Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-28
NJ 'ADOO NOT AFTER
PRESIDENCY, SENAT TE
PROBERS ARE TOLD
Senator Reed Glad 70 Find Man
That the High Office Was
Seeking
IF THERE EVER WAS A
RABBIT IT'S McADOO"
~ Associated Press q Every evening

BE AsEncIatcf Press W fFeFy evening
Washington. Nav * The Senate
Campaign investigation committee made
further made efforts today to get light On
what Chairman KENYON described as this
invisible McAdoo boom
Angus w Mclean. of North Carolina
director of thc War Finance Corpora
tion, was examined lie denied that he
was "a sort 81 southern manager for
MIR McAdoo's campaign and attempted
to read o prepared statement
- know there il 3 McAdoo campaign.
intcrjected Senator Reed Democrat, of
Missouri | move VIE ~ ahead with this
witness with some questions and let the
statement 70 until We find out Why this
secrecy.
Replying to n rapid fire If questions
Mr.. Mclean declared that he did not
know there was McAdoo headquarters
IN Washington or In the Pennsylvania
Hotel. New York and that he was not
informed az 10 the source of McAdoo
literature sent to Democratic delegates.
He finally recounted = conversation wlth
Mr.. AicAdoo as 10 the North Carolina
delegation.
II told Mr. McAdoo there was an over
whelminR sentiment in my state for him.
hc said | told him we we're preparing a
primary down there and that his name
would 70 n whether lie liked it or not.
But that We would be in an absurd situa-
tlon If we were voting for a man who would
not take the nomination.
He said he was not a candidate,
wouIdn turn his hand over n get the
nomination and dldn want his friends 70
take auv action about il. He ana. now
ever. say that if the nomination was
rendered him. d man could not decline
some of hla friends thought they ought
10 take he bui by the horns and g ahead
whether hc wanted them or not. There
was some sort of i dinner party IN New
York about it and some fool went and
told him about 1t
Who was there Chairman Kenyon
asked
Wet Nlr Roper Alr Mclean said.
referring - the former oi.cctor %
Internal Revenue. aud some others The
witness added thaj later some II Mr..
NcAdoo friends 0erp eery loud abo1l
II
Ne ali fhogg5it sametrtn2 Ought - 0e
done u ,haa NIr AF4doo ayadah.hty.
the Njtnes. continued brit ! don r1n-
sldeT ! NJ done auS ueTsf0r hm-
DO No4 know ANYTHING about plans
70 u~e the Liberty Loan plbHc!tt eam-
palgn organization Tor MeAdoe asked
Chairman kenyon.
do not
4 want 70 apologize fer heIn. rough
with vou senator Reed nue b. am
glad some man Is letting the presidency
seek Inn not chasing X.
there ever MAS rabbit Mr.. NIcAdoC
is II. returned Alr Mclean.
.Pb7 se-lsYt Yt..sS sesI ha }kt,5 te Rpvf7 RI
VI Banlch Both ii us agreed that Mr.
McAdoo vouli ~ good man he sald.
Niy own idea was we ought 20 lay hars
and sec what the Republicans dld.
Of course our delegation from North
Carolina viii support Senator Simmons
not even executing Mr.. McAdoo
K l.. ~tphblns treasurer Fl toe Noot
organization ia \ew ork IS not within
reach and he sergeant at arms reporte,
he could not have served Subpoena Tn,
people v ho have beeu gUBnlug tnr th,
total ii he fund raised - get dele{gafesGo
Cen Wood sax II Mr. >tehhus had post
poned hls fishing frip or le}r MS address
thev would have shown he capital ln
vested IN th, Wood movement MAS ue
i less han 8 100000.