| Show I PROFITEERING IN ARMY GROWS Contracts for Shirts Shoes and Other Supplies I Investigated Washington lon July Juh 21 Fraud f.-Fraud Fraud and Ln gross profiteering has been uncovered unco in many contracts for arm army shoes shirts l leggings and other soldier supplies and equipment as a result of or I investigation b by irmy intelligence tad nd I II 1 department o of justice agents It was I learned toda today Information shedding light on methods meth meth- by which manufacturers were able ahl to IC pass inferior articles artiles to fill till government government govern Jovern ment contracts Is understood to have I been gathered from Crom new confessions of or orI I some of the eighteen raincoat contractors contractors tors under arrest in New ew York charged d dI with bribery briber fraud or Conspiracy I Action will be against theother tho the 1 other manufacturers as rap rapidly I as I cHic proof proM of fraud Is An outgrowth cf ct the tho campaign I a against graft gorat and fraud in arm army conI contracts con- con I officers officers discovery discover that some the I tracts Is I re- re cers cers in iii the quartermasters quartermaster's corps j i for tor placing contracts continue I from concerns concerns concerns con con- salaries lve I to rec Illegally cerns which employed ed them in ci civil vii I life lire How lIow Influence 1 In Jt Gained I A lar large e number of ot officers are said saidI 1 commissions to have havo been given I en I em cm former fornier h Influence of ot their I em-I through I certain It Is 19 charged that plo ers companies companies have ha been able through this his I personal contact to dictate contracts taj fato fa- fa a- a and other details of or lions their methods of or manu racI rac- rac j to I ture tUle Another reform being worked out In or of f discovery a result discovery as Washington Is the chinI chin chin- lor of contract frauds 3 assisting the govern go or of men I dollar meat ment from the tho nominal pa pay or and ot Of adequate a year basis 11 without with with- which they can C live He I out salaries resorting on to compensation 1 i special interests the war wor statement from rom formal A entirely I as tola today denounced department t to I unfounded ed an any inferences accusations of 01 o involve army officers In with the connection In wrong doing raincoats The Tho I contracts for arm army I statement follows lit tu turm Army rm Officers I assistant to the Thorne Thome Robert nobert J. J general a after er a 0 p preliminary In estl investigation atlon In m t the LV raincoat inspection scandal In Now Nov the he suspicion of ot the tho York states that an any of the arm army officers Is la aPparently ap- ap integrity to shred of ot evidence without a a. statements The 8 entire entire en- en the tho substantiate i magni magni- magnified magnified situation has hns l been boen en greatly tire tiro the extent that a grave gravo Injustice InJustice Injustice fied fled to the reputation o of tice Is being done to the tho arm army officers It It Is Impossible to meet tho the emer- emer suddenly equipping tho the army of or gency genc sporadic Instances of or without a few tew dishonesty coming to the surface but to hove such instances outrage It is an unjust accusation of ot magnified into an ma in integrity integrity In- In fortunately the officers but army is well officers so of the army arm that understood b by the general public any cre credence ence to ver very few tew people give gl these unfounded accusations net Rely on Depot In Inspection fl The In estl Investigation o of the raincoat in inspection inspection in- in was made at the Instigation Instigation math math- system gation gallon of or tho the quartermaster corps of or ofa with thousands which realized that I Inspectors a oct 0 rs 0 obtained b ta I a e d a now new e w C civilian i V 11 I a a n p I commission I service civil il through the I would hero and there a n. dishonest one bo ho taken taleen on It Is firmly believed by hy bythe bythe hythe the department that the final inspection inspection tion conducted at the tho depot delot will detect fabricated all aU raincoats not properly Department of Justice officials in announcing announcing announcing an an- the discovery ery of frauds rau s in IIi I connection with raincoat production In Indicated Indicated Indicated In- In that only a 0 tow few army officers were under suspicion of oC Irregular conduct conduct conduct con con- duct with contractors They dl did not Imp Imply corruption among any largo large proportion Of or army officers most of or whom It was recognized have havo demonstrated their honesty Most in inspectors inspectors In- In involved In Jn the corruption disclosed by b the department of or Justice In New ew York arc are civilians cI Bad Raincoats Cause Arrests l Now York July 21 Four Four Four of the C C. C company compan o of Brooklyn one ono of or the country's largest larlest rubber manufacturer were t taken Into custody today charged with attempting to pass off on the Iho government army raincoats which had been beell previously rejected ard as ar d defective by army inspectors I |
