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...Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, the Government lost a case brought against a large number of men for alleged frauds in the sale of surplus lumber belonging to the Air Service. This was called the "Phillips Lumber Case," after one of the leading defendants. They were accused of conspiracy to defraud the Government of $1,500,000 by taking double commissions from the Government and from purchasers in the sale of surplus lumber. Since the criminal case has fallen through, it is expected that civil suits for the recovery of damages will be dropped...
...bill for lumber was $232,511,000, which was 15 per cent, of total output. For iron and steel products, $464,955,000 was spent, of which $383,990,000 went for iron and steel castings and $80,965,000 for steel rails. Purchases of copper, zinc, lead, etc., came to $57,245,000; lubricating oil and grease, $15,678,000; and cement $6,120,000. The sum of $344,394,000 was spent for miscellaneous materials, including ballast, groceries, meat, canned goods, brooms, matches, pencils, typewriters and various supplies...
...thrown away. The framework of society is represented in other familiar patterns here, but it has all been freshened up with a new lick of paint. It is rather surprising to find that so much material that has seen service before is still worthy to be taken from the lumber room...
There is, however, still some hope. President Nicholas Murray Butler and Mr. Mencken are in Cleveland. William Jennings Bryan is present, and La Follette is buying lumber for a platform. One of the darker horses may canter in under cover of the fog, or the weather may even change...
...even more than was hoped for by those who objected to the present use--or misuse--of the building. Certainly any change which will free the oldest, the historically most interesting, and what has often been declared the most beautiful building of the University from a clutter of old lumber, discarded scenery, and unsightly office partitions is to be welcomed...