Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-03
spent FOR
WOOD IN INDIANA
~ Requests for Funds From
General Managers Laid
Before Senators
$l,ooo,ooo FUND PLANNED
BY the Associated Press

Washington, June 3.--w. B. Burtt,
41ofstant to Colonel William Cooper
Proctor. national chairman Of the Wood
coupaign committee, was the first wit
xesg called today. In business life, he
said. be was assistant and confidential
man for Ambrose Mcneil. of New
York. who, IL has been testified. was
heavy contributor to the Wood cam.
pnisn fund.
Mr.. Burtt said he had brought papers
from the Wood national committee, and
produced suitcase and two bundles.
from which he took a set of formidable
looking ledgers.
Mr.. Burt said one of the volumes
Z contained all the requests for funds filed
4 with the national Wood committee by
( state and district managers and nota-
ti0n of the action taken. Complying
with an Indiana state law, General
Woods name was signed to the orders
Med BY the committee in that state, but
& wtnss' uSSer explained 9Sd tsst ssbcts thf nns
meant that the actual signature was
Robert Tyler, agent of the general in
Indiana,
"A Mr.. Burt said $40 900 had been spent
IN Indiana, but explained other testi-
riony on the state expenditures by say
ing that unpaid bills would bring the
Indiana total TO S5s,0o0.
I'm order to carry out your work in
business like way. Chairman Kenyon
observed. your committee found il
necessary to have printed q blank form
beaded requests for funds.
Chairman Kenyon turned to bound
Y receipt book.
"Received from William Loeb, Marcf
20, 1920. $25 ,O0O," he read
The witness said he was not informed
Mr.. Loeb has been mentioned in pre-
vious testimony as having transmitted
$225 900 from Wood committee IL
New York.
C.. H. Duell, Of New York, was tn,
rext witness. He told tho committee
ne was associated with the Wood cam
paign "during the early days and unit
the change in management, which oc
CURED in January, when John L. KIM
went out
"The first plan was TO raise 81 900,
900 to finance a national campaign" h
continued. There was a meeting q
the home of Ambrose Mcneil, whcr
General Wood. Robert Cassatt and my
self were present. 1t was in the en-
Of November. 1919"
"Was the meeting prCarranged?
asked Senator Spencer, Republican
Missouri.
is.Yes, Mr.. Cassatt was asked to un
dertake the task was the reply
Later he definitely declined to TAX
part"
Mr.. Mcneil, he said, agreed to Q
ahead. The proposed plan was to "haN
the amount underwritten."
"E. Il. Smathers, Colonel Byllesb
Of Chicago. and myself later met" NJ
Duell continued 'and decided to {
ahead and help General Wood. The RI
suit of that was Mr.. Smathers ga
$40. 900.
.This started the Wood campaii
fund, and they went ahead with it
the West with Mr.. Sprague."
The committee pressed for the Mon'
contribution. ........ ...-..
!, "Mr. Mcneil was quite willing to VI
dertake $3.50, ,000," the witness test
fed "Later, he told me he had Civ
xx5, 900. His theory was an uLSarwri
idg; so many men were to raise 81 900
coo In amounts of 500, 900 each.
Though he personally took no furth
part In the campaign. Mr.. Duell So
he had heard later that Colonel Pro
ter, Mr.. Mcneil, Mr.. Byllesby and OF
ers had a meeting in December"
The investigation was interrupt
while members of the committee partiC
pated in the debate on the Senate flo
M on the resolution providing for adjourn
ment of Congress Saturday.