Evening star., 1920-05-28
SECRET M'ADOO
FUND" FURTHER
PROBED IN SENATE
"A. w. Mclean of North Caro-
lima ''Not Sort of South
ern Manager"

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The Senate campaign investigating
committee made further efforts today
to get light on what Chairman Ken
yon described as this invisible Nc
Adoo boom"
Angus w. Mclean of North Caro-
lima. director of the War Finance
Corporation. was examined. He denied
that he was "a sort of southern man
ager for McAdoos campaign and at
tempted to read prepared statement
Il know there is a McAdoo cam
palgn. interjected Senator Reed. dem
ocraf, OF Missouri. Il move we go
ahead with this witness with some
questions and let the statement go
until we find out why this secrecy
Replying to a rapid fire of ques-
tions. Mr.. Mclean declared that he
d1d not know there was a McAdoo
headquarters in Washington. or in the
Pennsylvania Hotel, New York. and
that he was not informed as to the
source of McAdoo literature sent to
democratic delegates
He finally recounted a converse
tion with Mr.. McAdoo as to the North
Carolina delegation.
Conversation With McAdoo.
Il told Mr.. McAdoo there was an
overwhelming sentiment in my state
for him" he said Il told him we
and that his name would go in wheth-
er he liked il or not. but that we
would be in an absurd situation il we
were voting for a man who would
not take the nomination.
He said he was not a candidate.
wouldn't turn his hand over to get
the nomination. and didn't want his
friends to take any action about it.
He did. however. say that if the NOM
ination was rendered him a man could
not decline.
Some of his friends thought they
ought to take the bull by the horns
and go ahead whether he wanted
them or not. There was some sort of
a dinner party up in New York about
it and some fool went and told him
about it."
Who was there?" Chairman Ken
yon asked
Well Mr. Roper" Mr. Mclean said
internal revenue. "and some others"
The witness added that later some
of Mr. McAdoo's friends were pretty
mad about it,"
We all thought something should
be done to show Mr.. McAdco's avail
ability" the witness continued. but
don't consider I've done any work for
him.
do you know anything about plans
to use the liberty loan publicity cam
paign organization for McAdoo? ask
ed Chairman Kenyon.
Il do not"
Il want to apologize for being rough
with you," Senator Reed put in. I'm
glad some man is letting the presi-
dency seek him. not chasing it
.Mr. .McAdoo n Rabbit
'If there ever was rabbit Mr.. Nc
Adoo is it," returned Mr.. Mclean.
The witness said he had talked to B.
M. Baruch.
Both of us agreed that Mr.. McAdoo
would be a good man." he said. My
own idea was we ought to lay back
and see what the republicans did OF
Carolina will support Senator Sim
mons. not even excepting Mr. Nc
Adoo."
Harry NJ Daugherty. campaign man
ager for Senator Harding. republican.
of Ohio, was recalled Questioned by
Ohio newspapers, the State Journal
and the Columbus Dispatch. had sup
ported Senator Harding at first. but
later had supported Gen. Wood. Sena-
tor Reed sought an explanat alton.
Il would be willing to go this far"
Mr.. Daugherty said. There was
very active campaign made around
Columbus for Gen. Wood"
I've understood" said Senator
Reed. that Mr.. Wolfe is the control
ling factor of both papers and that he
changed his policy 10 oppose Senator
Harding. and that later everything
Indicated the expenditure of large
sums of money in the campaign"
Mr.. Wolfe pretended at first to
support Senator Harding" Mr.. Daugh-
erty replied. .'and afterward went to
the vigorous support of Gen. Wood I
don't know if he was sincere in his
first attitude toward Senator Hard
ing"
Ohio Expenditures.
"Is it true that very large expend-
itures were made on advertising in
that Ohio campaign" Senator Reed
continued.
There were expenditures of that
kind-too expensive for us-and
didn't go into it," Mr. Daugherty re
Piled. Throughout the state of Ohio
there was very expensive campaign
of advertising for Gen. Wood but
we've no complaints about it. All the
republican papers were used, l under
stood. and some of the democratic"
Frank H. Harrison. Nebraska
newspaper publisher who managed
the primary campaign in that state
of Senator Johnson. republican. Cali
fornia, said a total of S1,913 had been
spent in Nebraska. Of this amount
he testified. $500 was sent him from
California and the remainder came
in in s.. $40 and s25 donations and
in postage stamps.
What would you have done with
$500, 900 if it had been handed your ,
asked Senator Reed
What most other political man
ayers do-divide il up among friends"
Mr. Harrison replied