Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-29

! treasurer Tor the Johnson 0Fganl
| Mr.. McCabe said he did not have the
records with him but offered to SCI i
! for them. His estimate was based. he
said. ION the last time I looked over
the books"
Mr.. MeCabe declared that Hoover
supporters in California spent Eight
or nine times as much as we, at the
lowest estimate 100000"
National Fund Told.
Washington, May 2s.--Aproximately
5000, 900 has been raised for the ma
tional campaign of Senator johnson Of,
California for the republican presides
tial nomination, Alexander McCabe,
treasurer of the Johnson California
organization testified today before the
senate committee investigating pre-
convention campaign financing.
Replying to questions Of Senator
Spencer, republican. Missouri. Mr. Nc
Cabe said this total did not include
local sums raised over the country, but
he declared that all other sums would
not aggregate more than few thou
sand dollars.
The witness testified that $4,000 of
the total OF the California fund was
sent to the johnson national headquar
ters lii New York, He added that he
had been in touch with the state or-
ganization up to about May when
the California primary closed"
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Mr.. McCabe testified. ''But we wert
| In constant difficulties meeting the
campaign of our opponents. Mr.
Hoover ran opposing Johnson thets,
Possibly $4,000 has been collected
since to meet the deficit"
Contributors Named.
Contributors named by the witnes !
| included Terbert FleiseEha cker 5000,
William II, Crocker $4,000 and John
II. Rosseter $500.
''The money was gathered in stale
wide solicitation" Mr.. McCabe con-
4 tinued. Asked as to contributions by
state officers. he said Charles L. Neu.
miller, prison commissioner, gave
$1,000"
i win c. Wood, gtate educational Of
ficer. Contributed active support to
Hoover the witness declared, addiul
that out of five railroad commission
ers three gave to Johnson funds, and
the others supported Mr.. Hoover
Regents of the state university asss
were divided In allegiance Mr.. MeCabe
said, but one or two gave possibly $3.50
or $500" to the Johnson campaign.
/ State Officials Contribute.
"a large number of state officials
did contribute to us" Mr.. McCabe said
"but they were not men of means, and
they did not give large amounts"
Asked as to the assertion that mine
milllonaires are on the Johnson ticket
of delegates" from California, the wit
Ness named Mr.. Crocker, Mr.. Fleish-
hacker, George /. Cochran and NJ, H.
De Young. MIR. DeYoung ne said gave
nothing.
How many millionaires on the
Hoover delegation2' asked Chairman
Kenyon.
1--WE never counted" was the reply.
i AS to expenditures Of California,
Nc McCabe said $4,000 had been sent
to e. +, Mitchell in Indiana, probably
$4,000 to Montana; $4,000 to Michigan;
$500 TO South Dakota; $4,000 to North
Dakota and $500 TO Oregon.
James A. johnson OF California, Mr..
McCabe said, had authorized some OF
! the expenditures, which made him un-
certain as to exact amounts. TO Min.
nesota i,500 was sent, he said.
Other States Aided.
"Then out Of California funds you
sent more than $4,000 TO other STA
tes?' Chairman Kenyon questioned.
I'm sure that's about right" Mr.
McCabe answered
You say this money was raised In
small amounts2"
eyes, by public appeals for funds"
Somewhere around $4,000 was
spent in California then. How was that
spent, did you have chautauqua lec-
ftures2p
In four big meetings we paid ex-
penses Of speakers" Mr.. McCabe re-
piled adding that printing and circu-
lation Of printed matter was the lar
gest item, with little Or no money spent
on newspaper advertising.
did you see any evidence of ex-
penditures by your opponents I'm the
Hoover campaign" Senator Kenyon
asked.
THAT was our great anxiety" Mr.
McCaDe answered. we didn't know
how effective II was going to be. They
circulated the whole state once or
twice; they had many workers. women
as well as men employed In house to
house canvasses.
They were taking whole pages of
newspaper advertising and we could
not tell what we had to do to counter
act II.
SAYS Hoover Force Big.
"They had tremendous number of
workers out Of Los Angeles, He had to
rely largely on volunteers workers
They had the money and could get
them"
| well, there we're some real people
! induced to work by their respect and
admiration for Mr. Hoover, weren't
there?"
"Yes ,of course. but there were
great numbers employed" returned
! the witness, who said that In Los An
gales alone Hooyer's men had 1900
paid workers
Before calling Mr.. Mccabe the com
mittee questioned Frederic Wfiiram
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