The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-06-25
War UnscrambIinq Almost Fin
ished, Technical Committee
VIII &c Dissolved.
FR0hA"p0WER~ TO CASTOR on
Incidentally the Committee Adjusted
tire Great kanAss Rahni, Meat
Claim Along with Some eoo..
900 ctnsr.

w SsfNt
Washington .~~Attsr assisting In sny
Ing the country several miltlaus pf Do.
lars through adjusting ulore than -
90 was contracts which ~erv abrupt
ty Terminated by the armisties. the
technical advisory eoaitaly,ee Of the
war csalms beard of tho aar tiepa ~.
t1eft In about to be dissolved. Accord
ing 10 Campbell Scott, whe organized
the committee under the dsrecttaa o.
isehedict CruweiL, ussistsat secretary
committee. which Was COMPRESSED OF IN.
perts Ia practically every branch Of
engineering and manufacturing, 'sHs
organized 10 meet the %critlrBl stsua
ton which aeselopeJ Us soon as Tbs
var claims board aftstupted 10 SETTLE
the sa,Ubo contracts In es~istenc. d, tho
close of the waf.
The greater number OF these ron'
tracts involved questions Of a highly
technical nature, and II Was 10 settle
these that the technical committee aas
VOWED had been Yet of a basis Of the
war lasting four or Ave years
the greu, ma fori'y had been placed
during the last six months OF The cou
flct. Ar Idea ~ their scos*. Ia c,'
t#in~d when II IN understood that th~sr
were more than .slnD r%,ntracfors
whn, In turn. had let NJ tontrac.s 10
more than 1attsSH others, In fact, ~
have finished the war contracts for
munitions aud supplies 81 every "a
r~isablc nature which we're In exist
ence on ArmIstic~ ,iav world hay"
meant the tying ur Of practically a.
per c~nt OF tho manufacturing ~
sonrevs os this country
An outstanding feature VI the gres,
work " the Investigations which we're
completed hy the technical COMMITTEES
Ia the fact. contrary 10 eeneral belief
more than pl per cent NJ the essntrac.
tors were fpcnd 70 he scrupalousiy
honest Ia their dealings With Uncle
Sam
we found that the great majority
81 the Contractors sHd Chairman
Scott YESTERDAY, had undertaken thrtv
work with the prime idea cs assisting
their eoan,rv In a time ~ peril while
they did rot forget thst business -
business. u,eny Of them might have
made mrrh usor~ fTcss~y than they diA
m course. It n ,rue that .he small
minority took the viewpoint thst The
government had matn tho war and
hut when 4; rams. - adjusting their
claims eyen these WEIR found TO ~
fair sna reasonable. Indicative ~ the
gr~~i spirf, which prevailed Only ~
cat - e+aN c~ontrsctur~ have APP
rsaAifsi 80 The crurt 81 ctsiui ern,a
the awsrts made o. them Thi.
shous 'he rs'rstsktnr work anns nv
The technical Committee q the war
claims board"
CLAIMS BIC n litsis.
s,rae o, tie claims a,'11s,esI we~~
Distinctly a an Extraordinary nature.
They ranged fraua 'he adjustment IT
the greet cswer rontrscts IN the PITTS
tGrSh discreet. wajch invOiv~i 100
r.slan horse ynwgr. 10 she rT-ayrsrcsA
r'eas 81 ne rahbit wea' irttastry
whtft, hai sprung ~ 10 ksn&~& In
cf$entRpy. he easter nti cNesra IS
ths 81 ~ he u$e3 ~ tfNcr;y se,'ar>-
bare aasl" np fefote sbe tfs Rntrai
csmnsirscp The faet star re ertfr"
aassuat ~ mare 'asn s. '9"'' ~
weysh ~ ssr contracts wss s~i ~
Il evr c,s7t n thfir f4tal fave va'se
sNaas ;Aat rwal A-se Su rF4
the Industries 0t tels coaatfy
EFT IS me becsst So et s'h z''r
the v,s-yt ha< ever .rawa, a tss
NAV la uatea a ry,'nasis'at ass -
til administrators raaraet* ss~i ta'
wa~s ~ 'suaseta'uhl.hE ste wat
tacs ~ ;he nas'st AgAly teeAn.~a'
contracts s~st as.e s4Ss resE.Tsi
Up .avesst-uoE, was Dat aTecttnS
TIE r~,ue- sapply II ths pGtfsharsN
a s,ric.. tbs district. the CHIEF pros
Gcts - WAHss were usHraiHaas ard
stesj Il every siaA rss practically
/ ftt.i w 10 government work daring Ia
last year o. the ~Ar. AaeRfNaas ~
sailt ts rissts shsssssa dds Of ysS err
| vlsress wses added and "a eeos ~