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Show Hughes to the president, Attorney General Gen-eral Gregory said: "I agree with the conclusion reached by Judge Hughes that there is no evidence upon which it fairly can be charged that any member of the aircraft boards, including Howard How-ard Coffin, General Squier, Colonel E. A. Deeds. Colonel K. T. Montgomery, Colonel S. D. Waldrou, Richard P. Howe, Harry B. Thayer, Admiral Taylor Tay-lor and other naval officers, has been unlawfully interested in any contract or transaction relating to aircraft pro- duction. Indeed, as to this charge, there has, at no time, been ground for a question involving any of these gentlemen gentle-men except Colonel Deeds." The Report shows that many mistakes were made in the early days of the existence of the aircraft board and that many millions of dollars were expended, practically wasted, before the work of production fairly commenced. The report re-port does not show, however, that any of this money was stolen from the government. gov-ernment. As a matter of fact, John D. Ryan,- director of aircraft production and assistant secretary of war, in making mak-ing -reference to the results of the investigation in-vestigation of Judge Hughes, gives his predecessors credit for having made his success possible. This is what he says: "I am gratified, of course, to know that the investigation has resulted in finding that no such condition of affairs af-fairs existed last spring in the work of aircraft production as was indicated by-charges by-charges made at that time. I have long been satisfied that the men who preceded me in the direction of aircraft production did a very great patriotic service and did not use their position or connection with the government to reap any personal profit. The fact that planes and engines arc now in more satisfactory production is due very largely to the earnest, intelligent and patriotic efforts of my predecessors and the foundations they left upon which we were able to build were substantial. I am glad to say in the month of October there were produced about 4000 Liberty Lib-erty twelve-cylinder engines and the fighting plane production is assuming gratifying proportions." A subcommittee of the senate committee com-mittee on military affairs has also investigated in-vestigated the aircraft situation and is expected to make a report on same in the near future. So if Judge Hughes has overlooked anything the senators may produce something worth reading and start a new "aircraft scandal." But it is doubtful if the judge failed to do his whole duty and it is quite possible pos-sible we will soon hear the last of the criticisms upon this particular part of the war preparations of the government. govern-ment. Had it not been for the original orig-inal criticisms, distorted and unfair as they were, perhaps we should have had a scandal of mammoth proportions. AIRCRAFT REPORT. The aircraft investigation report, har been made public and tho charge of graft has almost vanished into thin air. The inquiry was conducted by Charles Kvans Hughes, who probed the big insurance in-surance companies some years ago with signal miccess. It is to be presumed that the inquiry was fair and impartial, for Ir. Hughes ds a former justice of the mipremd coilrt of the I'nitH States and of course would not sully his high reputation as a jurist, by an exhibition i of bias. So the report will he accepted accept-ed as presenting the cold, hard facts. The faults of those subject to eetmure ate not, minimized and three arrny of-fieers of-fieers will probably he criminally prose- I euted on the ground that they trans-acted trans-acted business with corporation! i" allien they were financially interested, Colonel Leeds, against, whom many I eharges have been made, in to face a ourt martini for wnding confidential ivnr department information on the all . raft situation to a former business as ' instate ! I'nyton, Ohio (u transmitting 'he report of Mr. |