A packaged mixture of epsom salt and Glauber's salt, with a pinch of barium sulfate and other unidentified substances in minute quantity, has rocked the scientific community, created a new political uproar in Washington, and led to the forced resignation of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, a man whose considerable scientific contributions to the nation during his 23‐year career in government service are a matter of public record.

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