Show 1 AViATIoN AVI H N WORK IN WAn I CI D. D PI ii II t 1 i Majority j ty Spokesman n D Declares res ci Was Vas Wasted d by I It I Government f 4 I w WASH SH TON roN March G G. G k ve l tentative Republican New W Y York rk a m m o ot the committee ee which ke aviation expenditures expendi expend tu tures es d' d during the UlO Vi t told the house that not Snot one Ame built America f battle battle- II plane or purely 9 plane Plan was T produced during thc war n m the cx ex- ex ure of ot more moi-e more than Ithan a b O dollars dollars dol- dol lars for aircraft V I The Liberty motor he said N cs as s j the tho only ply n achievement of m merit rit of I Am American rc air ln in U the e States t S I The American built De Dc lland Ha S planes sent ent to to France he said might be used used for light dayS day bombing l He lie e es s said ld t these ese planes were were awkward andIn and dangerous dangerous' In service r LUMBERING OPERATIONS Criticism of the lumber production pro pro- I l lr In the Pacific northwest was made by Mr l Magee who who- argued that I II I If it experienced lumbermen of ot that lo locality lo- lo had t been een organized all aU the lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber needed would have be ben bEen en produced at moderate te cost Those placed in authority In the northwest by the war department he said not only had no in inthe Inthe inthe the lumber business but they were autocratic and o operated rated wholly regardless of law arid and author author- I ity Those that had no poor poo r to do so soI I ordered the thEt c construction o railroads in Oregon through cost plus contractors contractors tors at large governmental expense ense and andS S not In the public interest I II The employment bf soldiers I including officers in the lumber operations op op- op stations was also attacked by Mr I S M Magee gee who who- asserted the payment of ot them of ot wages of ot 3 to 8 18 8 a day was wasi i In defiant violation of law lawi John JohnI I I D D. Ryan director of ot aircraft production prod c tion he said heartily approved of I these thes these payments EXCESS COMPENSATION Those who are responsible responsible- for this I unlawful expenditure added I should be held strictly accountable S The Carey Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh I corporation was actually paid by the I department a 7 per cent commission on civilian wages paid to soldiers working for tor subcontractors In the of the Lake- Lake Crescent railroad railroad rail rail- road in in excess excess- of ot the compensation fixed by br the congress S I DITTO SAYS FREAR All An investigations of the the- the management management of ot Americas America's aircraft program duringS during S the war have revealed Inefficiency Ir Irresponsibility Irresponsibility irresponsibility ir- ir responsibility and enormous waste of ot money Representative Frear lican Wisconsin chairman of the house committee that m made de detha the latest In ln Investigation declared He ie e agreed with hi his hia Republican colleague Magee that th there re was a notorious failure to provide pro- pro ld id vide fighting ng planes llanes lanes In spruce production continued Mr Ir Tr Fr ar Secretary Baker Ignored nored all the logg loggers rs and lumbermen or on th 1 coast and selected Colonel DIsque a warden of the Michigan l penitentiary and former captain In the army ahoy who knew nothing about lumbering Others In charge of ot the air program programs including John D. D Ryan Colonel Deeds and W W. C. C Potter were complained of by Frear tor for Jack of experience in lumbering op operations which he lie charged resulted d in Waste naste of ot much money THE THE OTHER SIDE Representative Lea Democrat California CalifornIa Cali Cali- fornia told the house the criticisms they had bad heard were wre absurd contentions contentions conten conten- and groundless conclusions Answering Magee as to the net re results results re- re suits of ot Americas America's ricas rica's effort In aviation during the war he declared that the Republican n members member's statement of ot planes sent to the front was but a fraction of the truth The machines at the front de declared declared de- de dared by the majority report to 0 rep rep- res resent t the American production said Lea represent only seventy one p part r of ot t the e number of t machines owned uy Ly America merica au during ng the me war America had built American planes on the front the day of of ot th the armistice but they were only part of built American planes available at the front on the day She h had d 1620 planes available for tor o- o J use iise se at the front when the ar armistice was signed d Four Tour hundred and s seventeen v Ameri Amerl- can built planes went over the German battle lines I The American aircraft effort made possible the maintenance of ot allied aircraft air- air aircraft I craft at the front and finally led to al predominance allie le by y over per ier er S cent cent INJUSTICE 5 S l Mr r. r Lea d- d lared that the allies w who who o paid two two-thirn of the airplane lumber bill the American pro pip in hi compU complimentary terms J r T The e attempt the of majority he said to pick out a l 1 xv w heads of ot aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- S craft agencies and hot hole them responsible responsible n- n sible for disappointments in the he American American Amer- Amer ican program Is unwar unwarranted ant ld by fa facts ts S and an absurd injustice I I In so so far as we failed to toa u. u accomplish com com- I pUsh in military aviation all aU tha that e could intelligently expect the reasons reason Is plain as as' as the sun in the sky It was as S S Inexperience and lack of preparation I |