Show DEMOCRAT DEFENDS SPRUCE DIVISION i Charges by Republican Declared to Be Unjustified By Associated Press PORTLAND Aug 30 d I tive Clarence F. F Lea Dem member of ot the congressional subcommittee In Investigating Investigating In- In airplane spruce production telegraphed today to Secretary of ot War Baker a minority report in which he took issue with the majority report of Thursday by Republican members of ot the committee Representative Lea in his report defended defended de de- de- de fended the tile actions of the spruce corporation corporation corporation corpo corpo- ration in connection with th the L Lake ke Pleasant railroad and saw mills in the state of Washington and declared he believed the criticism of John D. D Ryan I former assistant secretary of war was not justified I |