Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-13
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY CLUB
FORMED IN ALL STATES
Bv GEORGE H. MANNING
Washington Correspondent of the

washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening News.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Five
dollar checks-hundreds and thou
sands and ten thousands of them,
lowing in a steady stream from
every corner of the United States
70 the Democratic National Com
mittee ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
make the campaign of 1924 the first
one in many decades which the
Democratic party has been able to
get through without a deficit.
The five dollar checks represent
memberships in the Democratic Vic
Gibbs which are now being
sormed in every county and town
and ward in the country. Although
the organization of the clubs has
only gotten into full swing within
he past few weeks, the contributions
already received are already more
than enough to offset the %headquar-
ters expenses. Two large rooms in
the headquarters of the committee
here are now given over entirely
to handling the Victory Club work,
and a force of six stenographers and
typists under the capable direction of
Major Ollie Newman and his assist
ants is kept busy with the CORES
pondence Of the chairmen who have
already been appointed.
In Tennessee, the banner state, in
which the Victory Club plan orlgi-
mated, there are already one hundred
full clubs Of twenty members each
two thousand members who have
contributed their five dollar checks.
Pennsylvania has contributed to date
Soma vine f1nIICn nd 1n11ny1 on6
New Jersey, North Carolina, and
Ohio have each sent In sums we'll
above five thousand dollars. These
states are not yet fully organized,
while many others are Just getting
started.
Early next year, each member of a
Victory Club will send in another
five dollar check, which will double
the amount collected this winter.
Chairman Cordell Hull, of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, has fixed
the goal at 5000 clubs of the mini
mum twenty members each-one
hundred thousand members, two
hundred thousand five dollar checks,
one million dollars.
The whole novel spectacle of a
great national political party inan-
cling a campaign by five dollar con-
tributions was started by a rugged
Tennessee m~ountaineer, a constitu-
emit of Chairman HulPs. Shortly
after Judge Hull was chosen chair
man of the national committee, he
received a letter from this man, con-
graduating him, and enclosing q
five dollar check as his bit towards
the success of the party. AS an
afterthought, he added a postscript
saying that he believed many of
his neighbors would be willing to
make similar contributions to the
cause.
Chairman Hull wired his friend in
return, telling him to go ahead and
organize his neighbors in to a Vic
.ory club. Within a few days, he
received nineteen more five dollar
checks.
Whereupon Mr.. Hull was started
thinking. He was painfully aware
of the baroness of the party treasury,
and of the difficulties of conducting
any sort of a campaign without
finances. As chairman of the ma
lional committee he felt the burden
weighing heavily on his shoulders,
But if in one little mountain ham
let of Tennessee there were twenty
citizens ready to give five dollars
each to the campaign, why shouldn't
there be at least an equal number
of loyal Democrats in many other
communities, prosperous and
more populpus? He got out his
directory and discovered there are
Xix thousands towns in the United
States each having more than 1900
inhabitants.
So the Victory Club idea was con
ceived; and within the next few
weeks the drive vas launched, the
results of which are now surprising
the utmost that had been hoped for