Show WILSON RESENTS ATTACK ON BAKER DECLARES WAR department HAS accomplished TASK OP OF unparalleled MAGNITUDE issues a statement De declaring clarine asser eions of senator chamberlain astounding and unjustifiable distortion of the truth washington all doubt is as to president wilsons Wll Wil hons sons view of proposals 11 in co congress n gress for reorganization of the governments ern orn ments war ranking machinery was wept swept away monday atonally by a statement in which the alie president said the war department part ment had accomplished a task of unparalleled magnitude and difficulty with extraordinary promptness and efficiency fici ll ency denounced the congressional war investigations anil and declared that reorganization by legislation was proposed after effect effective lve measures of reorganization had been perfected the presidents statement was issued as a result of a speech in now new york saturday by senator chamberlain chairman of the senate military committee and after lie had asked askea the senator on the telephone lione whether ile he had ad been correctly quoted senator chamberlains ber lains reference to inaction tint and ineffectiveness of tile the government the president flatly called as astonishing tind and absolutely unjustifiable distortion of if the truth lie ile bald sald lie he regarded secretary baker as one of the ablest public officials lie he had ever met in ill the statement most observers at the capitol saw tile alie collapse of what promised to be a historical struggle senator chamberlain whose committee lias has framed bills to create a war couii ell till all powerful under the president filid to provide one man control of inu munitions litt lons and supplies declared lie would continue to fight in spite of pic pi c s idelli tint opposition it was rather generally conceded however that the measures would have lave but little chance in ill the senate and probably none at till all in the house senator chamberlain made a statement in reply to the tha president saying lie spoke extemporaneously in ili new york and that ills his criticisms were directed it at the war department only and not at other branches of the go government vern i i ie n t |