Show BORGLUM ANSWERS CHARGES denies that he sought to capitalize friendship with president abw gutzon borglum accused of having bought secretly to capitalize his friendship with preal dent allson by undertaking to pio knote a private airplane company issued a formal statement saturday de any connection now or at any time with any airplane production concern or any plan to organize such a company lie declared further eliat the war department had systematical ly directed the opposition to luesta gatlon of aircraft production in w alch a billion dollars in elev en months has provided us with no planes and charged eliat every subterfuge had been reported to to gain time the sculptor termed the accusations made against him in revelations recently of documents in possession of the army intelligence bureau aa charges raised by deeds former agent mix and maxs engineer colonel deeds chief signal officer of the army and kenyon vi mix of alie dodge manufacturing co lie denied that he had used the presidents authority improperly and la a manner unthinkable between men la mutual confidence |