Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-07

of men entrusted with a great arm of our military machine has come to an end, but added that the chart of re- construction of the aviation organiza- tion filled him with definite alarm
 MT. Borglum said he had noticed the publicity given his correspondence with something more than a shock and that he could hardly interpret it as friendly. In the course of long let- ter he declared that "the aero depart- ment is full of profiteering and that hundreds of millions have gone,'' and that when he commenced his inves-
 lgatlon from an office in the war de- partment building assigned to him. his work was systema tically blocked, to the extent even of threatening wit | nesses. He named in this connection Stanley King. assigned as an aide to his work. and asserted that Major General squier chief of the signal | corps, acted in like manner" !: Conspiracy to Deceive. | Every official that I approached
 and from whom I had the right to re-
 ceive aid and courtesy entered into q 1 general conspiracy to deceive to mis-
 lead, and to prevent learning the truth about the aeronautic situation" the letter continued. 'T do not pre-
 sume to give the reason for this, Remarking that Colonel E. A. Deeds, an army member of the air craft board. has said semi-publicly
 that 1,200 American planes were fly ing in France the sculptor asserts l that in fact today there are less than
 20 planes.
 Full of Profiteering.
 T have said the aero department is
 full of profteering" the letter said. | haf I1,r, Jlr ms. that factories have been created where there were no factories necessary and contracts to the extent of fifty mil lions given to men who had neither rhyme nor reason for the remotest
 connection with the emergency of air plane production. but who had the : bull of Deeds. and who are still houn- Il deFing in their ignorance and incom- Ipetency. unable and incapable of full , filling their contracts, still drawing . under the cost plus system on the
 treasury of the nation.
 Aeronautic Men Ignored. 1T q have said that aeronautic men 5 have been snubbed and ignored, and
 that factories that knew the art of $ airplane building are even at this : writing without the slightest consid ! 9 eration by the group who dealt out 9 the colossal funds for their own pur- ) pose"
 l Liberty motors were developed for the purpose of monopolizing the en- , zine making business in the country. Borglum asserted, and he concluded: ::
 Charges more grievous could not f have been made against a department = or group of men. Seven or eight = investigations have been made be- Q sides my own and there is no single l denial of anything I charge. The ca = moufiage deliberately planned by 3 : group of men entrusted with a great e arm of our military machine has come l. to an end. at least I hope it has come e to an end. but the chart of recon t struction which I saw the day before n yesterday fills me with definite n alarm"
 Mr BorgIum also gave out copy
 l,ot a letter to President Wilson. dated f January 21, transmitting his first re. V port. which complained of attempts tt }. block his investigation by officials, but ]. U asserted that he had been able tc Il connect "the broken links of chair {. of dishonesty and disorder that runs :. throughout our production depart ? ment"