Show r ARMY CLOTHING SHORTAGE LAID TO COMMITTEE J I Haggling Over Prices Chief Cause of Delays Witness Says t tSi Si STRIKES RIKES OF TENT GARMENT l MAKERS lAKERS HAMPERED lIAl W Wo Wool ol Shortage Scare Aimed at Big Shoddy Sales Dealer States ashington Jan 5 5 Responsibility for tor shortages of ot arm army clothing was placed upon tho supplies committee of or the council of ot national defense defenso today by Col Elmer le quartermasters quartermaster's t tore ter's r agent at Philadelphia testifying i tho nt-tho t tho Senate committees committee's war Inquiry Another othor witness William Blanch a 1 aNew Now New W York Tork dealer denIer who vho has purchased d cloth for foreign armies charged that thata a l. l wool shortage scare W-R W was created to Increase tho the use uso o of w 01 shoddy ordered for army garments gar- gar ments mants by b tho supplies supplies' committee committee Colonel le contradicted the re recent re- re cent testimony of or Vice Chaliman Ela of oC tho the supplies committee t the tho committee had hall secured an abundance of oC cloth for tor army needs lie o card fd there thero now no no noIs Is a shortage hortage of o 1000 yards of or cloth and that the supplies supplies sup sup- plies lies committee system was ble for ble-for le for both delays delay's and friction Not Taxed Garment manufacturers tho the wit wll- es declared are arc nr without sufficient cloth to keep their factories n I working to capacity to and in iq that connection ho tho committee said that haggling by waft tho the American Woolen company compan last summer over prices had caused a n loss losY ss to tho the government go nt of ot yards of cloth many looms being Idle for tor two or three months Strikes of oC garment makers also have o caused somo some dela delay he said BlanchI said the tho wool shortage scare as ns ho termed It It was In the of manufacturers of oC shoddy tangents Many Inn American cloth- cloth ho testified do not not ha have Yf far fao- ties equipped to make malte wool all garments garments gar gar- ar- ar ments and therefore could not ha have hac c shared bared In the tho war contracts If shoddy had bad hadt not been approved for arm army clothIng cloth cloth- armies h ho he asserted Ing European better are better clothed than American soldiers sol nol diers and he severely criticized the use tiso of shoddy declaring It wholly holly un- un Baker Daker Will 1111 Inke Report Chairman Chamberlain announced tl if discrepancies In the testimony of oC fir r. r and Quart Quartermaster r General General General Gen Gen- eral- eral Sharpe regarding responsibility the for tho clothing shortage are aro to be cleared up by reports of or cloth deliveries deliveries eries erlee which both arc are securing for tor the committee Each has bas placed the re responsibility re- re on the other It Ii also was vas announced during the thel that diy l y the committee ha had asked Secre Secretary Sec Sec- re Baker a or for a n complete report as JU y clothing shortages In lathe tho training trainIng traininG train- train Ing camps on January 1 Previous re reports reports re- re ports have dealt with conditions conditIon as they existed somo some time ago and the tha committee wants to know just what Is the situation at present Conclusion of or the entire army Inquiry in inquiry In- In late next week or during the thet following t l week wook Is planned Commit Commit- t tee e. e members desire to close clos tho the hearings hearings hear hear- ings quickly make male a n. prompt report to the tho Sonata Senate and press preas Chairman Cham- Cham borlain's barbins bill to establish a department of oC munitions and other l legislation Board No 1 George I-George George C. 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P OConner 26 E E. First South street Tho The following are arc believed ed to be In Inthe inthe the military r service ser of oC tho the United Stat States but have o failed to return their questionnaire It Is important that anyone who knows the present nd address ress of an any of oC these men report the same to the local board Harold Sharp E I Third South street L Leslie lIe Earl 35 E E. Third South street James Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard Usher S S. S Second East Elst street I |