The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-10

campaign. The selection of MT. hlhs did not originate with me 1t was not in any way arranged by me, knew MT King but slightly. My last contact with him had been in lSlZ when we were political opponents
 King of High Character
 Tn my judgment Paul King IS man of the highest character ana sterling integrity, and when he had been selected as manager of the sena torial campaign in Michigan, which was done without the slightest knowl- edge on my part, he insisted that De- fore he would even accept, much less undertake to enter upon the work or the campaign, he should anu must learn for himself, because of our dlt- ferences in 1912, whether or not his management of the senatorial cam paign would be entirely acceptable to me.
 He came to New York and we had a brief interview there We did not discuss even indirectly a single detail of the campaign. I recall that dur ing the conversation had at that time. Mir. King, in answer to ques- tion as to how much it had cost the friends of Senator Townsend, whose campaign Mir. King had managed, said it had cost approximately $2O,UVO and added that in view of the situa- tion then existing in Michigan he thought it would cost my friends ap- proximately s50,000 to make a com prehensive and successful campaign.
 Did Not spend Dollar
 "I did not solicit or expend, di rectly or indirectly, one single dollar in the campaign for senator in Mich igan in 1918. nor did I know of the contributions made until afterward. The two statements which 1 made under oath to the Senate are abso- lutely and wholly true. The first is dated August IA. 1918, and emitting the printed form, with which you are all familiar and to which I sincerely subscribed. I wrote in my own hand as follows:
 The campaign for my nomination for United States senator has been voluntarily conducted by my friends in Michigan. I have taken no part in it whatever, and no contributions or expenditures have been made with my knowledge or consent
 After our interview in New York MT. King went back to Michigan and prosecuted a campaign, conducting it entirely in his own way, He man aged a campaign of publicity and or ganization which was most effective and for which I have frequently ex pressed to him the gratitude which I feel. Not more than a half dozen times did I see MT. King throughout the campaign and each time it was in the city of New York. He kept me constantly informed as to the progress of the campaign in which l was, of course, keenly interested. Kings Judgment Ruled "On one or two cases questions of l policy were discusSed between us and l in each instance the judgment of Mr. l King controlled.
 T knew, as a matter of fact, that campaign of publicity was being ex- 1 tensively carried on and I realized that such a campaign must neces- sarily cost considerable sum of money. but l did not have the faintest 1 idea as to the amount of money that actually was expended until after the | report was made public. The cost of campaign was about $195,0oo. accord | ing to the report, and when 1 learned | of this amount I was at once filled | with astonishment and regret. The l amount expended was large. more ! than I had any idea was being ex- | pended and more than ought to be i necessary to expend in any ordinary campaign. But this was not an ordi- | nary campaign.
 q shali not dwell upon the req sons which the committee thought imperatively demanded a campaign of
 newspaper publicity involving this expenditure of money.
 Tt 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 candi- date himself, the committee in charge of the campaign may spend whatever amount 1t pleases for the Il enum- erated objects which are set forth at length in the Michigan primary flaw. l. therefore, assumed from the start, and I still believe. that the law l was carefully obeyed by this inde-