New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-19

{ am afraid that you have for some
Time been under q serious misappreh hem
sion. GU call my attention to the fact
that you were not supplied with suitable
expert assistance in the investiagti ton
which you, OF your own motion, under
took OF the aircraft production. So
You VIII rernembe that the beginning
You wrote to me saying thatsyou feared
and believed that there were serious
errors not only, but serious bad practice,
IN the aircraft prod ton, and after con,
sultation with the Secretary Of War I.
wrote you that, if it was your impression,
you were OF course, at liberty to examine
any evidence that was in our possession.
s. never at any ti7ne Constituted you an
official Investigator. I merely gave you!
the right to look into the matter at your
own motion, and I am sure that the
letter which the, Secretary Of War pro
Vlded you with he gave you with the
same purpose and idea. We have wished
Eat every point to assist you and to make
possible for you what you wished to do,
but we have at no time regarded you as
the official represent native isof the Adj
ministration in making the investigation.
II 4 had $50 regarded you, 4 would, of
course, have you supplied with such as
sistence as you feel you have la cked.
You will understand, Of course, that
write this in the most cordial way and
only because it is evident from your last
letter that you have been laboring under
a misapprehension.
I hope that you will be willing and
that you feel that it is your duty to put
| at the disposal of those whom have
constituted official investigators all the
1 evidence that may be IN your possess lon.
+ Cordially and sincerely yours
Woodrow w ilsOn.
Mr.. Gntzon Bogluna, Metrop olitan Club,
Washington, d. G.. 4 ssgF
| Was Never Arrested.
In the course of his address, Mr.. Bar
low repeatedly referred to the rumorss
| that have been spread all over the coun-
try by the hostile press saying that he
was arrested and kidnapped on several
occasions. The speaker characterized
| these stories as, lies stating that he never
had been arrested and thatthey would
not dare to arrest him because he has
1.-The goods on them. He explained that
in case they should ever attempt to try
| him in court a number Ct those higher
ups at Washington, like Secretary Baker
\ dllu SGIldGOT CndInDeFlaln WOULD nave To
appear as witnesses and they would not
| Ike some of the qeustions he would have
his attorney put to them on the witness
stand. The important place Mr.. Barlow
filed during the war as expert engineer
4 and inventor Of bombs and other decides
and which brought him in contact with
/ high officials of all ranks was referred to
several times. 1t was this close contact
that enabled him to watch and study the
ihtrigues and frauds sperpetrated by
resp nsible persons while the country at
|, large was filed with the Glamour of
I patriotism by these same men. The
following letter shows She nature of Mr..
! BarloW's mission to France. It was
written BY Senator q. M. Hitchcock,
chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, TO William G. Sharp, AmericS
Lam ambassador at Paris during The war.
\ The letter read as follows:
United States Senate,
Committee on Foreign Relations.
Washington, D. aG.,
July 9, 1918.
Hon. William G. Sharp, .ss,s4
The American Ambassador,
Paris, France.
| My Dear Mr.. Ambassador:
/ take the liberty Of intro ducing my
| friend, Lester P. Barlow, who Is a sue
scessful inventor of bombs and other de