New Britain herald., 1922-01-09
NEWBERRY PUTS FORTH HlS PLEA PIE
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 did not originate with me. It was not in any way arranged by me. l knew MT, King but slightly. My last contract with him had been in 1922 when we were political opponents.
 MT, King came to New York and we had a brief interview there, We did not discuss, even indirectly, n single detail of the campaign. re- call that during the conversation had at the time Mir, King in answer to a question as to how much 1t had cost the friends of Senator Townsend whose campaign Mir. King had man aged, said 1t had cost approximately s20, ,000 and added that in view of the situation then existing in Michigan, he thought It would cost my friends approximately $50,000 to make a com prehensive and successful campaign.
 This is the only amount of money which, directly or indirectly, l ever heard menAioned in connection with the senatorial campaign in Michigan, until after the primary election and the report of the committee was filed. Didn't Handle Funds
 T did not solicit or eXpend. directly or indirectly, one single dollar in the campaign for senator in Michigan in 1918, nor did I know of the contribu- tions made until afterwards. The two statements which l made under oath to the senate are absolutely and wholly true. The first is dated Aug ust 14, 1918, and, emitting the print ed form with which you are all fam liar, and to which l sincerely sub scribed, l wrote in my own hand, as follows
 "'The campaign for my nomina- ton for '. $. senator has been volun- tarily conducted by my friends in Michigan. l have taken no part in it whatever, and no contributions or expenditures have been made with my knowledge or consent
 The second, dated August 2S 1918, with the same omissions and in addi- ton to the printed form to which l sincerely subscribed, wrote with my own hand, as follows, under the head of contribute none with my knowledge and consent And under the dead of disbursements - none with my knowledge and consent have read a general public statement of Paul H. King concerning expen- dtures made by a voluntary commit tee of my friends but these were made without my knowledge or con- sent"
 "As every senator knows, this form refers only to campaign contributions, disbursements and promises and to nothing else
 Intended No Deceit.
 "I had not the slightest intention of misleading anyone in making this statement nor do I believe any fair minded man was in the least deceived thereby.
 ''rhe form of report furnished by the senate under the act of congress then supposed to be in force (but which has since been declared to be vod) called for full, correct and itemized statement under oath of all campaign contributions, names of contributors, all expenditures and the purposes for which the expenditures were made.
 "I had not the knowledge required to make such q verified report. Had my affidavit so stated this fact, all criticism would have been avoided. ] made the statement in the form it was made in, without consultation with anyone, and it was literally true I had taken no active part in the cam- paign. I had not even been in Mich igan. I had neither received nor ex- pended any funds and had no person. al knowledge to enable me to make the report called for.
 'In my statement filed with the sec retary of the senate, l did not call at tenton to the report of the campaign committee at Detroit which report as called for by the Michigan law in- cludes full statement of receipts and disbursements as reported by the treasurer of that committee.
 King In Control.
 "On one or two occasions during the campaign, questions of policy were discussed between Mir. King and myself in New York, and in each in- stance the judgment of MT. King con- trolled.
 "As l recollect the facts in one or two instances his action was the exact opposite to what l felt was the best thing to do. l knew generally what was going on in Michigan. I had con- stant knowledge so far as information was concerned, regarding the pro- gress of the campaign, but I had no direct participation in it.
 "l knew as a matter Of fact that n campaign Of publicity was being ex- tenslvely carried on, and l rea.l., ,..;lt such campaign must necessarily cost a considerable sum of money; but I did not have the faintest idea as to the amount of money that actually was expended until after the report was made public. The cost of the campaign was about s195, ,000 accord ing to the report, and when I learned Of this amount, l was at once filled With astonishment and regret.
 The amount expended was more than ought to be necessary to expend Tn any ordinary campaign. But this was not an ordinary campaign.
 New Nothing of Money.
 Il can further say that in the ac- qusition of the money in the solici- tatlon of that money, in the collection or that money, in the use of that money I had nothing whatever to do. knew nothing whatever about it. not even the amount of it.
 It is and always has been my un- derstanding that, in so far as the primary in Michigan is concerned, if the cost is not borne by the candidate himself the committee in charge of the campaign may spend whatever amount it pleases for the eleven enumerated objects which are set forth at lenpth in the Michi hina n 1ari IT, :