The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-10
0V..COX'S CHARGES ARE CONFIRMED BY
 BLA|R'S FORM 1O2
Quota of Cities Is Proved, But Republicans Have Been Un- able to Raise All
 the Money
Rx CIINToN w. CILBERr


 |1 Chicago, September Especial )-Form M today turned over to the Kenyon inves- \ tigating committee by Harry M. Blair, { in general charge of the fund raising for \ the republican national committee, ap- ] parenuy confirms Governor Cox s | charges, at least so far as that there ex- isted list of cities with quotas fixed by the national treasurer.
 This form says: There will be cre- ated in fifty-four designated cities a volunteer organization of prominent business men" And it says further that ! the chairman of this organization will accept quotas placed on the cities by the national treasurer" and it explains that these quotas have been levied on the basis of population, wealth, repuo- lican vote, industrial production ana general ability to contribute"
 Form No. 102 does not give the list or designated cities, nor does 1t give their quotas Governor Coxs list contained fifty-one cities, whereas this form speaks of fifty-four designated cities. All the testimony hitherto has indicated that the national organization merely made quo tas for states and that the city quotas were fixed locally, but this form says that quotas nave been placed on the cities by the national treasurer.
 HISTORY OF FORM 102
 The history of Form 102 is as follows: After the republican national conven- tion MT. Blair and his professional money-raising association felt that the collection of money for the republican party was going too slowly, and that IL would be difficult to raise before cleo fba of national budget, little over $3,o0o,oOo.
 Under these circumstances, MT. Blair proposed that the s1, 900 limit to contrlou- tions under which the collectors had been operating up until that time, be h1teo and a $10,00o limit substituted. He caused to be drawn up form No. l0l, when was the docu nent that fell into Governor Cox's hands and led the governor to say that the limit on republican conulputioils was s10,0O0. instead of $1,0oO
 It is said MT. Blair and MT. Upham took this proposed form to New York; where it was disapproved by Chairman Hays and other national committee au- thorities. It was never sent out but form No. 102 was adopted in it's place.
 Unless the language of form NO. lVz' already quoted, is explained away, pro- gramme for rapid collection of funds in cities was substituted at this meeting m New York for MT. Blair's proposal or raising the campaign fund limit from s1 .O0o to $10,0O0. That seems to pc the lkeliest explanation of the instructions m this form with regS. so ti's organi1ins or cities and the placing of quotas upon them by the national treasurer
 LARGE CITIES ORGANIZE
 The evidence obtained from MT. Blair ,.st night under cross-examination by Mir Reed tended to show that the large cities. at least were now being specially organized under the direction or the na- tional organization. rather than tnrousn inc state finance organization, which was apparently the original plan. MT Biair testified that New York city, Chicago, Cleveland. Detroit, San Francisco and Eos Angeles all had special finance di- rectors raising funds. In Chicago, whirlwind campaign began today under inc direction of Frederick c. Barper or New York, whose purpose IS to raise s5on. ooo in seven days. MT Barber has 600 solicitors under him.
 Treasurer Upham had given the total ouota for the state of Illinois as S6O00o, whereas according to MT. Blair, 1t is proposed to raise $50o,0oO in Chicago alone in single week.
 It will be observed that all these extra efforts to raise money indicate not what Governor Cox had charged that immense sums had been raised by the republican ofgan18atlon, put quite the contrary. namely, that the plans hitherto did not give promise of raising enough to meet the budget The proposal to increase tho limit from 1000 to $1o,ooo came not from the politicians, but from the professional money faisers. It was re-told by the politicians.
 The money raasers made this proposal because they wSre afraid they could not get 8, ooS. 900. if the $1,ooo limit was maintained. Tho special organiza- ton of the cities provided for in form 102 was apparently adopted as sub stitute for raising the campaign fund limit of $1,ooo. It apparently has been resorted to for the purpose of insur- ing the raising of $s,0oo.oo0 Even if Governor Cox's list of cities, and their quotas should prove to have been sub stantially correct, his eetimate that quotas of the same proportion had been assigned to the rest of the country and that the total was $15,ooo.o 900 will fall down.
 Moreover no one expects through the drive in the cities to realize more than this amount of the national budget. The evidence goes to show that the quotas were fixed high for the collec- ton purposes. special drive has been going on in Cleveland for some time and the quota thereof, $a0o,000 Is very far from being realized.