New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
BORGLUM MAKES
PRIVATE REPORT
FOR PRESIDENT
Nav York World)

e0ver the facts so far as he could
IN a letter from the President on
January z.
After about two weeks OF inquiry
Mr.. Borglum presented his frst 90
eument. which he called prelimin-
sry one, as follows:
I came here gladly to
meet a wish expressed by YOU.
accepted your commission IN the iailn
and to the letter of the language
IN which it was drawn, and nave
sulfilled that wish, but the eftort
together with the strange revelations
that have become properly to me
has filled me with apprehension Tor
the success of your great plan loi
o,,r common country and mankind
generally .u.,..s
terrible state of confusion ana IT.
regularity, as reports shows, due &c
seif interest and intrigue. together
x;th oredetermination to thwart the
effort of our nation and the work
Of able and trusted assistants
Net One Service Plane
.Our Aeronautic Board OF Produc-
ton has been, frankly and flatiy. 4
nromoter's enterprise, and it stands
todav an undeveloped organization
With all the nations resources al
is command, it has not produced
s;nple service or battle plane, tna'
could he ordered across the lines.
"Contr.cts for $500 training planes
kave been let. OF this number after
seven months Of the most adyertise' s,'
and efficient government autnorlze,
work, we have on hand ], ,444' OF "t''c'
20 per cent are either worn out OF
useless. < ,u.,
uotor) that has been flying N:
rh;ne and submitted to daily expert
nental tests fell at Mineola o. tn!
evening of the 18th, due to breat
mat strikes at the very principle o
it's construction, which forces, Us t(
rcalize that the two great depart
r,ents, wood working and engines
,re in deplorable condition.
Money And Materials Available =.
"The production board was proVid
I'd with the best materials, the ma
ions purse and unlimited power
Europe constantly daily informe'
them OF her latest designs, to nave
these ignored until too late to serve
They have utilized. an almost reg
lipible portion of tn, available man
rfacturing facilities in the country II
wood. meta! products and engines
md have antagonized the remaining
large production by unfu'filled pro
misses for work, while ovcr-comm's
xioning three or four favored organ
pSations
"Nor have they hesitated to pro
mise and advance money to interest,"
where member or members wer'
connected with them and actuail!
aided in building and over-commls
.ioning companies where no faclii
ries existed, awarding millions Il
companies hastily formed by busines
partners Upon properties owned D,
members of the board.
"When we realize that it is est'mat
ID that half an acre of factory floo
.pace and $50 employees produce al
aeroplane a day: that we have up
ward of eighty acres engaged IN th'
production in America, supported b,
hundreds OF millions of capital ac
five for over six months with con
tracts committing them to a, possible
daily output of hundred and fit,
five machines; that their entire. out
put daily does not exceed clever
school planes, the situation become
clear
Smaller Plants Produce More
"Remember also that the Curtis
clant, the Dayton-Wright. Standard
Springfield and half-dozen other
engaged in this manufacture, posses
sing an acreage of between 50 an
100 are giving us eleven schoo
1olanes (machines). while in Canad
At Toronto, little factory of tw'
and a half acres, employing LAO
people, half of them women, is de
iivering to the United States fiv
training planes day, and has loan
ed the great Curtiss company train
ing planes in excess of its own out
out to meet the Curtiss failures:
"The Liberty motor is a story b.
itself and is too extensive and com
plicated for me to weary you witt
~However, no one can progress i,
this investigation without feeling
strange personnel. the influence o
an organized press bureau. strang
uniformed activity by the officia
group toward developing certain con
necting or long associated interest:
The official world looks upon Gen
eral Squier as the soul and centr
If aviation; the press and the maj
in the street look upon Mr.. Coffi
as the builder of great fleet. o
. airships that will some time darke
the German sun: but the aeronauti
and the manufacturing world know
that Mr.. (now ColoneD Deeds dom
mates everything.
Colonel Deeds IL Promote1
Colonel Deeds is listed as an en-
eineer, but investigation proves h
Is trained in no profession. He is
successful salesman and promoter"
At this point Mr.. Borglum goe
into detail regarding Colonel Deed
and devotes about $500 words to :,
attack upon him. much of which ha
been found to be unsupported b
fact, and most of which is libellou.
II not untrue. The writer adds tina
oenDeTdte IctdIudt1OH anu Pfo0Si
manism have emanated from tn
corps of which men he names ar
Officers. Experts repudiate thes
charges.
Mutual friends of Colonel Deed
and Mr.. Borglum say that there
Q personal difference between tn
two men which may or may nc
have affected the views of tn
sculptor.
Continuing the report reads: