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0. a YOUTH RECOVERING
? FROM HIS WOUNDS
-John Crawford, St In leg in
JEamo Battle, 'Writes to
t .. Mother Here.
3ohs Crawford of this city, an
American "doughboy," son of Mrs. C.
W. Crawford. 1215 C street southwest,
who was severely wounded In the leg
during the second battle of the Marne,
has written his mother that he Is get
tn g along splendidly under good Red
Cross nursing. He had previously
been "gassed."
Young Crawford, who had been a
member of the National Guard for four
years before the war, is bat twenty
years old now. - Bis mother expects
his return to this country at an early
date because of physical disability re
ceived in b&ttlo.
In his last letter, dated October S,
he refers to two District friends, Cum
berland and Daws, the first wounded
severely and the second now dead from
wounds, but states he was not with the
District of Columbia boys when he
himself was hurt. He has been in sev
eral French and English hospitals, and
now is in "a good old American hos
pital.
Medical science has never discovered
why, but it is a fact that the vast ma
jority of the insane are dark-haired.
RELEASE THE ASSASSINS
OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
H&KFTU Switzerland. October St.?A
Vienna dispatch received here says I
that, according to the Austrian news
papers, the kingdom of Greater Serbia
baa been proclaimed at Sarajevo, Bos-j
nia, and that the assassins of Arch
duke Fran* Ferdinand have been re
leased by soldiers.
The assassination of Fran* Ferdi
nand and his consort at Sarajevo In
Jane. 1914, was one of the Indirect
cause's of the commencement of the
world war.
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SEES UTTLE STING
IN HUGHESJEPORT
Full Reading Shows There
Were No Great Mistakes,
Says Mr. Lawrence.
BT DA VXD LAWHKSCE.
CepyrigM. UU, kT the New York
Eveal*g PMt, lie.)
I 9"' hundred and eighty-two pages
of line print, being- the record of a
most searching- investigation by Judge
Charles E. Hughes of certain phases
of America's aircraft program, is too
much to put on the telegraph wires
and only excerpts have been given
to the American people.
No one can. form a Just impression
either of the fairness of Mr. Hughes'
report or the exact weight of his
censure of publio officials by reading
the fragmentary summaries which
space And wii'e conditions make neces
sary. j
Nor does any one get any per- I
spective of the whole aircraft situa- I
tion who has not studied It per-!
sonally if he accepts the phases wnich '
Mr. Hughes' investigation dealt with
particularly and does not take into
consideration either the time that
has elapsed or the matters of mili
tary performance which the investi
gation was compelled unavoidably to
omit.
Senate Committee Be port.
Several things are clear?the Sen
ate subcommittee's report has not
been borne out by Mr. Hughes, nor
have-the charges of personal proflt
which were made against CoL Deeds,
the storm center of the controversy,
been found Justified. Nor has there
been such waste a?the early reports
charged.
For instead of the $640,000,000, which
had been declared largely wasted, Mr.
Hughes finds that only- $134,044,395
had been actually spent up to June
J?..?' year, and approximately
*139,186,661 more until September 30
last. Later figures than that were
given by this correspondent on Tues
day of this week, when the statement
was made, based upon official records
up to the middle of the present month,
that only $456,000,000 had been spent
thus far out of that much-talked-of
$640,000,000 and only $20,000,000 out of
another appropriation, and to show
for this expenditure the American
people hav& a liberty motor that is
the sensational success of the western
front. About 11,000 of them have been
built and about 16,000 motors of other
types and more than 11,000 airplanes,
of which several thousand are battle
planes.
Judge Hughes praises the liberty
motor. In fact, his findings relate
not to the performance of the engines
or planes or the military side of the
question, but to the methods of doing
business, the irregularities in giving
contracts and alleged waste.
It should be noted that Judge
Hughes and Attorney General Greg
ory differ as to the extent of Col.
Deeds' wrongdoing. Both concur that
the colonel reaped no personal proflt
and violated no criminal statute, but
Judge Hughes recommends court
martial, because Col. Deeds gavy out
some misleading statements to the
press. Attorney General Gregory sim
ply leaves it to the determination of
I he Secretary of War whether the of
fense merits court-martial.
In any event. Col. Deeds himself
having asked for a military investiga
tion of his conduct, the Secretary of
War will not have to pass upon the
merit of the charges until after the
military tribunal has investigated. Col.
Deeds is accused, moreover, of dis
cussing confidential matters with his
former business associates who had
contracts with the government. The
friends of Col. Deeds maintain that
this, as well as the misleading state
ments to the press which he himself
thought at the time were true, were
due to an exuberance of feeling about
the success of the program which he
had mapped out.
Some day. after the election of next
Tuesday, after the ban on military in
formation has been lifted, after the
commander-in-chief of our expedition
ary forces has written his report of
what the Liberty motor and the
DeHaviland battleplane did on the
western front, after the records are
thrown open and the part that Col.
Deeds performed in shaping the whole
program Is revealed, then the public
can weigh Judicially whether his in
discretions were trivial compared to
the achievement in aircraft which he
so largely developed.
Statement by Byan.
It is only fair that, as the frag
tary press reports have gone out to
the country repeating the censure
which the Hughes report adminis
tered. that some attention be g'ven to
the positive side of Col. Deeds' work.
It was an appreciation of this phase
of the controversy that undoubtedly
led John D. Ryan, the present director
oi aircraft, whose reorganization
work, incidentally, is lauded by Mr.
Hughes, to make the following state
ment:
"I am gratified, of course, to know
that the investigation made by Judge
Hughes has resulted in finding that
no such condition of affairs existed
last spring in the work of aircraft
production, as was Indicated by the
charges at the time. I have long been
satisfied that the men who preceded
me in the direction of aircraft produc
tion did a very great patriotic serv
ice and did not use their positions or
connection with the government to
make any personal proflt. The fact
that planes and engines are now in'
more satisfactory production is due
very largely to the earnest, intelli
gent and patriotic efforts of my
predecessors, and that the foundations
a. and upon which we were
able to build were substantial."
The above statement by Mr. Ryan
represents the Judgment of a man
who had an opportunity to judge of
all phases of the aircraft program
after he was appointed to reorganize
the whole business last May. Mr
Ryan has done a remarkable Job in
piloting the aircraft program to sue
cess and from him alone can one get
an impression of how much men like
CoL Deeds and those who along with
him pushed the liberty motor and De
Haviland battleplane did to make the
American aircraft program the im
portant factor that it is today on the
western front.
Deeds Trusted Dayton Company,
trn5LRd the Dayton
Wright Airplane Company and his
former associates because he believe J
they could deliver th'e goods. Man#
a man inshle the United State? Army
would be guilty of the same censure
f8 h?f been Biven to COL Deeds if
investigations were made. In other
words, in the haste of creating a new
industry the men at Washington had
to keep the private concerns con
stantly Informed and stimulated.
There Is nothing to show that the
men In the government reaped any
personal reward. There is much to
show that the Dayton-Wright people
delivered the goods, for ft is their bat
tleplanes which are today bombing
German lines, and of the several fac
tories which tried battleplane produc
tion the firm at Dayton outdistanced
its rivals in deliveries.
Again, It must be reiterated that
only by a cloae reading of the whole
report can one do Justioe to the man
who wrote It and can one discover
now much was selected in a hurry
for striking head lines and how much
**?. necessarily condensed because
of the impossibility of telegraphing
such a report to the newspapers of
the country with present wire facil
itates and with the demand for news
of the critical developments in Eu
rope.
There will be more reports on air
craft. but the public probably will
not get the right perspective or reach
a final Judgment until after Gen.
rershing has made his report on air
craft ? aen Uio ,.gr la wo?
HUGHES AIRPLANE -
REPORT OUTLINES
CAUSES Of DELAY
(Continued from Fourth Page.)
ins complaints against End*. Mr.
Ford's reasons for keeping Emde
were set forth in minutes of the pro
ceedings, saying: 1
"He (Mr. Ford) felt that it was a
time of sacrifice?that in the next few
years every man would be called upon
to make some sort of sacrifice, and
that possibly Mr. Bmde, German-born,
was making his sacrifice now when
making drawings for the liberty
motor, to be used ultimately against
Germany."
Mr. Hughes added that this indi
cated a "laxity at the Ford plant with
respect to those of German sym
pathies w,hlch was not at all com
patible with the interests of the gov
ernment."
General Conclusions.
The general conclusions and recom
mendations by Mr. Hughes follow:
"The evidence discloses conduct,
which, although of a reprehensible char
acter, cannot be regarded as affording
a sufficient basis for charges under ex
isting statutes, but there are certain acta
shown, not only highly improper in
themselves, but of especial significance
which should lead to disciplinary meas
ures. The evidence with respect to CoL
Edward A. Deads should be presented to
the Secretary of War to the end that
Col. Deeds may be tried by court-mar
tial under articles 95 and 98 of the
articles of war for his conduct (1) in
acting as confidential adviser of his
former business associate, H. E. Tal
bott of the Dayton Wright Airplane
Company and in conveying informa
tion to Mr. Talbott in an improper
manner with respect to the transac
tion of business between the company
and the division of the Signal Corps of
which Col. Deeds was the head; and
(2) in giving to the representative of
the committee on public information a
false and misleading statement with
respect to the progress of aircraft pro
duction for the purpose of publication
with the authority of the Secretary of
War.
"The absence of proper appreciation
of the obvious impropriety of trans
actions by government officers and
agents with firms or corporations in
which they are interested compels the
conclusion that public policy demands
that the statutory provisions bearing
upon this conduct should be strictly
enforced. It is therefore recommend
ed that the officers found to have had
transactions on behalf of the govern
ment with corporations in the pecuni
ary profits of which they had an in
terest should be prosecuted under sec
tion 41 of the criminal code.
Cost Beport Suggested. ' |
"The Federal Trade Commission ]
should be requested to report upon j
the proper cost of mahogany for air
plane propellers, to the end that upon
the coming in of its report the ques
tion o1 the propriety of further action
with respect to the transactions of
the Mahogany Manufacturers and Im
porters' Association may be deter
mined.
"It is recommended that the repre
sentatives of the Department of Jus- i
tice should keep in touch with the
progress of the re-audit of accounts
so that it may be advised of the com
plete enforcement of the rights of the
government in final settlement of ac
counts. and that the government has
been fully protected against unneces
sary loss through waste anrl the ab
sence of suitable factory supervision.
"Permit ltta also to suggest that a
special division, or subdivision, of the
present bureau of investigation in the
Department of Justice should be as
signed to the consideration of sug
gested delinquencies in connection
with aircraft production, so that the
work already done may be appropri
ately fallowed up. In particular, it Is
recommended that the activities in re
lation to spruce production, which
being largely centered on the Pacific
coast it was impracticablc to embrace
in the present inquiry, should be care
fully scrutinized."
No Disloyalty Found.
"An exhaustive examination," says
Attorney General Gregory's letter of
transmittal, "into the entire conduct
iof aircraft matters fails to show that
i.ny member of either board has had
any desire to retard or delay produc
tion, or has done anything to accom
plish that result, or has intentionally
caused the waste of funds, or been
actuated by a disloyal motive, or been
guilty bf dishonesty or malversation
unless there be truth in the specific
charges which, will now be referred
to. The charges against Col. Deeds
and the officers charged with, dealing
with, concerns in which, they were in
terested.)
"I agree with the con elusion, reach
ed by Judge Hughes that there is no
evidence upon which It fairly can be
charged that 'any member of the air
craft boards, including Mr. Howard
Coffin, Gen. Squier, Col. E. A. Deeds,
Col. It. L? Montgomery, Col. 8. D. Wal
dron, Mr. Richard F. Howe, Mr. Harry
B. Thayer, Admiral Taylor and other
naval officers, has been unlawfully in
terested in any contract or transac
tion relating to aircraft production.
Indeed, as to this charge, there has, at
no time, been ground for & question
involving any of these gentlemen ex
cept Col. Deeds." i
Two Reports Substantially Same.
The report w;hich the Department
of Justice had prepared with the in
tention of submitting it to the Presi
dent is understood to contain essen
tially the same findings as those in
Judge Hughes' report, and the criti
cism is said to be along parallel lines.
The reason for not making it pub
lic are said to be the desire not te
confuse the public.
Attorney General Gregory today de
clined to add any comment on the re
-port to that contained in his letter to
the President. x
Prosecution will be started immedi
ately against the three Army officers
recommended for prosecution, prob
ably in the federal court here.
| John D. Ryan Gives Out
Statement After Reading
Report and Summary
John D. Ryan, director of aircraft
production, in a statement said:
"I have read hastily most of the re
port of the aircraft investigation^by
Judge Hughes and the summary by
the Attorney'General.
"I am gratified, of course, to know
that the investigation has resulted in
finding that no such condition of af
fairs existed last spring in the work
of aircraft production as was indicated
by charges made at that time. I have
long been satisfied that the men who
preceded me in the direction of air
craft production did a very great pa
! triotic Service, and did not use their
position or connection with the gov
ernment to reap any personal profit.
The fact that planes and engines are
now in more satisfactory production ia
due very largely to the earnest. In
telligent and patriotic efforts of my
predecessors and the foundations they
left upon which we were able to build
were substantial.
"I am glad to say In the month of
October there were produced about
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4,909 .liberty It engines, and the light
ing plane ^producUon is assuming grati
Senator Thomas Indorses
Report; Believes Majority
' of Charges Are Disproved
Senator Thomas. democrat; of Oolo
rado, chairman of the subcommittee
of the 8enate military committee
which recently investigated the air
plane situation, indorsed the Hashes
report in a/statement today. ^
"The report." said Senator Thomas,
"is very gratifying; especially as it
disclosed an absence of the greater
part of the wrongdoing charged last
spring. It is aim gratifying because
it sustained the report made by the
Senate committee, insofar as the sub
ject was covered by that report. It
is, of course, much more complete and
exhaustive than the former, as it cov
ers the entire subject. I am in full
accord with the recommendations
Judge Hughes makes, and I have no
doubt but that they will be promptly
acted upon. The report fully sus
tained Judge Hughes' high reputation
as a patient, capable and' exhaustive
investigator."
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Food Bureau Giants Halt Supply
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year, the United States Food Admin
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in proper cases, will grant to malsters
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like a supply of malt for their re
quirements up to November 1, 1919.
This will permit the manufactured
supply to be held either at the malt
house or at the purchaser's factory,
provided that it is all delivered prior
to the first day of next October.
DENIES SEGREGATION
OF NEGRO WAR WORKERS
Published statements that the *?*?
ernment has created a bureau to sec
re gate negro war workers In indus
trial centers were specifically denied
today by the Department of Labor.
The problem of finding homes for ne
gro workers Is being handled by the
United States Housing Corporation in
co-operation with the director of ne
gro economics.
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