The Washington herald., 1918-05-13
BORGLUp SAYS
HE WILL GIVE
SENATE FACTS
Writes Letter to President
Denying Charges Made
Against Him.
NAMES HIGH OFFICIALS
Declares Secretary Baker
and Subordinates Hinder
edFul Investigation.
NAMES HIGH OFFICIALS

In q long letter sent to President
Wilson last night, Gutzon Borglum
stated that he would place before
the Senate. either on Tuesday or
Wednesday, detailed evidence and af-
fidavits in answer to the charge that
he had a selfish motive in his re-
cent investigation of the Aircraft
Boards failure to produce airplanes.
His reply to the charges will be
senator. F. B. Brandegee. Of Con-
necticut-
Repeats Charges.
Mr.. BoTgIum repeats his charge
that Secretary Baker has advisors OF
Teutonic origin who are opposing ef-
forts at complete investigation of
the aircraft production program and
asks that all matters in dispute be
aired before the Senate Military Af-
fairs Committee.
My Dear Mr. President-On Tues
day or Wednesday shall place be-
fore the Senate of the United States,
through Senator Brsndegee, Of my
State. Getafled evidence, together with
affidavits attached, and relating to
the faIsehOods and deliberate frame
up by a, confessed tool of Colonel
Deeds. and this mans engineer. and
which by the following statement
from the head Of the War Department
Intelligence Bureau appears
Here Mr.. Borglum uses part Of an
article in a local paper which states
that Colonel Ralph II. Van Deman,
head of the Intelligence Section, de-
clined to discuss in any way the ac-
tivities Of his Office M connection with
the inquiry and which states that
IL became known yesterday that the
Intelligence Section had not seen the
report signed by Henry Harrison
Suplee. telling of Mr.. GorgIum's al
legged efforts to form an aircraft man.
ufacturing company.
The letter TO the President then
continues:
Accuses squicrs and King.
"It is a matter of gravest concern
to mo that credence could be given
tn charges of su IN a nature. or that
they could have teen in your posses
sion and u have received no intima-
ton of the faIsehood until MIR. Mar
shall intimated that there was some
sCrt of charge. or charges of dis
loyalty to YOU. This is so unthink-
able. that I dismissed and declined
even to discuss them. The publicity
of your letters to me through wide
and artfully arranged and widely ad-
Vertised charges against me, pre-
sented by Senator Thomas. together
with the deliberate interferences by
departmental aid you placed at my
service. namely Stanley King and
General Squiers. Stanley King acting
directly under the Secretary of War
together with other subordinates
deputized to interfere with my inves-
tigation efforts. constitutes a very
grieyous chapter in Americas effort
to get production of airplanes."
The letter then repeats Mr.. Borg
lum's denial as published in yester-
day mornings papers, and continues
1T Is absurd to state that pro-Ger-
mans are cIamoring for investiga-
tions. while the Secretary of War Is
a party to statements untrue and un-
founded, issued to deceive the nation
and serving no other possible purpose
except to warn Germany to hurry
her own airplaRe production as we
are just land foreveT. just at the
peak of production
Never. I believe. in the history
CONTINUED on PAGE SIX.