Show DISQUE DEFENDS SPRUCE VISION DIVISION Declares He Will Disprove All Charges Brought by Committee By Associated Press Pre PORTLAND Ore Sept 4 Bryce C. Bryce P P. Bisque ue head of ot the spruce production production tion division of ot the war department durIng durins the war with the rank of ot brigadier general had no secret agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment with Samuel Gompers Compers president president president dent of ot the American Federation of ot Labor regarding reg-arding the introduction of the hour eight-hour day into logging camps an and lumber mills of the Northwest he testified before the congressional committee investigating aUng wartime airplane air plane spruce production It had been charged that such an agreement ex existed existed ex- ex isted Mr Disque who upon taking the stand tand declared he was prepared to disprove every charge brought against his administration of ot the spruce production production pro pro- division and added that a letter letter let Jet ter sent dent by y the committee to Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Baker was composed largely ot of opinionated evidence and that p part t rt which is critical is largely falsehoods assumed full tun responsibility for tor ing the hours of 0 spruce workers from ten to els- els eight elst t a a. da day He said sail the lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber operators were divided as to the I wisdom of ot this course but that It ft i iwas was belief belld that t the tho lumber Industry I would have been disorganized for months if it the hour eight-hour day had hid not been granted Responsibility for giving the soldiers of ot the spruce production division civIlian civilian civilian ilian pay was also assumed by Mr dr Bisque Disque When reminded by Representative James Frear chairman of ot the investigating committee that 40 per cent of ot the airplane lumber produced was fir Ir Instead of or spruce the witness re reI replied replied re- re plied that spruce was not immediately immediate immediate- I ly available in fn sufficient quantities |