Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-10
JOHNSON CLAIMS BIG
EXPENDITURE MONEY BY
HOOVER GROUP IN CALF.

washington. May Senator John
son. Republican. California. today
made public I telegram from Meyer
Llssne- OF Los Angeles. one OF his
campaign managers 70 Herbert
Hoover charging that Mr. Hoove-'s
campaign IN Los Angeles COUNTY N
opposition 10 Senator Johnson in the
recent California Republican Presi-
dental primary was the worst sa-
turnalfa OF political extravaganza
that was ever exposed or conducted
N Southern California"
Charging excessive expenditures 4
behalf Of Mr.. Hoover. Mr. Lissner
alleged that $4,000 was paid 20
hired workers" that another 5000
go had been expended for postage on
Hoover literature. and that the
Hoover organization hired aurorno-
biles on election day al SIS each. He
also charged that the Hoover organ
ization N Los Angeles county con
-alned most OF The disc-edited lead
ers Of The old Southern Pacific poll
tical machine and practically every
official Of the present Republican
1-SNA- IL ~ -A4AE--1i NLE-- SsAlA4E+I
divisions"
Mr.. L4SsEer informed Mr.. Hoover
that his telegram was prompted by
Mr.. Hoove-'s statement 70 explain
E-our defeat BY claiming that You had
an amateur organization n Califor-
MIA and today you say you would not
nave your supporters raise a great
campaign fund for fear il might
mortgage your soul
Declaring that ne had been chal-
lenged by John 2. Lucev. president Of
the Hoover Club. 20 make good On
charges that the Hoover campaign
was backed by an immense slush
fund Mr.. Llssned said:
y Immediately accepted his chaI-
ienge. demonstrating with factE and
figures that the DAY after elecrior al
YOUR headquarters was ike nav da,-
II an immeRce Industrial plant lam
medal gay by i horde Of i.,rel work
ers. c--morIn- for their pan. l show
sd that within one hour over $50 such
had been paid IN amounts ranging
from four dollars 20 for-y-two dollars
and fifty cents: that toward evening
waiting for pfF. and they were still
being paid OF the next morning: that
this item involved II itse.e an expen-
diture OF AZ least twenty thousand
dollars. while the Johnson orcanlza-
ton had hired no paid workers ali all
for election day.
Y challenged -Four organization 10
state exactly how rnznv hired zrorkt-s
they had and the amount Of their nav
roil ! stated that about another sa0oaa
had been consumed By you n sending
literature by mail with a tvvo-cent
stamp 70 every one OF the 10000 voters
II Los Angeles COUNTY. that vou had
several hundred rhen ana wcrren EN-
p4oyed n headquarters for some lime
n various capacities With Z pzyrpll rrzr-
ninEs I'D into tens of thousands. ana
challenged your management 70 test nov
many were 50 employed and how much
Eas involved ! showed that tfey- uald
about $3.50 Tor advertising n one news
paper n Los Angeles alone IN which he
Johnson organization expended sIss
4 challenged them 10 tell how
many automobiles they hired al SIS
per day on election DAY. and dnalry
I accepted their challenge 10 submit
the records OF the johnson campaign
in Los Angeles county along with
theirs 10 a public audit ana asserted
that II they had the courage of their
bluff. the record would show on yolr
behalf in Los Angeles county the
worst saturnalia OF political extrava-
-
Quoted in Southern California In
the same statement 1 gave in fun
the receipts and expenditures OF the
Johnson organization I'D 10 the day !.
Of the election | asserted and okaI- /
lenged your people TO deny that their .
expenditures in Los Angeles county /
amounted 10 many times our own''