer period after the speech...
Responding to one inquiry about the Administration's policy toward school desegregation in the South Finch defended the Administration's posture. "Within the next two years." he said, beating his fist on the podium, "we'll have broken the back of that problem...