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Show HOUSE PREPARES FOR E FIGHT ON DEMOCRATS WASHINGTON, April 12. After Republican Re-publican leaders had denounced and Democrats had upheld the government system of building army camps during I the war, (he house prepared today for-i for-i flqht tomorrow on two proposals to deal with persons alleged to have reaped rich profits from alleged extravagance ex-travagance and waste. Along with tho Investigating committee's com-mittee's report nttacking methods of construction, Ihe Republican majority presented a resolution directing, that evidence obtained during the nine months' Investigation be turned over to the attorney general with the request re-quest that he institute criminal and clvilproceedlngs. The Democrats countered count-ered with a substitute resolution proposing pro-posing to Instruct tho committee to name persons, firms and corporations "which should be investigated" before directing the attorney general to proceed. pro-ceed. When the house quit tonight, debate de-bate had not ended. The principal speeches were made by Representative Doromus. Democrat of Michigan, author au-thor of the minority statement, and Representative McCullough, Republican Republi-can of Ohio, signing the majority statement. state-ment. Representative McCullough declared tho cry "We won the war," had been made to cover many signs, while Representative Rep-resentative DOremus asserted that "if tho supremo architect of the universe had built those camps, the bleacher managers would have found fault with the job." To the Republican claim that the government lost $75,531,521 on sixteen national army eantonmen', through wnsto and was entitled to recover damages, dam-ages, the Democratic member said if his computation was correct, ho figured fig-ured ho had squeezed $85,000,000 water out of "pretended claims to recovery." iMr. McCoulIough said it was not within the province nor the duty of the committee to prosecute crime or Indict criminals. Majority Report "The report of tho majority contains facts and evidence," he declared, "and (he record of tho testimony taken in connection with the construction of Camp. Sherman at Chillicothe. Ohio, and Camp Grant at Rockford, 111. contains con-tains evidence on which tho department depart-ment of Justlco should immediately predicate grand jury Investigations." No attempt was made to savo public money," ho said, adding: "You are paying your children and your children's children for generations genera-tions to come will pay, and contlnuo to pay for tho cost plus system. Let us hope that never again will such a reprehensible system be put into op- ll'HH oration." ''nEIi Representative Doremus said thaht i ) jBfl the stress of war justified "abandon- iBlf ing peace time methods of construe- R "Indeed," he declared, "if Secretary HEU Baker had attempted to build the r BH camps by the competitive system, "he lllD would havo been guilty of the grosses: H9 incompetence and merited .removal HH from office' fl After nine months Investigation, 1 with access to all records, ho said, the majority of tho committee was unwill HB ing to make specific recommendation . Bfl oi a specific allegation of fraud against BH any person, firm or corporation." liH |