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Show Finds Some Inefficiency, But Is Surprised There Has Not Been More. - j WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Senator Thomas, Democrat, defended the war department against charges of inef- j ficiency in the senate today and at-1 I tacked the military committee's bills for a" war cabinet and a director of munitions. mu-nitions. While there has been evidence of some .inefficiency in the war depart ment.he said, he was surprised there j had riot been more since the United States was wholly unprepared for war. Secretary Baker's testimony before the military committee -was character- ized by Senator Thomas as "a story replete with accomplishments." Senator Thomas estimated that between be-tween 50 and CO per cent of tho recently re-cently organized government bureaus were "supernumerary" with employes , doing practically nothing but it was ' the fault of the- system of government jo declared and he did not place the blame on any official. ' "The war cabinet could only add an- i other link to the chain that binds us," he said. . It would take from tho president, het contended, his powers under the con- " stitution as commander-in-chief of the army and navy. |