The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-11

dSHlDStOn, May lU.-I he Hood - light of publicity turned today upon the activities of Gutzon Borglum. the sculptor, while he was invesugating the aircraft production situation as the personal agent of President Will son.
 Letters, telesrams and sworn state ments placed in the hands of sena tors from the official tiles of the war deparament show that Bor4ums own inventions failed of test and that while acting as the presidents agent he carried on negotiations for the formation of an aircraft corporation in which he was to be silent part ner and which, the statement de clares, was to have special adyan- tages because of Borglums associa ton and friendship with the presi- dent
 Negotiations between BorgIum, Hugo Gibson, connected with the British war mission in the United States and Kenyon Mix of the Dodge
 
 iacturers began last Lecemo CT. tn, documents show, A statemcnl L> Mix, included in the documents. tells how he withdrew after becoming suspicious of Borgmms activities and reported the affair 10 Howard Coffin, then head of the aircraft pro dIction board
 The documents which have been supplied from the official files of the war department and are now in tho hands of senators most intimately connected with the aircraft inyesu- gation, declare that Borgum contin- ued his negotiations after President Wilson authorized him to make all inquiry into the aircralt situation.
 A summary of the neeotiations signed by Henry Harrison Suplee, who participated as consulting en- gineer for Mix. declared BOrgum was to be represented ill the corpora ton by Mir. Harris and that Bor- glum's sole asset in the transaction was to be first his personal friend ship and association with President Wilson, whom he stated he could do anything he wanted with
 That l was given to understand by Mir. Borglum that the present per- sonnel of the aircraft board was highly distasteful to him, and he was constantly criticizing their work That he definitely proposed to change the personnel by virtue of his friend r. ship with President Wilson and that he asked me to suggest members for the new board which would be more friendly to him in his projects. That ] avoided giving him any definite an swers along this line; that in the event Of newly constituted aircraft board being formed there would then he no difficulty in securing advantage to the proposed organization.
 As further asset Suplee' $ statement declares, 'BOrglum gave everyone concerned in this matter to understand that his position with the aircraft production board and the aerial section of the signal corps, U. $ A, was such that he could obtain for their use plans and technical de tails which this company could use and thus save considerable, both in time and in money at the beginning of operations" This statement, the documents show. was made to MiA after Borglum had shown his presi- dential authority as investigator and at this point the suspicious of Mix were aroused and he withdrew from the negotiations.
 The documents also declare Bor- glum told Mix that through his friendship with the white house ani acquaintance with Mir. Gibson, the engineer in the employ of the Brit ish ministry of munitions, he would have access to the best foreign and American designs and practices.
 Suplee's statement further declares that Borglum gave him to understand that the personnel of the aircraft board was highly distastefel to him