New Britain herald., 1918-08-27
HUGHES STUDYING
 SENATE AIR REPORT
Report on Criminal Side Of InVeS-
 tigation Delayed for Weeks

Washington, Aug. 27.-The Hughes which has come to be accepted as a sort of grand jury that will bring in
 dictments against anybody who is found to have been involved in fraud or criminal carelessness, will not re- port for several weeks. It is expected that two weeks more will be consum- ed in taking testimony and an addi- tional two weeks in preparing the report.
 The Senate Committee investiga- ton, just concluded, skirted the edges of direct charges while laying bare the facts and failures of construc- ton, but made specific accusation against nobody
 It is possible that some of the off, :, cers who considered themselves at tackled by the deductions and infer ences of the committee report will not wait for MT. Hughes to bring the ac- cusations but will exercise their mtli- tary right to demand court martial to relieve them of the fog of suspicion engendered by the State Committee failing to differentiate among those concerned in the failures. It was pointed out that the inference of Carelessness and incom- petence due to the reiterated charge that the designing and manufactur- ing had been left to automobile ex- ports, instead of being kept in the hands of aeronautical engineers, was unjust as every other country en-
 gagged in the war has found it neces sary to do the same thing. For in stance, the English had the Rolls
 
 makers produce aeroplanes; the French went to the Renault, Hispano- Suiza, Lorraine Dietrich and Penguet Companies; the Italians to the Fiat and Isotta Fraschini, and the Ger
 mans to the Mercedes and Benz Com panies-all manufacturers of auto mobiles and only since the war began
 aerOnautical producers.
 Such questions as this will not af- feet the direct charges of fraud, but determination of responsibility would at least separate the sheep from the goats.
 Those in charge of the Hughes in oui1v refuse to say what progress is being made from day to day. They will not even give out the names Of the witnesses.
 The report of the senate sub-com-
 
 taken by it will be gone over by mem bers of the Hughes committee with d view to getting line on anything that looks like a trail to a crime. As 2, result of the making public of the senate committee matter the Hughes investigation will be prolonged, for it will require some time to digest 1t and call witnesses for further details along certain lines.
 Memb bers of the senate who have followed the aircraft investigation be- 1ieve that indtctmen ents will follow the report of the Hughes committee. A member of the subcommittee of the military affairs committee that made the rounds of the aircraft manu- featuring plants and heard much of the testimony says that he does not feel that there has been anywhere a wholesale and deliberate violating of the law but he expects to see the LIuohes committee find some isolated cases of crime.
 Attorney General Gregory is very anxious to complete the aircraft in vestigation. to which he is giving most of his time. He hopes to have the report ready by the middle of October at the outside.
 The senate committee report has gone to a pigeon hole and there is no sign of an attempt to put into ef- feet it's recommendation for depart ment of aeronautcs.
 Senator Reed of Missouri mem Der of the senate military affairs com nittee and of the aircraft sub-com- mittee will leave soon for the western front in France where he will observe first hand what is being done With air craft and just what part the United
 States is playing