The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-24
FINDS GUT WHY
WORLD WAR WAS
WON; DEMOCRACY
G. Q. P. SubSmeIIing Commit
tee Runs AfouI Of Reason
and a Democratic Admins
tratiOn Waged the War.

WASHINGTON. y e.. Feb - 81
The first Of the sub smelling COM
mittees appointed by the republican
house 81 Representatives 10 tlnd out
why the world war was won under
Democratic administration, has re-
ported.
II is Interesting TO note that the
chairman Of the aviation subcommittee,
James II. Frear. Of Wisconsin has a
var voting record Of the type popularlY
termed o-Geruan. He favored the
McLemere resolution forbiddlnE Amett'
cans 10 take passage on ocean nheIs,
and also the resolution taNoTlng an
embargo on the SAFE OF munitions ana
he voted against the war with Ger
many Consumption. the espionage act
ana the frat -evenuA Dill among oth.
erS II was Freag whose methods Of
conducting examinations - the Paeitie
Northwest were termed Of the bully
ing. police court" type BY influential
men and newspapers Of his own party
lean. report vas indicated BY the open
ing paragraph Of the minority report
submitted by representative Clarence
T Lea. Of California, as follows
The intsmperste biased and Nltu-
psratiye language in which the ma
joritv Of the report Is couched, lts
sacrifices Of facts 10 sensauonalisnA; its
acknowledgement. it's gratuitous reflee.
ton upon men who faithfully served
the government during the war, It's
repetition Of defanssSoTv charges adj
mttedly unsustained By evidence, ite
resort 20 iunuendo and inference %
cast reflections which should be peel
lively asserted. and responsibility there
for boldly assumed or the publication
thereof withheld its attempt TO deny
and ignore worthy accomplishments OIL
the air service, its failure 70 find any.
thing worthy or c0mmendahle In all
the funds that were spent, or the serv-
tees OF the thousands Of men who self.
Racriheingly devoted Themselves to the
cause OF their country IN the greatest
81 wars. is an index 10 the worth OF
the report that az once iHlpeaches It's
merit and e1citss incredibly as 70 its
reliability"
Fresr "A Monstrosity,"
This Democratic Indictment Of the
Tfsar report was privately upheld BY
Republican member OF the general
committee on war expenditures who
branded the latter "a monstroEity."
In face Of the Frear charges Of utter
failure Representative Lea presents Of
fetal figures, which were likewise fur
nished Representatives Frear and his
Republican colleague. Walter w. Ma
gee, OF New York, az follows.
During the war America established
and maintained more than 80 aviation
training schools Of various kinds In
thousands az our young men we're
trained. She produced ll,760 airplanas
and at the close of the war was manu-
featuring them at the rate Of $4,000
year; she produced 30,6S0 aeronautical
engines which had an aggregate horse
power equal to approximately one
eighth Of the total horse power OF all
the locomotives in the United States
She received and paid for 6,7l5 en-.
KtneE and 5,0il FLAMES from the allies
~ which over $500 were service planes
uEAd by the American forces In Eu-
Tope. ON the day OF tho armistlce
America had ! $50 service planes avail
able for use on the front lines. She
furnished the materials and supplies
that made possible the maintenance OF
the allied air forces and finally result
ed in their pcedomirance by nearly 100
per cent on the Western front
U. s. Flyers Brilliant, Z
In machines that she owned inner.
teas flyers went 10 the front and es-
tahiithed part Of the most brilliant
record Of the war. For each American
III our forces who persisted in combat
81 &NNldAH vi wei lNp dilN one ~lAdu VI
the enemy fell Thousands Of patriotic
Americans faithfully intelliEently and
Extraordinarily contributed 10 this
program OF accomplishments For II
sll the ma iorttv of this committee have
neither recognition nor Communication
They can only find faults The reward
they offer for this service 10 their
country BY their eountrymen is snarl-
inK criticism, faLltrfindlng, complaints
and destructive vitupsratlon,"
The minority report states what the
majority report omits, the inteTalhed
sgrs enoent Of Dec 1917 that the
European allies should manufacture
the necessary pursuit planes, the in.
creased production being made pos.
flhle by materials furnished by Amer
ies In this way much time wss saved
the latest approved lighting models
ware obtained and the Frsatest eli.
fleiency made possihls America re-.
etiyeo l,32i pursuit planes in this way.
Indulge in 1nnuendoes.
In The course a. their junkst to the
spruce forests Of the Northwest tbs
Republican "smaliers issued a. vicious
attack upon John D Ryan. Of New
York. who had been head OF the air =
. craft production department when the
srmlstice was signed, all AZ the charges
Admittedly hearsay Of sub
sanitation. These charges included
the assertion that Mr.. Ryan had used
. bis aircraft position IN such . wsv o.
10 cause the construction of a spruce
logging railroad 50 that II could he
uEed later BY the Chicago Milwaukee
: q st, Paul road, ~ which Mr. Ryan
was director Messrs Frear and
Magee weakened in writing their re,
! port, and instead uf direct charges IN
dulged IN innuendoes. The facU Of
. plan for the loEsins read was deter
mined weeks before Nj Ryan was
connected with the aircraft production
7 that officers Of the Milwaukee railway
4 system opposed the route selected and
had advocated the carving out of It's
Y own extension plans though futilely
7 am familiar, and so lis the pubic