Show I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I RYAN f A A ATTACKS II ACK Am Alit SERVICE VI r 8 Former Director of Air Service Ser Ser- Service vice Says Charges Brought by Soreheads By Dy Associated Press Prell NEW YORK TORK Oct 29 The The The congressional congressional congressional committee investigating the army air s service was was vigorously at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked today by John D. D Ryan Hyan formerly formerly for tor- merly mely director of aircraft production for having made intimations against a persons whose services had hat been of value to the government on the testimony testimony testimony mony of ot soreheads who failed to obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain government contracts Mr Ir Ryan appeared as witness before the subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee of the special committee which is holding hearings here l The subcommittee is inquiring particularly particularly particularly par par- into the construction of a government spruce railroad thirty thirty- elg eight t miles long at a cost of 4 In the Olympia Washington Washing Washing- ton connecting with the Chicago Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Mil Mil- waukee St St. Paul railroad Mr Ryan is a director of ot the railroad Referring to a telegram sent by the committee to Secretary Baker Daker from Portland Ore urging that a proposed sale Rale of the government railroad in Portland at 8 per cent of ot its value be beheld beheld beheld held up Mr Ryan said he thought it was outrageous and scandalous and abuse of ot the congressional privilege to make charges in that telegram without without without with with- out giving the persons Involved a hearing lIe He read a telegram from Secretary Baker to the committee dated September Septem Septem- ber 4 last saying the committee was making assumptions and giving widespread widespread wide wide- spread publicity to intimations against persons whose services had been of ot value to the government A lot of ot soreheads who failed to obtain government contracts on the coast Mr Ryan said rushed to you with suspicions He lie said he had Informed Secretary Baker Daker that he could have nothing to todo todo todo do with on extending the Milwaukee road because of his connection connection tion with the Milwaukee Secretary Baker then directed Assistant Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Stettin to continue the The only thing Mr Ir Ryan had to do with the spruce railroad he testified was to telegraph to Colonel Bryce P P. Disque that the cost of ot the road must be kept as low as possible NO MENTION TO BUY Mr Ryan said the Milwaukee road had never to his knowledge considered purchase of ot the government spruce railroad President Byron Dyron of ot the Mil Mn- Milwaukee Milwaukee waukee told him he testified that the Milwaukee would not bid as the spruce I railroad railroad was of ot no use to It It At a conference with Byron at I Ryans Ryan's home In Butte Byron told him the witness said that Colonel Disque I had decided to build the government spruce railroad via Lake Crescent over Byrons Byron's protest Byron told Disque the Milwaukee never would be interested interested interested inter inter- ested in the Lake Crescent route as It wanted to extend its lines from Deep Creek to Lake Pleasant The railroad administration would not permit this Disque thought the Lake Crescent route could be built more easily Asked about acre timber holdIngs holdings holdings hold hold- ings of ot the Milwaukee Land company owned by the Milwaukee railroad he heI said that the proposed Deep Creek route would have been ten times as valuable to those holdings as the government government gov gov- railroad is |