New Britain herald., 1920-09-08
G. CLEVELAND
 QUOTAIs $4OO,O0O Cox'S Charge Regarding Money
 Drive Shown to Be Correct S74,OOO IS ALREADY PLEDGED
Plan Is for 10 Teams of 50 to a
 Men Each, to Canvass City for Con-
 tributions to Republican Campaign Expenses, Senate Committee Learns

Chicago, Sept. S.-Flrst evidence supporting Governor Cox's charge that large quotas were assigned to the principal cities by the republican campaign fund committee was in troduced in the senate committee in- vestigation today when Dudley s. Blossom, who helped raise Clevelands s quota testified Governor Cox's figures s400,0oo for that city were correct.
 Senator Reed called the witness's attention to the quota sheet submit ted last week by Fred w. Uphams s republican national treasurer which fixed the amount for the entire state of Ohio at $40O,000.
 Mir. Blossom testified that A. X. Protzman, a paid agent Of the n~s- tional committee, was present when the Cleveland quota was announced as s40o,0o0 ana that MT Protzman helped direct the raising of the money.
 10 Teams Organized.
 Forty teams of six men each were organized for the drive, Mir. Blossom said, 20 under his direction and 20 under c. T. Brooks.
 A list of 5000 names of prospects was provided by W. +. Woodford, chairman of the ways and means com mittee of Cuyahoga county and from this list each team captain selected the names of 50 to 60 men to be can vassed by his team. Some of the cards in the list as furnished by MT. woodford were marked with the Blossom said.
 MT. Blossom, who is director or amount the prospect should give. Mr. public welfare of the city ot Cieve-
 
 asked him last July to head a squad Of 20 teams and that. the actual work of raising the money was set for the week of August 16, and the general plan of. the Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives was followed.
 All in One County.
 "you were to get s4o0.0oo in tuyahoea county alone, although this ouofa sheet introduced last week by mo rep,solican national eornralttee shows the goal for the entire state or Ohio was orily s405.0o0? senator Reed asked. --
 "Yes.. sir. that was my understand ing MT Blossom said that when he left Cleveland Labor Day, Si4,ooo nad been pledged and that the wofk WAS still going on with MT. Protzman o'- recting it and all workers trying lo reach the goal of s4o0,e0o.. Senator Reed then took. the wi.- ness through Form 1o1, the campaisn nIan which republican witnesses have said was never issued, ana "nieii "i Blossom said he had never seen. At .Ir,os, every step in organization dascribed by. the plan, MT. Blossom nodded ar expressed assent. He said an executive committee was formed ;v, nIan and r6mGm bered of it's dozen or so members Michael Gallagher, coal operator as chairman and John Sherwin and J. R. Mutt. bankers and c. A. otis, broker, as members. .They were among the most in duential and powerful business and professional men in your city as des- cribed by this plan for the executive committee said Senator Reed woodford Measures Up. MT. Blossom said that w. \. Wood ford was chairman of the ways and means committee for Cleveland and agreed with Senator Reed that he was described by the language of the form which recommended big wis., toned financial man" for the post. The prospect list of 5000 names which Form 101 recommended was also identified as existing in Cleye- land as was the "cream list" assigned to the executive committee. MT. Blossom said he had been told by MT. Protzman that the executive commit tee had obtained about $2S,000 in pledges from this list. Senator Reed brought out that this conversation with Mir Protzman took place after the committees subpoena was served on Mir. Blossom.
 Senator Reed finished the reading of Form 191" with the signature of Harry NJ. Blair June 14. 1920.' Mr. Blair is assistant to Fred w. Gpha m the republican national treasurer and the date two days after the nomlna- ton of Senator Harding.
 Senator Reed and Chairman Ken yen clashed when the Missouri sen- ator asked MT. Blossom who "sug- gested this plan you followed, which absolutely tallies in almost every re- spect with this document I have just raad?"
 Senator Kenyon cautioned the wit ness not to answer but finally with drew his objections and MT. Blossom stated that either MT. Protxman or Mir. Woodford had outlined the plan to him.