Evening star., 1928-03-17
PARTIES FINANCIAL
AGREEMENT DENIED /
Hull Holds He Knows Of No
Pact to Conceal 1920
q :
Campaign Funding.

deficit financing Of the 1920 campaign
given yesterday before the Senate oil
subcommittee at Chicago was emphati-
cally denied last night by Cordell Hull,
former chairman Of the Democratic ma
tional committee. who replied he had
no knowledge Of plans, agreements or
ARRANGEMENTS of the slightest nature
with any Official OF the Republican as-
tional committee. ~,
Representative Hull also made public
a telegram to Wilbur Marsh at Water
loo, Iowa, urging HIM to publish any
facts within your knowledge" Marsh
was treasurer OF the Democratic ma
,tional committee In 1929, the time the
Senate committee was told yesterdsJ
that there had been an .underStandlns
between him ana Fred w. Uphans the
Republican treasurer. t
Wants Facts Published.
Huus message to Marsh, which was
sent after he had been IN conference
with Senator Walsh Of Montana, the
iii committee prosecutor, called atren-
ton to the Chicago testimony and
added:
Cannot accredit this imputatioa.
have no knowledge Of such plan ana
Democratic committee had no motive
for" slightest concealment at any Time
during my incumbency. Suggest You
promptly publish any facts within your
knowledge"
Senator Walsh took the same, posi-
ton. and said he favored calling MaLsn
as q witness before the committee, out
would await DEVELOPMENTS.
Accompanying Huhs message was
~ Txafy1ffn0
had bern head of the Democratlc COM
rnittee from November. 1921, to the
SUMMER of 1924, but had no knoW-
edge or any reason to suspect Ftnat
there had existed such an agreement
between Marsh and Upham or any
other oficialS Of the two party Or
eanizations of the kind described al
Chicago.
Discredits Agreement '.-ft
81 cannot believe that Mr.. Marsh
on his own individual account entered
into any such arrangement. Witn MI
Upham." Hull added.
THE testimony in Chicago today BE-
fore the Sinclair on investigating SUD-
committee of the United States Senate
inputirg some sort Of agreement be-
tween wilbur w. Marsh, treasurer OF
the Democratic national committee, and
Fred w. Upham. Republican treasurer.
to the effect that neither Of the two
national committees would make pub
Vcity of contributions received durlrg
the year 1923. Is out Of the whole elotn
so far as I have any knowledge or any
reason to suspect.
"In the hrst place. Mr.. Marsh: when
I assumed charge as chairman In NO.
vember, 1921. indicated that ne couio
not give adequately OF his time 70 tne
duties of treasurer. with the result that
I appointed Harrison Nesbit Of Pitts
bur9h as director Of finance, and he, n
turn. appointed Mai. Oliver p. Newman
of Washington as assistant director.
the function Of which new organization
was to secure contributions for the
Democratic national committee. Nj
Marsh, as treasurer, engaged CLERK.
who during my incumbency was STA
toned In Democratic national head
quarters and kept the accounts OF re-
ceipts and expenditures. r. s-
Did Net Participate:
"Afy recollection Is that Mr.. Marsh
did not participate in raising any
amount Of money whatever from mo-
vember /, 1871. when ! assumed charge
as chairman, until retired In the Sum-
mer OF 1924. This was In keeping with
his original announcement and notice
that he could not devote his time 70 the
work of raising money.
IN the light Of the fact that Mr..
Marsh was not participating in the work
OF raising money, nor was about head
quarters. 1t Is evident that any such
imputed understanding between MeSsrs.
Marsh and Upham as that indicated by
the witness In Chicago would have been
unreasonable.
In any event. Democratic national
headquarters was conducted without
any knowledge Of such alleged agree
nient. and without any concern regard
ing the question. OF publicity. The
Democratic national committee raised
$i55. 900 from contributions durinS
1898. Of which amount $S6.100 cam
from Victory Clubs In sums Of SIS for
each contributor. From general con-
duripg 1928. These general contrihc-
hundreds Of contributors.
The net Indebtedness OF the Demo-
cratic national committee when / as
Sumed charge. November I. 1921. was
about $lS6.000. From November I,
1921. to January, 1924. the committee
paid s6S.o0o. including interest ae-
cumulations. with result that the dencit
on January Is. 1924. Was $i13.4so, or
only $4,000 less than the net debt OF
$lS6.o00 outstanding on November I.
1921. These figures are published IN
detail IN the appendix 10 the report OF
the Democratic national convention,
1924
Conducted Headquarters.
II. rs chairman. was In immediate
charge OF the activities OF the Demo
cratic national headquarters from No
vember. 1921. 10 the summer OF 1874
and the financial and all other activities
OF these headquarters were conducted
during 1928 and at all other times In this
period without the reuioteSs plans, Ar
rangementS or agreements of the sight
est nature with any cfflciai OF the Re-
publican national committee, cannot
baheve that MIR. Marsh. ON his own In
dividual account, entered INTO any such
arrangement with Mr. Upham. as the
testimony today m Chicago wculd indi-
cate. but II such were LcSSihle it VAS
not made known nor acted upon w ma
tional Democratic headquarters 10 my
knowledge.
MT. Marsh as stated. was not en-
gagged In raising money. and hence
knew little az nothing about the plans
or policies of the national headQuAr-
terS In this respect for 1898, In the
second place. We had no reason to ccn-
template nom any source what Is re
terrcd to as large contributions sluFlns
that year. and as the figures already
cited show. No such contributions Wele
In fact received, The truth Is that the
committee hnrrcwed about $1,000 "
more during 1929 To enable Il to paw
current expenses, interest on inaehS-
edneSs and certain pressing accounts