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Show iraEiiTi .MM ATTftGKED ISIT0F1STE; i Minority Report, However, Defends De-fends Activities of Board in Constructing Planes WASHINGTON7! Feb. 17. Condemned Condemn-ed in one as "a riot of waste," and detended in the other as "a record of achievement." the wartime aviation program was the subject of two reports re-ports just presented to the house by a sub-committee of the special commutes commu-tes which for several months has been conducting injuirics into war expenditures. expendi-tures. The report condemning the manner in v.hich the program was carried out was filed by Representatives Frear and Mage'e. Republicans, while that defending the project was submitted by Representative Lee, Democrat. The majority report goes at length into alleged extravagance beginning with early aircraft appropriations and ending with tho closing out of contracts. con-tracts. It deals with the alleged fail-: ure of the de Haviland planes, alleged failure to get any kind of planes to the battle front in sufficient numbers, condemns failure of the spruce production produc-tion project in tho northwest and tho alleged waste of millions in cost plusl contracts and makes many specific charges of inefficiency and want in, squandering of money. The minority takes many of these charges up. denies them and defends thoe charged with carrying out tho; program. It In turn charges the Re-j Re-j publican members of the committee with having sacrificed facts for son-Isationalism son-Isationalism in an .effort to discredit (the Democratic administration. |