The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
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s37.5oO- To circulate the same story
in the press Of the country Baruch
was willing to pay $4,000; his con-
tribution to the Democratic cam
paign' fund was reported at $4,000
and he extended financial aid Of
$1,000 to Stars and Stripes.
1t was also brought out at yester-
days hearing that Baruch gave s47.-
500 to the League to ENFORCE Peace.
William H. FolweII. chairman Of
the Pennsylvania ways and means
committee for the Republican party,
told the committee that he had never
been told of any quota that must be
raised in his State and that to date
tho total contributions to the Re
publican fund had been only 1851.
Senator James A. Reed, Of Missouri
In an extended DISCRIMINATION,
asked Mr.. FolwelI many questions as
to the conferences that he had had
with Will H. Hays. Senator Boies
Penrose, John W. Weeks and James
G. Blaine. jr- in an effort to obtain
an admission from the witness that
the amount of money to be obtained
In Pennsylvania had been fixed by
some Of the party leaders.
Will Raise All They Can.
FolwelI told the committee that
he intended to raise all the money
that he could but that the work Of
organization had but barely been
begun.
T. Coleman du Pont was examined
by the committee as to his interest
in The Association Of Foreign Ian
guage Newspapers; Edward F. Brit
ten. secretary TO Josephus Daniels,
Secretary Of the Navy, on the amount
of money involved in the trip of Mr..
(DanieIs to the convention at San
l francisco and to Alaska aboard 4
battleship and Guy Mason on the
accounts of the League to Enforce
Peace. Several minor witnesses
from the South also were heard a.
to the political activities in that
section.
Mrs. Parks, the rSt witness
claShed frequently with the commit
tee and charged that it was pers.-
cutting her in her private business
affairs. She insisted that she had
gone into the financing of the Stars
Stripes purely as a bushes venture
Repeats Charge Against Waldo.
After admitting that she had put
less than $4,000 Of her own money
into the paper she refused to tell
from whom she had borrowed the
remainder Of the money. She re-
peated the charge made yesterday
that Waldo had threatened to put
ner out OF bushes if she did not sell
out to him.
Waldo. who testified at his own
request characterized himself as an
independent Democrat and when
pressed by Senator Reed for a def
milton agreed with Senator Kenyon
that it was a Democrat who intended
to vote for Senator Harding.
Waldo said that as an opponent
VI tAC bCAAS ne 1ad Withdrawn
from any part in the mana cement
Of the American Legion Weekly
after the Legion officially sponsored
the bonus legislation. He said that
he then sought a means Of putting
before the soldiers the other side Of
the question and investigated the
possibility Of acquiring the Stars and
Stripes for that purpose.
Prophesied Failure.
He denied that he had threatened
to prevent them from getting adver-
tising but had told them they could
not succeed or get advertise ~ if
they maintained a paDer Of d po-
litical character.
Waldo said that it was during his
investigation Of the possibility Of ac-
quirinE the Stars and Stripes that
he had discovered the advances made
by Baruch and Meredith and that he
had been told by Joseph L. Heffer-
nan. secretary and treasurer Of Stars
and Stripes. that Baruch did not re-
Ceiye any stock for his advance.