Show HOUSE COMMITTEE OPENS WAR OVER NiTRATE MITRA TE PLANT Each Party Submits R Report port Contradicting Other Battle BauI Cert Certain in Washington May 18 Two Two reports one by Republicans condemning the govern govern- governments government's governments government's ments ment's entire wartime nitrate program and charging reckless waste an and extravagance extravagance gance and the other by Democrats de defending defending tie tie- fending It and charging partisan bias bl s by bythe bythe bythe the majority were wee presented today to the house b by a special committee which took up the the Investigation nearly a year ago Along with Its one forty-one general condemnations condemnations condemnations con con- of the government policy the Republican majority comprising Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Graham Illinois and Representative Jeffries Nebraska submitted recommendations recommendations for future disposal of the Muscle Shoals properties which Representative Garrett of Tennessee the Democratic member declared was beyond its province pro pio- vince Mr Garrett Indicated he would I make a point of oC order against the report re report report re- re reI I port on that grounds Members said this would open the way I Ifor for the biggest political fight in the house bouse since the war investigating committee com corn was created I In the two reports embracing words every detail of the nitrate program was discussed I In the first of its ltd findings th majority that the nitrate program cost the government and that no ni nitrates nitrates nil nil- were produced prior to the ar ar- ar armistice and that it contributed nothing toward winning the war The minority replied that If It war expenditures ex- ex expenditures expenditures ex ex- were wore to be he Judged by the unexpected end of hostilities three fourths of ot the nations nation's efforts w were e u useless |