The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-29
VISIT TO
Ia TOILET
REFUSED
Stage Folk Who Dined With
Coolidge Were Paid. Com
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mo; ! hire that done"
you are very wealthy man.
aren't you?"
mo, ! wouldn't say that.
Paid Ter Actors Trip.
It was brought out by Walsh
that Waldo's organization paid for
the recent visit OF, AL Jolson and
. group of actors to the White
House in the interest OF President
Coolidge's candidacy.
Walsh said there was an organ.
i3ation of actors which ''for $50 ,000'a
offered to call upon one Of the
Presidential candidates and sing
campaign songs. He asked Waldo
il he knew of this organization.
i never heard Of it" said Waldo.
II don't know the name Of the
man who came to me with the
idea. Al Jolson made all Of the
plans. The arrangement for break
fast at the White House with the
President and Mrs. Coolidge was
made between Mr.. Slemp tthe
Presidents secretary and myself. /"
- It customary TO hire people
to 50 on political pilgrimagosf"
asked Senator Caraway.
Weren't Hired. He Saya.
These people weren't hired" ~
turned Waldo.
They had their expenses paid, |"
said Caraway, rs that the usual
thing In political campaigna?'
y don't think it Is unusual. y
said Waldo.
''How long did II take asked
Caraway. Ito collect these actors
to bring down here TO make the
President laugh out loud?
About ten days"
How many we're thereT'
About forty"
visitg.s
''oh. lust to have them can ON
the President"
Wasn't It." persisted Caraway.
1ust @ ahow the country there was
. lot Of enthusiasm about the Presi.
dent and that people were coming
down here to see himH Wasn't Il
Just the manufacture Of enthusiasm
- % much per enthusiasm?''
Coolidge O, K'd Song.
Waldo said the cong. keep
Coolidge. which, Al Jolson and the
other actors sung for the Presddent
was submitted to him for approval
before II was brought to washing.
He revealed that he has been in
charge Of many Of the visits OF pro.
ressiOnal and other groups to the
back porch Of the White House dur
Ing the Presidential campaign.
Waldo pointed out on ais list Of
contributors the names Of q number
OF Democrats in proof at his asser-
ton that his organization was mon
He estimated that 25 per cent Of
HE contributors were Democratic,
the rest being Republicans, He de-
MED he had been promised any re-
ward TOR his efforts in behalf of
the Coolidge-Dawes candidacy.
Henry l. Ramm. q railroad fire
man OF Lawrence, Mass, who said
ne was q supporter of Senator La
Toilette, testified that he was Of
fered $22 per day and $3.50 cash in
advance by III. T. Drew, a Coolidge
man to take the stump for the
Coolidge-Dawe ticket. Ramm said
he turned down the offer. although
Drew told him he would ''clear
about 1000" il he took the job.
Labor Leader" Pald.
Ramm said . similar offer was
accepted, however, by one OF his
neighbors, =. o. Brown, who he &C.
cuaed Of Selling nut"
II talked the CAsr over with my
wife," Ramm said, ''but she nut
her foot down on il and said she
couldn't walk along the street and
hold her head up .fspeople said her
husband had sold out. So I turned
il down."
Ramm said he understood Brown
was to get $11 q day and $11 q day
expenses, and that he Brown) was
one Of the labor leaders" who
called upon President Coolidge at
the White House on Labor DAY,
Charges Coercion.
Under crOss-examination by Attor.
ney Borland, for the Republican
National Committee, Ramm said
that he had assisted in raising
money for La Toilette In Massa-
chusetts and that various unions
voted funds to be turned over 10
the Progressive campaign commit
tee. The amounts were not large,
averaging around $25 from each
union.
Ramm denied that any members
Of the union had been drought up
for action" for supporting President
Coolidge, but charged that en-.