The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-29
COMMITTEE SEEKS FINANCIAL SOURCE
 OF M ADOO BOOM Republican Affairs Virtu- ally Sidetracked In Eff forts to Get Goods on
 Former Official
By Associated Press

Washington, May 2s.-Though re- verting twice into republican affairs the Senate committee investigating ex- pendltures in the pre-corvention presl- dential campaigns bent it's chief ef- forts today toward locating the finan- cial sources-if any--of what Chairman Kenyon described as this invisible McAdoo boom."
 Angus Mclean of North Carolina. director of the war finance corpora tion, denied when called as witness that he was a sort of southern mana ger for McAdoos candidacy" but later related a conversation he had with the former treasury secretary, which, he said, was concluded with statement by Mir McAdoo that "a man couldn't decline" presidential nomination if rendered him.
 Louis J. Lang, reporter for the New York American, another witness. was questioned closely as to newspaper arr ticles which he had written alleging that S5,000,000 fund had been under written for a McAdoo campaign. He refused to disclose names of his in- | formants but said members of the | democratic national committed cor | roborated the stories. Chairman Ken yon announced the committee had summoned others in connection with this branch of the inquiry
 | MONEY WAS SCARCE l In the McAdoo testimony, the com mittee took evidence from Frank A. | Harrison. Nebraska newspaper pub fisher, who said $1900 had been spent l for Senator Johnsons primary cam paign in his state. He added t.tslt $1 800 of the total came from Cal'for- mia supporters of the senator with an injunction Ito hold down expenses, be- ! ,.4rtl tr, 1G
 Harry M Daugherty, manager of Senator Hardings campaign organiza- tion, was called and questioned about newspaper and other advertising fur
 nished for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood g campaign in Ohio, which he classed as
 very extensive"
 Mir. Harrison said the same was true
 of the Nebraska Wood campaign.
 Recessing early. the committee fore-
 saw busy day tomorrow. when the
 California contest between Herbert
 Hoover and Senator Johnson will be
 gone into, with the financial repre- sentatives of General Woods cam
 paign organization on hand as well.
 MT. McLeans testimony today dis closed attempts of Mr. McAdoo': friends in New York to get together upon campaign efforts notwthstand
 ing the injunction of their principal , MT. McAdOO told nlfn, the WltHeSS Sdlu
 that he wouldn't turn his hand owe
 for 1t, was not a candidate, and dtdn'
 want his friends to get activet' FOOL SPILLED THE BEANS MT. Mclean added that notwithstand , ling when there was a dinner satherins
 to discuss the subject. in New York some fool went and told MT. McAdo'
 about it
 , B. NJ. Baruch, summoned early in thu Inquiry to testify, was mentioned
 many times in the queries of the com mittee members and one by Mr. NC
 Lean, who said Mir. Baruch had agreed
 with the conclusion that MT. McAdo' i, was a good man for the nomination. , Mir McAdoos sole friendly subscrip , ton on the subject came, MT. McLeai said when he told the former treas ury head that my state is for you
 but 1t would be absurd for us to b
 voting for g man who wouldn't accep , the nomination"
 Chairman Kenyon put into the recor' today letter from James McCluri f lGuffey of Pittsburg, denying that h' , had ever contributed any money to tn I fund raised for Attorney Genera : Palmer's campaign. Joseph F. Guffe, I of Pittsburg had been previously iden = tified as the contributor of $10,o00 U
 the Palmer campaign, in the testl
 mony by former Federal Judge Harr.
 Covington, the Palmer campaign
 treasurer.