Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-04 | Page 3 | House Group Asks Bids on Airplanes

HOUSE GROUP ASKS BIOS BIDS ON AIRPLANES Contract Method of Purchasing Purchasing ing Severely Censured WASHINGTON April 4 UP- UP Th The house military affairs investigating war department procurement methods completed a report today which proposed open bidding on planes to be purchased under a public works allot m ment ent The report as forecast by the Unit ed Press two weeks ago sharply criticised eri cri- the original negotiated contract con con- tract method for purchasing planes s as proposed b by the air corps It charged the negotiated system as championed by Major General Ben Ben- Foulois chief ot of the air corps and Brigadier General H. H Harcourt Pratt was in violation or of the law Members o of the committee have held that the 1926 national defense act specifically provided that when planes were bought in quantity the bidding should be competitive In only a few instances has the law gen gen- emIly been followed according to the Investigators