Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-31
.LAFO[LETTE'S
FUND PRObED
Activities of A. F. of L. Come
to Fore in Quiz Held
at Washington
MORRISON QUESTIONED
Meanwhile Investigation by
Borah and His Committee
Is Pushed at Chicago

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31-The ac-
tivities of the American Federation
of Labor on behalf of Senator La
Follette and the operations of the
Grundy committee in Its collection
OF Republican funds in PENNSYLVANIA
We're further inquired into today by
the Washington section of the senate
campaign fund committee.
FRANK Morrison, secretary of the
Federation of Labor, testified that
the organization had collected s23.-
000 and spent 100000 In promoting
its campaign for La Toilette. He de-
clared contributions were voluntary.
that the regular force at federation
! headquarters here had done much of
the extra work entailed and that ex-
penses had been further kept down
by enclosing campaign circulars with
letters sent out from headquarters to
! local unions.
! Joseph K. Grundy. the Pennsylva-
MA manufacturer. who Is head of the
Republican ways and means commit
tee in counties of that state outside
the Pittsburgh district, told the COM
mittee that collections by his COM
mittee had reached total of more
than S521,000 bringing the total Re-
publican fund raised in Pennsylvania,
according to figures previously given
to s791,000.
Chairman Caraway of the commit
| tee drew Morrison into a long dis
cussion of the action of the executive
council of the Central Trade and La
| Dor Council of Greater New York,
which last night reversed a previous
endorsement of La Toilette and came
i out for John w. Davis.
''They had a right to do that,
didn't they?'' asked the chairman.
! Would a committee of the House
! have right to rescind decision of
! the House?" countered Morrison. "I
have no official information, but /
| have read that the executive board
| of the central organization took the
| action
"You do not intend to do anything
about ?" asked Caraway.
There is no coercion on the part
of anybody by the A. f. of L. re-
piled the witness.
Under questioning by w. L. Bour-
land, counsel for the Republican ma
tional committee, the federation Sec
retary said the treasury of the A. F..
of L. now had s230,o00.
And you say none of that has
been contributed to the LaFollette
fund.-"
YES"
mo appeal has been sent to any
of the affiliated unions in Canada ?"
''It might have been sent by mis-
take"
Ibid your organization receive by
mistake or otherwise any contribution
from Canada to help the Progressive
movement"
mot that I know Of"
isn't 1t fact that appeals were
sent out to international organ.za-
tions as such?"
"Yes"
And you say no appeal was sent
to Canada ?"
instructions were issued that no
appeals for the campaign should be
sent to Canada"
CHICAGO, Oct. s1.-Republican
campaign contributions to date have
totalled Approximately s3.7oo,OOo
William V. Hodges, the national
treasurer, testified today before the
Chicago section of the senate cam
paign fund committee.
OF this amount, more than $780,
900 has been sent back to the states,
leaving nearly s3,000,000 for the
presidential, senatorial and congress-
ional campaigns.
Hodges was directed to send in ac-
curate figures for collections next
Monday. Chairman Borah saying
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