Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-10
IJPHAM MSAYSH HE
PROPOSED RAISE
IN DONATIONS ]. J ] 4! \ [
Takes Full Respo visibility for
Plan to Increase Limit
BY So, 600. !. .15

Chicago, Sept. 10.--Fred w. Upham
today told the senate comnAttee in
vestigating campaign funds that he;
took full responsibility for the pros
posal to raise the limit Of Republi-a
can campaign contributions to $1Q.-.
900 from s ,0a0. gstt ,
!!,8..'1t was voted down sby a,large ma
jority at a NEE ting in New York.. he
lsaid. ftsalS Kss,,l s x 2,
Hk sald Form 1o1. the so-called
Blair plan, was brought about by
his advocacy Of large contribution
told Harry. NJ Elair, his assistant, that
he believed the $4,000 figure would
be adopted after the national con-
vention had ended.
Il hoped the lid would be raised
and did recommend $4,000 as a
limit said Mr., Upham. II present
ed this proposition at meeting in
New York attended by Will H. Hays,
Charles Hollis, Alvin II Hert Of Ken
lucky, William Doughdrty Of Ohio
and Colonel William Boyce Thomp-
son.. of New York. ss.
'They. voted me down by big
majority and / stepped from the
his man in Chicago not to send out
Form il 01.'' ,} II Is,
"Two days later continued ,Mr'.
IUpham, Colonel Thompson went to
4 washington and saw Senator Harding
sand the candidate gave out state
mentlto The Associated Press that ne
had instructed the Republical, ma
4 tributions Of more than $1,000 each,
prondsing that%if any change was
\ made in the plan, the public would
! be. notified before 1t was put into ef--
Feet t.s fsss
4 Did Not Write FoSm s10f. +.
4 Mr. Upham said he did not write
Form l01 and that;it contained some
expressiota an. IDEAS g which be 81 Sghsa II
4 4 isBtif Form ii IL 81 5fsau
'lhe added. ..Furtheri1o the substl
.itue Form 4102 was not. presented sat ssat
4 1.-THE luncheon at the Tower room o1
1.-THE Union league club in Chicago
and was there throughout that con-
4 ference" st4ss. .5,s.5 & S;S, 5
! quota business" into what he called
4 ia plain business statement" MT
iUpham said that the state quota list
:. IofA about $4,8OO,O00. made up I'm
office included both the pre- -conyen;
!tion and actual presidential canspaigr
! periods He then pointed out thai
\ more than 81 100000 Of this total had
/
present budget Of $3,O75,oOps wa
!, ME lie SAID an that since the Chicago Con.
}vention he had raised about mil.
:. lion and q quarter dollars, of which
a about two-thirds was applicable II
the national COMMITTEES, the balance
being returned to states which had
] Joint fund scampaign with the ma
!tional committee.
Mr.. Uphanil presented figures or
: ,,s;pre-conveytion receipts and expendi
lures his previous testimony beinf
I limited to the period after the ma
:. tional convention. Todays testtmon,
! 81 1,o00, 900 for publicity, headquarterl
: and other national. committee ex
8,penses between December 1919
land july 70, of this year. & 5si
= Mr.. Upham testified that part o
the pre-convention expense to
8 sneakers was. for men sent out t.
3 preach Republican doctrines at chau
!: taauas. He said the SRepupilcan .na
!. tional committee Had achautauqus
: bureau under a DR.. Ellis, and tina
2 the salaries and expenses of tn
speakers were paid for out3of the ma
itional treasury VII 4. S5ss q. ' 2 81
. The chairman then brought gu
7 that Mr.. Upham understood aSst na
: there were I'd Democratic days at q !, stn!
= chautauquas where the puplicall lsl lea
= bureau men were sent. .,lf B FL
! Asks for Figures. 3,55
e Senator Pomerene asked xMr. UP
z ham q to produce detatle4s ngure
Z. showing tha division of the budget 70
q various items, but the witness object
5, ed on the grounds that, 1t would b
1 unfair to force the Republican, part
to reveal Its cam,paign ..plans.
III Senator Pomerene insisted his de