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HOOVER CAMP A|CN
COST $66,332
California Fight Not Included
Manager TestitieS.
EDWARDS FUND NOT WET

Cost to Date $4,000 and Was Not
Not Undewritten by Liquor Men,
Wick Declares.
Washington, May 26.-Campaign ex-
penditures in behalf of Herbert Ho0y-
! err Republican; Governor EdWardS,
! Democrat, of New Jersey; Senator
! Owen, Democrat, Of Oklahoma, and
| Senator France, Republican, of Mary
land, were inquired into by the SEN
| ate committee investigating pre-co'1-
vention presidential campaign tinanc-
| ing.
John F. Lucey told the committee
| that $66.332 had been expended for
/ Hoover, exclusive of the costs of the
! California contest against Senatdr
| Johnson, Republican, Of that state.
| and that total contributions had been
| S62, ,1S5. Many of the contributions
! are employees of the United States
| Grain corporation, and Lucey said
| most of them worked with Hoover
| either in Washington or Belgium.
| alter w. L lVSliltI W
| pendtures of $4,000 in behalf of Coy
ernor Edwards, denied that any liquor
interests were underwriting the gov
ernors campaign. He declared Ed
| wards campaign was not "wet" one
| in any sense
Expenditures in behalf of Senator
| Owen have been S10.410, J. w. Beller,
| his campaign manager testified, add
ing that no delegates had been Obtaihe
ed outside of Oklahoma.
Senator France, appearing in person,
| told the committee he had spent no
money. Is
Another Hoover manager besides
Lucey was examined by the committee.
He was Charles J. Hepburn, of Phila-
delphia, a leader of the Philadelphia
Hoover Club, who testified that in all
about $4,000 was raised in Pennsyl.
vania.
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri.
questioned the witness about the
much discussed dinner at the New
York home of E. VI House, last Janu.
ary, at which it has been said the
| neutrality-suspicious. boom was launch
ed. Hepburn said he was not presents;
| that he had read that Cyrus H. X
| Curtis, of Philadelphia, was, but thai
| he knew Hoover had not met Mr.. Cur
| tiS until last April in Philadelphia
Lucey was recalled by Senator Reed,
and also questioned about the dintsaA
but said he knew nothing about it, He
suggested that Hoover could tell about
! it if called.
B. NJ. Baruch, who has been asked
| to appear for w. G. McAdoO, Demo
| crat, of New York, was the first wit
| ness at the afternoon session.
Mr.. Baruch told the committee he
knew absolutely nothing about Mr.. Nc
| AdOo's campaign or its expenses.
Mr.. Baruch was asked about his
| business, and Chairman Kenyon sug-
! gested that he was "a kind of gov
| ernmental assistant"
That's not So" Mr. Baruch said.
81 am a private citizen, though I was
in government service during the
| war;
| Reading from newspaper accounts,
| Chairman Kenyon put into the record
| assertions that Baruch, Henry Nor
| genthau, ambassador designate TO
| Mexico; Charles P Crane, minister to
| China, and others, had started and
| financed a McAdoo organization with
| $5,0OO,OOO for campaign funds.
| "Our calling you here is result
largely of these reports" Chairman
Kenyon said.
There's nNt a scintilla Of truth in
that" Mr.. Baruch declared. He read
a prepared statement.
"I am not, nor have / been, in any
! sense whatsoever, the manager for any
candidate for the nomination for the
| presidency" it said. Nor have I been
the manager for any person who may
| be a candidate for such office. Neither
have l collected, given, promised or
| disbursed any money or moneys in the
| interest of any candidate, directly or
Indirectly, for this nomination, or for
any person who may be candidate
for such position. Nor do l know of
anybody else who has given directly
| or indirectly or promised 20 give any
sum whatsoever in the interest Of the
/ candidacy of anyone for the Demo
| cratic nomination for president"