Evening journal., 1920-09-09
WAS ALLDONE
in The Open
Republican Collector Tells
How the Funds Were
Raised
FUND COVERS
? YEARS EXPENSES

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-rhe one man
who ought to know and apparently
docs know every fact relating TO the
,a'sing OF the Republican fund faced
'ne Kenyon committee yesterday
afternoon and sgain last night. He is
marry NJ. Blair. assistant to the treas
urer OF the National Committee. and
pictured by Gov. Cox's witness. I'd
Moore as the chief money digger"
OF me Harding campaign.
rue plan Of collecting the fund was
auapleQ by Blair from the great
patriotic drives OF war time and ne
Is directing its operation. He made
such q frank and convincing witness
Ior lhe Republican side that senator
hted' VINO is doing his best 10 make
out a case FOR Cox, purpOsl to cross
examine him for a whole dav.
In the first place Mr.. Blair sold
under oath that there never had been
any project OF q $4,000 900 fund or
anything like 70. lie termed Cox's
principal assertion as mere fancy"
ne gave the committee a complete
exposition OF his programme In an its
details and said that instead OF there
being two agencies al work. one
opening the other secretly, the whole
scheme depended upon its cooperative
character and upon the application Of
lessons learned during the Red Cross
and other popular campaigns.
III is not a gumshOe proposition at
an he insisted.
lie denied that any quotas were as
signed TO cities by the National Com
mittee, but explained the plan where
by the stale chairmOn, after the state
t. II. 40 D.
raised by the smallest geographical
subdivision. the county.
He developed the fact. heretofore
not plain to the committee, that the
slate quotas. aggrega. ng about 5000
400. as previously atienied by National
Treasurer Fred Upham, were allotted
not only 10 got money for this year
but for all the uses OF The National
Committee since the Congressional
elections, or up TO June r.. The Re-
publlcans had collected roughly.
si.1OOOoO In pledges and cash. and
since the CONVENTION $1,000 900. The
Total collected since December 4. 1918.
was, therefore, about S2.9OOOOO. As
The National Committees budget Of
expenditures TO carry it until after
ihe Presidential election Is S3O79 900.
the sum yet 10 b, raised In cash or
promises is 81 10000.
And Mr.. Upham says he will let
me on when We get that" said Mr..
The one weak spot in his testimony
was MS inability to say whether any
0f the S3,O19OOO 10 be raised for the
National Committee was 10 be- return
cd 10 those States which are collecting
money and turning u over TO the Ma
iional Committee under the ioini
plan frequently described Mr.. Blair
could not answer this question be-
cause his job Is merely getting the
money. Treasurer Upham viii be
heard on this point later.
Through Mr. Blair's testimony and
kilograms submitted by Upham 10 was
Form letter iOi." from which Gov
Cox has been reading and which ap-
parently directed the state workers
TO take subscriptions up TO SiO.OOC
despite the $1,000 limit set by VIII
Hays. was never adopted or disirib-
uied and was killed nv National Com
mittee itself at the New York head
quarters. Mr. Blair had the letter
prepared and thought it would be ap-
proved but when Mr. I'pham took II
10 New York it was rejected As foi
ihe $1,000 limit Mr.. Blair said frank.
lv ne thought Il ought 10 b. removed
because as men OF great, means whC
ought 10 give $1,000 could give onl,
$1,000, others were scaling ihemselve:
down TO gifts Of much less thar
81 O00. So II became "a herculear
task" Mr.. Blair said. 10 raise thl
quota Of $3.50 OOO assigned FOR Nation
al Committee purposes in counties
like CuyahOga. ohio. where Is thl
city Of Cleveland Nor did he ap
prove Of The secrecy as 10 the doing.
81 the fCld agents at their luncheons
as eniOined by the form letter iha
never went out and as for the words
cream list" he said they werl
probably inserted by one Of his mel
who has a facile PEN
Tonight Senator Reed demanded o
Mr.. Blair a list of all the paid work
ers and their salaries 1T developed
that Mr.. Blair gets s6O0 a month an,
his expenses: r. G. Barber. directo
of the Chicago drive. 5000 a week an'
his expenses and the field director
from 500 10 $500 a week. with al
allowance OF so a week apiece To-
expenses. 10 was explained that tn
discrepancy between the salaries o
blair and Barber is duc 10 the FAC
mat Blair is employed for the who'll
campaign and Barber for only on
week. Mr. Blair said he though
$500 600 would he collected In tn
Chicosa drive Of seven days, starting