Evening star., 1924-10-19
SLUSH FUND LEAD
BEF0LL0WED|N
PROBE IN CAPITAL
Walsh Evidence Results in
Elan to Subpoena Promi-
nent Republicans.
MOVEMENT TO COLLECT
s10,00O,0 600 is CHARGED
Inquiry Shifted to Bring It Nearer
Leading Figures-D. c. Man
to Be Called.
Py the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October lS.-Leads which
Will take the special Senate investl-
eating committee into 4 thorough
9 Ding Investigation of charges OF
Senator Nj. La Toilette that a huge
'slush" fund is being raised for the
support .of .he Coolidge Dawes ticket
were presented today to that body
by Frank z. Walsh of Kansas CITY,
counsel for the Independent preslden-
tial candidate.
In submitting a mass of CORE
spondenCe on other data upon which
the charges are based. at least in
part, Mr.. Walsh said he would under
take to show that three funds Were
being collected in the United States,
'one by the national committee, the
regular fund; one a fund created by
the bankers of the United States and
taken care of by them, and the other
by the manufacturers and business
men,
Claims Underestimate.
Walsh also told the committee that
Senator La Toilette had told him over
the long-distance telephone that he
lad "undereStimated the amount OF
raised to carry this election when he
said he thought it would be S4,0O0,0oO
or s5,00O,0O0.
From the investigation which we
have attempted to make, a very haSty
one indeed" La Follette's counsel
added. I'VE think we have leads, which
we will present to the committee
here. to show that s10.000.000 is not
too great an estimate. and that it is
al to
To support the conclusion that three
separate funds are being raised.
Walsh presented letters written by
George w. Simmons. vice president
of the Mechanics and Metals National
Bank New York City, appealing to
other bankers, irrespective OF party,
to contribute to a fund to help the
Republican national ticket. He also
introduced into evidence letter or
similar import sent't to its members by
the Manufacturers Club of Phiiadel-
phia.
Senator La Toilette has been ad-
yised," Walsh said in this connec-
tion, that at a meeting of the Ma
tional Bankers Convention in chi
oago a few days ago speech was
made requesting that all trust COM
panies be requested to give one
twentieth of one per cent of their
ca pital as contributions to fight La
Toilette in the West. Edward L.
Stotsbury was made chairman of the
committee to collect the money.
Cites Grundy Letter.
Besides these letters Walsh pro-
duced a series of four written by
Joseph r. Grundy, yarn manufac-
turer of Bristol, Pa, and chairman of
the ways and means committee OF
IL; n1
Two of the letters, which contained
the most urgent appeals. were writ
ten on October and on October 10.
The letters, those by Simmons and
the Philadelphia Manufacturers Club,
were dated at about the same time.
Walsh told the committee the dates
of the letters were very Significant.
They are getting money at this
time" he added. "and that is why
Senator La Toilette says this is more
likely to be ten million dollars or
twelve million dollars. because we
think we are going to show that the
people are responding to these letters
all over the country
Calling attention to q passage in
one of the Grundy letters saying that
Pennsylvania So electoral votes
may be safe for Coolidge and Dawes,
but our money energy must be given
10 help carry doubtful States and
doubtful congressional districts"
Walsh said:
I'VE propose to show by the cor
respondence which has been inter-
cepted and turned over to us by
those who did not agree with this
way of running our Government, that
the effort is being made directly to
carry them with the money collected
by the beneficiaries of the present
business combinations, and we will
show later on, by the very money of
the farmers in those States that is
in the banks in the city of New York
today"
'FayOrs Rigid Probe.
Declaring that the full extent to
which money for the aid of the Re
publican ticket is being raised could
be ascertained only by rigid cross -ex-
animation of those he believes are in
terested in the movement Walsh
asked the committee to issue sub
poenas for a number of persons living
in New York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and Kansas City.
After discussing the subject fully
in executive session late in the day,
the committee decided to resume the
hearings in Washington next Tues
day and to summon first witnesses
from Philadelphia and Washington in
order to determine first whether the
la Toilette charges can be supported
by evidence before witnesses are
called from more distant cities.
Chairman Borah said Subposnas
would be issued for these witnesses:
Joseph r. Grundy. Edward T. Stotes-
bury, Samuel NJ. Vauclain, president
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works;
Nathan T. Folwell. treasurer of the
Manufacturers Club; w. w. After
bury, vice president of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad: Chester w. Hill and
John T. King, all Of Philadelphia, and
w. T. Galliher, chairman of the Dis
trict of Columbia Republican ways
and means committee; T. V. O'Connor,
a member of the United States Ship
ping Board; Carl W. Riddick, national
organizer of the National Republican
League, all of Washington, and also
for the manager of the Hotel Hamil-
ton and taNicab company, both Of
Washington.
Probers to Hear Shaver.
While the committee is sitting in
Washington 1T also will hear Glenn
L. Shaver, chairman, and James w.
Gerard, treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, re regarding cam
paign contributions to and expendi-
lures by the national Democratic or
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