Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-29
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LOOK into WAR
EXPENDITURES
Jefferis of Omaha to Be One
of Men to Investigate Camp
Locations and Govern
ment Purchases.

Washington, May 2S.-(Specal
Telegram.)-"A special committee of
IS members of the house, 10 repub-
licans and five democrats, will, in
all probability, be named to take
charge of the investigation of the
expenditures of the War department
during the past two years" said Rep
resentative Jefferis today.
This committee will be divided
into number of subcommittee, &C
cording to present plans, each
charged with specific duty, as, for
instance, investigating air craft pro-
duction, camps and cantonments,
arms and munitions and foreign &C
tivities Of the department as they
relate to the establishment of camps.
etc, abroad.
The present committee on ex-
penditures in the War department
will be made the basis for the larger
committee, which will be empowered
to send for persons and papers and
to hold hearings in all sections of
the country.
MY understanding is that this
committee will be made' up of men
willing to work and as that is what
| came to congress to do, they can
not organize and get down to busi-
ness any too soon to suit me, for |
am convinced there is a fertile field
for investigation growing out of ex-
penditures of the War department in
connection with the world war"
Opposed to Free Seeds.
Nebraska members Of the house
are opposed to giving free seeds to
every Tom, Dick and Harry who
may want them, judging from the
votes today when the annual ap-
preparation for free garden and veg
etable seeds was reached in the
agricultural bill, Reavis, Jeferis,
Evans, Mclaughlin and Andrews
voting against the appropriation.
Representative Mclaughlin, a
member of the agricultural commit
tee, in speaking of the seed ques-
ton, said he understood the seeds
were bought on the market at re-
duced price and when sent out pre-
sumably as frst-class seeds, they
failed to germinate.
people in my district don't want
these seeds and for one, l am against
voting an appropriation for very
doubtful benefit" he added.
Representative Jefferis said he
voted against the free seeds amend
ment because he saw good chance
to save the government 1858. 900. ad-
ding: "If the people were really being
benefited by this distribution, I
wouldn't say a word, but when they
get seeds that do not grow it's
a woeful waste of money and |
am against the proposition"
jeff Says Repeal.
Big Jeff's" old cronies Of the
Omaha Field club, with whom he
has played golf in season and out
have wired him to vote against the
repeal of the daylight saving law,
but he is committed to its repeal,
having introduced a bill yesterday
to that effect, believing that the re-
quest of the farmers for its repeal is
more potent than the prayers of his
golhng constituency for its contin-
uance on the statute books.
German Cannon Coming.
Tuesday Representative Jeferis
introduced bills providing for the
donation of captured German can
non and field pieces to the follow
ing cities and towns in his district:
Omaha, Blair, Papillion. Elkhorn,
Waterloo, Valley, Bennington,
Springfield, Gretna, Bellevue, Fort
Calhoun, Washington, Kennard,
Herman and Arlington.
w. E. Morgan former editor of
the York Republican, who has been
living in Washington for several
years with his son, Raymond, under
went a major operation at local
hospital. While not entirely out of
danger, the operation is looked upon
as being successful.
Frank Woods, Lincoln, was
guest of Representative Reavis We'd
nesday enroute from New York to
his home in Nebraska. Mr.. Woods
spent the day with his brother, who
is president of the Maryland State
Agricultural college.
Si0IIx Citv Man Killed