The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
GRUNDY POURED
FLOW OF GOLD
INTO CAMP IGN
Ric h Manufacturer
Gave $780,, $500
Especial TO The Daily Worker)
Pictures on Page Three.

WASHINGTON, June IA. - Joseph
r. Grundy, president Of the Penn
sylvanIa Manufacturers Association,
poured a golden flow of "loans" into
the campaign funds OF Senator George
Wharton Pepper In PennsyIVanla's re-
cent "million dollar" senatorial race,
receiving only rubber stamped" re-
oeipts for his money, William H. Fol-
we'll, treasurer of the Philadelphia re-
publican citizens campaign committee
told the senate "slush fund" commit
tee today.
The loans" Is in all, totalled $307,-
SIS, Folwell said. He produced the
receipts which had been given Grundy
by an assistant clerk Of the committee,
which the Pepper angel" described
last week as unsecured notes." All
had been rubber stamped with Fol
wells name.
Fake Dates.
When Folwell turned the Grundy
notes over to the senate committee,
Senators Reed, democrat, OF Missouri,
and Kind, democrat, of Utah, express
sed surprise that all the receipts had
been written on the same typewriter
and apparently at the same time, des-
pite the difference in the dates of the
loans. The receipts were in a tiny
pack, all uniform in size but not on
a printed form.
Frank J. German, Folwell's assist
ant, later told the committee he had
given Grundy all the receipts or "un-
secured notes" at one time, several
days after his final contributions. This
testimony was in conflict with Fol-
wells.
All records Of the loans" were kept
by a girl clerk, named Marie Howard,
In Germans Office, the latter testified
It was from her records, German said,
that he later made up the list of re-
ceipts for Grundy.
Reed cross examined Folwen closely
as to how he expected to get back
100000 which he and Grundy had OBJ
tanned from the Corn Exchange Bank
Of Philadelphia for Pepper watchers
on election day
After a number of evasive replies,
Folwe1 finally said he expected
Grundy to make good" on the note
"if republicans failed to meet it with
contributions"
Depend on Business.
lyon expected the manufacturers to
contribute something as individuals,
didn't you2"
Yes
Name some of those individual
manufacturers you expect will help
pay this note"
Il don't recall any from memory"
WAS Secretary Of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon, one?"
No"
'rWas ". l. Mellon, his nephew"
mo"
DO you expect to get any of this
money back now from the Mellon
family?"
Il can't tell"
Harmony meeting.
do you think the harmony meeting
on Saturday between the MeIlon-Pep-
per and Ware forces was intended to
facilitate the collection of this
money!"
Il don't know"
or all the money advanced the com
mittee by Grundy, the witness said,
added that the committee had "borro
only the $780, 900 was borrowed He
added that the committee had dor
rowed" no money except that ad-
yanced by Grundy.
Somebody has paid interest on the
$4,000 note since 1t was made, Fol
well said. but he didn't know who
II It hadn't been paid, he explained,
the bank probably would have notified
him
Raised s65o,ooo for Coolidge.
In the 1924 presidential campaign,
Folwell said he and Grundy raised
$3.50, 900 for Coolidge
ibid You sent that TO the Coolidge
campaign commitfee7"
"Most of It, but little was sent to
the republican wonan's committee"
said POWELL