New Britain herald., 1924-10-16
Senate Investigating Committee Gets No Definite Figures Other Than $32,5OO From Democratic Party.
14,962 Have Given From $1 To $99 to G. o. P.- 72,OO0 Individuals Have Contributed to Progress sive Cause.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-The republican national organization had received gross contributions of s1,714,317s up to October 10, w. V. Hodges, treas- urer of the republican national com- mittee testified today before the spe- cial senate investigating committee.
 The net contributions totalled s1,- 342,959 the remaiRder having been contributed for the congressional and senatorial and in some instances state campaigns, Hodges testified.
 La Toilette Finances
 The total contributions to the La Toilette Wheeler campaign up to the same date were S190,535, John M, Nelson, national manager of the independent presidential campaign. told the committee. Expenditures by the organization in the same time aggregated $1550 he said.
 No Democratic Figures
 The committee did not get precise information as to democratic con- tributions and expenditures. Lin- coin Dixon, manager of western headquarters, said his division had received ani expended $32,500, ex- elusive of rentals paid by the nation- al committee.
 MT. Dixon said all of the ss2,5O0 except $5,000 had come from the democratic national committee. The s5,000 was contributed on October T by George r. Brennan, democrS- tic leader of Illinois, he said at q time when the western headquar- ters was short"
 MT. Hodges told the committee that the s1,714,S17 gross total re- ceived by the republican organiza- tion had come from 16,902 contri- butors, the largest sum received from single contributor being s25,- GOO.
 l G. O. P. Contributors "Those contributing from s1 to s99 number 14,962," he said. Those giving from s1O0 to $500 numbered 1,446; those giving from $50t to S1,O0O numbered 2S7; those contri- outing from s1,OO1 to $2,5O0 totalled 1O5: those giving from s2,5e1 to s5,- 900 numbered 7S; those giving from s5,001 to S10,00O numbered 14, and those contributing over SIC, ,000 num- bered 12."
 Campaign Expenses
 Mir. Hodges listed expenditures as follows:
 Publicity s4S7,0QO. including newspaper service" the amount of which was not listed.
 Speakers bureau, S105,00o. Colored bureau, $S1, ,S6O.
 Research bureau, sS,000.
 Women's bureau, S19,SSs.
 Labor bureau, $46,425.
 College bureaus, s26,76o.
 Club bureaus, $2,671.
 Foreign bureaus, S12,799.
 Vermont to California caravan, $S1,41S.
 Administrative expenses, republi- can national headquarters, $1S,9Os.
 Senatorial campaign committee, $57OOO.
 Congressional campaign commit- tee. $SO,5OO.
 Washington headquarters, S21,SS4.
 Petty cash expenditures, $44,O0O.
 Mr. Hodges was unable to give offhand the names of those who had contributed $1O,0OO or more to the republican fund, except that he knew William Wrigley, Jr., of Chi cago, had contributed S25,000. He was requested to prepare a detailed statement during the noon recess.
 List of Receipts.
 La Toilette receipts were listed as follows by his manager: Washington contributions. SS2.g9O: Chicago con- tributions, S10A744; payment by press representatives on Wheeler car, S2,S00; total receipts Chicago $1O7.544; total receipts all sources, S19o,555.
 Disbursements were given as fol- lows: Washington headquarters $71,Oq6; less transfer ot funds sl1,- 500, $59,596; Chicago headquarters, s95,465; not disbursements all sources. s155,062.
 Cash on hand and in bank: Wash jngton headquarters, Sll.S9S: Chi cago headquarters, S23,579 Total sS5,472, 72.0No Have Given. 7 Tn a prepared statement read to , the committee Congressman Nelson l said that the contributions had been . received from approximately 72.OOO ? contributors, !. Aside from the advances or con- { tributinns made by National Treas urer w. T. RawleiGh," NIT. Nelson e said, There has been received one contribution of S5,OOO and three con B tributions of st,oOO each, and the . remaining contributions are in small- V CT amounts, mostly in sums of sl. e "The details of expenditures under { the Chicago National Headquarters ' as shown by the last daily report of ! the National Treasurer William T.