The New York herald., 1921-02-21
BORGLUM DEMANDS
DAWES GIVE NAMES
Asserts His Scoffing Testi-
mony Only Protects Gov
ernment PrOfitecr.

Declaring that Brig.-Gen. Charles G..
Dawes. in his testimony recently before
the Congressional committee investigat-
ing war expenditures. refused to give
the name of an American who was
treacherous to our country while at
war;" Gutzcn Borglum, sculptor. who
was associat, with the aircraft produc-
ton investigation. made public yester-
day a letter to the Chicagoan In which
he demanded that Gen. Dawes furnish
the name.
Mr.. Borglum demanded to know what
Gen. Dawes is afraid Of
II note that you have been mentioned
as a possible member of Mr.. Harding's
Cabinet" continued Mr. Borglums let
ter. II pray your attitude toward prof.
iteers is not the reason for your avail
ability. If so, and reports hold, you VIII
find at least two confreres equally will
ing and anxious to turn their attention
10 investigating partisan Washington OF
to-day rather than your bipartisan
Washington OF the war. when Rerubii-
cans were involved to their souls in the
expenditures under inquiry
Accusing Gen. l3awes OF vying With
the movies in holding public attention
while testifying and of using "a sufficient
amount of hell to confound the hear
ing" Mr.. Borglum quotes from the Cen
erals testimony:
ITO CONGRESSMAN Floods query,
Don't you think 1t Is our duty to root
out the guilty and punish the wrongY
you shouted, This is an attempt to bring
partisan politics into Il purely American
enterprise
yet in reply to Chairman Johnson's
direct question you admit, There were
O lot of vultures over there--'some OF the
most tespicable characters ever met
one man effected a combination or
French manufacturers against US In the
purchase of supplies
But when he asked who he was you
replied. Hell. I've forgotten. No: that's
q damned le of course, but what's the
difference what's the use? I'm not go
Ing to throw mud at anybody. It's over
now"
Mr.. Borglvm's letter then continued. In
part:
MUD throwing snd Undertaking are
terms invented by people who were
caught wallowing In it.
DO you realize you comforted every
Government proflteer and crook wallow-
ing in his own mud by that statement?
That's how a German would have aided
and abetted such Americans That's
Just what many Of them did, serving
their, not our. country.
"Do you realize that there have been
three years OF unpublished Irregularities
of this kind. which. more than any other
dozen ills. are responsible for the evic-
ton OF an Administration whose prin-
ciples and promises have been as lofty
as any In our national life. but whose
performances have been SO bad that
they may not be even questioned or dis
cussed, on pain OF os,raclsm or jail?
"You are right. there are politics In
this inquiry, General but only your bi-
partisan politics. which you and three
other prominent Republicans deiber-
atcly iniet ITO ev r. tempt TO re-
veal administrative incompetence to -he
public Whom nra you trying to save?
II would shock the country IL ] should
tell you here
why then don you help the peo-
pies comnlitire 20 r~cvo that not dol
lar was wasted &; France Gas YOU
shouted)9 II would be- so much M %
gratifying TO Ans rica much more cor
elusive. much more destructive OF all
criticism. than your hell and Maria
What arc you afraid OF? Why don't you
help the comnittee?"