The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-11

and that he proposed to change it "Oy virtue ol his friendship with President Wilson" and asked Suplee to suggest men for the places.
 Mir. Mix states that the confidence of Borslum and Gibson of their abil- ity to luild slou.s acceptable to the government impressed him and he considered extending his plans for manufacture He attaches copy of d letter to Borglum dated January 1 in which the proposal for a new com pany composed of manufacturers of component parts of aeropanes ap- pears for the first tune Mix ex- plains that he Dodge people would moi have cared to have shared own ership in veneer pa ents and processes any more than Bo sum and UiEslr ? oud have cared to sharc perma- nently their interests in design ano power plant Before the letter was mailed however, Borglum wired on January i
 itiA FOt ~tA ul4 Nlit. ildNt you replied? When are you in New York or Washington? Reply Stam- ord Conn"
 Mix did not send his letter but in- stead wires that he had just bou2n the plant of the Gillette Motor com pauy adjoining the Dodge Veneer plant and believed he had provided tor body and wing construction for
 landing and accessory, and for all accessories.
 He added; If you can supply de- sign d. mentioned in your wire and propeIlor there seems to be no req son why immediate operations could not be started"
 On January l6 Borglum wired Mix
 leave for Washinglon on serious business Can you see me there at earliest possible dale? Address me Metropolitan club'
 The next day Borglum wired from Washington Am here indefinitely Bring drawings, photos, or other portable data of swift foreign planes See Gitson in New York
 "On January 9. t9i8." MIxs state ment continues. q called Mir. Gibson at the British ministry by telephone and was instructed to meet him iu the afternoon at the office of Nil Compton. an engineer on the eighteenth floor of the Hudson Ter minal building Mir II H Suplee accompanied me on this visit" Compton. Mix understood. was a desisner, in the employ of BOrGlum and Gibson and at his office there was also a Lieutenant Roberts of the British army, who said he was in- valided and out of the service and looking for private enterprise. When Mir. Gibson stated 10 me, the Mix statement continues. lin this confer cnce. that Mir B0rglum's connection was with the hi"hest authorities in the American government and show ed me telegram from the man by the name of Nichols, s,a;ing that Mir. Borgum could put throuah any thing that had merit. Mr. Gibson alst stated that MT. Borglum could not 1T any way he identified with the new company openly and that his interes will be represented by a Mir. Harris whom he wished me to meet on th'
 following day. He told me that NIT Borelum was doing big things II Wasnneton, but that it was up t' Mir Borglum to expect for himsel what they were.
 | W hen he was satisfied that his sus picions were well founded Mix called
 his fathers friend, r $ 1ardesty
 Of this city into conferences A DOT
 tion of the facts were laid before MT | Coffin. but the source of the informa | tion was concealed,
 1 Later the facts were disclosed full,
 to Mr Coffin and General Squier. The statement was prepared by MI 1 Mix in Hardesty's office and he note that while he was writing it a lette
 arrived for him. copy of which h | attaches. This letter Is on the sta tionery of the British ministry 0