Show MONDELL AS CRITIC i Ii 1 SCANDALOUS EXTRAVAGANCE 13 CHARGE OF WYOMING CONGRESSMAN CON-GRESSMAN o Despite Hostile Attitude of Westerner and Colorado Colleague Forestry Bureau Found Many Defenders Defend-ers In the House I e Washington A running fire of criticism wns poured into the forestry service In the house on Tuesday while the agricultural appropriation bill was under consideration The entire session was devoted to the forestry schedule Representatives Mondell of Wyoming and Taylor of Colorado wero the chief critics of the bureau of forestry which found many defenders defend-ers In tho house Mr Mondell replying re-plying to an inquiry by Representative Representa-tive Mann of Illinois as to why the national na-tional forests could not be made profitable profit-able now if ever said the reason was found in the scandalous extravagance extrava-gance that characterized the conduct of the forestry service y Much of Its money he said was spent for objects In no way related to the cutting of timber or to the protection pro-tection of forests from fire Conventions Conven-tions of foresters held simultaneously with gatherings in which hostile criticism criti-cism was likely to be voiced for the purpose of offsetting such criticism press bureau work unnecessary traveling trav-eling expenses and the maintenance of largo forces of employes In Washington Wash-ington and elsewhere were among the items of extravagance enumerated enumer-ated However in no Instance was an appropriation ap-propriation for the bureau of forestry reduced on Tuesday by the house |