The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-04

Washington, Jan. 3--m further in- vestigation of clothing and other army supply contracts negotiated by the civilian supplies committee of the council of national defense, the sen ate military committee today re- ceived from Charles Eisenman. vice chairman of the contracting com mittee, statement of merchandise bought from firms whose members or employees are or were connected with the committee
 Of supplies valued at about SS00.- j00Hoo bought during the last eight months, Mir Eisenman statement discloses that $12S,S3o.o00 of that amount came from such concerns. but that all except SlLS50.064 worth was contracted for before the contractors representatives became connected with the committee.
 Before presenting the statement asked for by Senator McKellar yes terday Eisenman. in concluding hts testimony, staunchly defended the committees work, upheld the policy of secrecy in advance of letting con tracts and again insisted that the men given the much discussed scrap sorting contract would have been limited to a nominal proG.
 Mem CTS of the military committee tOneht were prepared to launch leg isation, the first results of the in qutry Chairman Chamberlain plans To introduce tomOrrow a bill to ere ate new cabinet member known as the secretary of munitions, 10 have complete charge of all war material purchasing. It is l7omised virtually unanimous committee support
 Another bin which Senator Nickel lar plans to introduce tomorrow as a result of the investigation would amend the national defence act ere ating the council of national defense so as to abolish all civil advisory committees and prohibit the council members or their agents from being directly or indirectly interested in supply contracts The committees already have been holished. but some of their members are serving the de- partments as expert advisors
 Nine firms were named in Mir. Eisenmans statement as being among those who had received army
  and whose representatives served with the committee, Testimony SUD porting Eisenman's contentious that quantity of army clothing had not been lowered by his orders for use of more reworked wool and shoddy in the cloth was given by Michael E. Driscol an expert wool worker of Paritan N J., who said the new cloth virtually is as warm and dur able. He added, however, that the German uniform is fifty per cent bet ter and costs less.
 Testimony regarding army shoes also was heard today from F. I. Bliss of Boston, who said about so per cent of American soldiers shoes do not fit and charged delay by the war de- partment in adopting a correct shoe fitting device
 inquiry into the clothing question " II 0te resumed tomorrow. At an executive session late today the com mission decided to expedite it's in yestisations as much as possible and hereafter limit detailed examination of witnesses,
 In resuming his testimony Mir Eisenman read excitement regard 'ng the scrap sorting contract given the base sorting plant, to which much. attention was given yesterday He asserted that the Tlants opera tibn already had saved the govern rlent almost Si,000000 that only the government has profiteG. the owner' making no profits and receiving nc compensation, The men lwho are op- epating the ulant were said to be the