Evening star., 1924-10-23
SENATE PROBERS
TURN INQUIRY TO
CONCEALED GIFTS
Borah Agrees to Untermeyer
Request to Summon More
G. O. P. Chiefs.
FUND OF REPUBLICANS
NOW PUT AT $2,7O0,00O
Walsh cf Montana Hears 500, 900
Is to Be Spent to
Beat Him.

Beat Him.
With a view to determining whether
there have been concealed" contribu-
tiCnS from big business men to the
Republican campaign fund, Samuel In
termyer asked the Senate investigating
committee today to subpoena the Re
publican State chairmen of New York,
.New Jersey, Ohio and Illinois.
Chairman Borah of the committee an
.,ounced that the request would be
ranted, and the State chairmen named
,ould be called to Washington.
Walsh Asks Inquiry.
Mr. Cntermyer also submitted tele-
ram from Senator Thomas j. Walsh.
Democrat. of Montana. saying that 1t
as rumored that 100000 would be
sent TO Montana to be used against
'im in his campaign for reelection.
rhe telegram. dated at Poplar, Mont,
D@tCber 90 and addressed to Frank l..
Walsh. said:
"Rumored that 100000 coming to
lontana to be used against me. not
rasSing, however. through either ma
ional committeeman or chairman of
republican committee. Kindly ques-
- this state"
Mr.. Cntermyer, who is associate
counsel for Senator La Toilette, said
il was strange that there were miss
ing from the official Republican lists
the names of such men Ebert Ii.
1ary of the United States Steel Cor
poration. J. p. Morgan, the Rookie
feilers and officers ''of the great
Standard Oil interests" all "recog-
Hized Republicans
Glad Names Are Missing.
When Mr.. Untermyer called atten-
tion to the absence of the names OF
:! number OF capitalists from the list
Of Republican contributors Senator
Bnrah remarked:
81 am mighty glad their names are
missing.
If they are really missing" inter-
Jacted Cntermyer.
We will try to find that out" re-
rlisd Senator Borah.
Fred y. Shepherd, executive man
ager Il The American Bankers AS
Sociation, was the first witness at to-
day: session.
Was there any discussion of cam
paign contributions at the meeting of
Your association at Chicago recent
Iy?" asked Senator Borah.
No the witness answered.
No Discussion of Gifts.
Was there any discussion on the
part of the association to raise cam
paiEn funds?"
"None"
Shepherd said he knew of no bank
ers who had contributed to campaign
funds except those whose names he
had seen in the papers. He personal
~ had made no contributions, he
added.
Walsh then read letter written by
the league to its members regarding
the Mellon tax plan. 1t said Presi
dent Coolidge had publicly announced
that he would resubmit the Mellon
plan next month and that the league
No ling q survey of the situation
with reference to Congress, and asked
80. ..uzz es,IvIIS. The ieIter was dated
last July 81.
Walsh Asks Questions.
Frank p Walsh, personal counsel
for La Toilette, took over examina-
tion. lie made reference to the
American Bankers League, and asked
if it was not the organiza ton that
handled for the bankers political and
legislative matters.
II dent know" Shepherd said.
do you know whether this league
maintains a lobby in Washington"
Il don't know.
You do know that they have an
office in Washington?''
Il understand So
Shepherd said the committee ought
10 question Charles de B. Claibourne of
The Whitney Central National Bank Of
New Orleans, whom he described as d
"disgruntled committeeman of our as
sOciation.
Walsh asked again about the Chi
1E Do. Il
crs' Association. but Shepherd insisted
that his association did not discuss po-
litiCal contributions. He added that the
association had no control over what
was said by those who addressed il.
Discussion Of La Toilette.
WAS there any discussion of curb
ing the activities of Robert NJ. La
Follette?'
Reference was made to La Fol
lctte, but L can't answer categor-
ically. You will find the answer in
the file that is before you
The witness was referring to the
minutes of the convention of the
Bankers Association.
Walsh then read a letter written to
Senator La Toilette by T. Carolan of
Philadelphia, in which the writer
said he had been informed by a
banker attending the association s
convention that suggestion was
made that trust companies give to
the Republican campaign funds sums
equal to one-twentieth of / per cent
of their capital and national banks
one-tenth of l per cent of their capi-
tai.
II regard that as pure felton," Shep-
herd said.
Fund Totals 100000.
Approximately 100000 was added
TO the Republican campaign fund in
the five days from October 10 to Oc-
fober Is, bringing the total to with
in 100000 of the S3.000,000 maximum
sought by the Republican national
committee.
luIs rs shown by official reports re-
cefved today by the committee from
National Treasurer William v.
Hodges. OF the nearly 100000 total,
the New York Office reported $303,Sl2
and the Chicago office $17S,215.
Individual contributions ranged
from 10 cents to $12.500, there being
one subscription of the latter amount
from William Nelson Cromwell of
New York City. One donation of
$4,000 was received from the Union
league Club Of Philadelphia, which,
tho committee was told yesterday by
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