New Britain herald., 1928-05-07
SENATE EXAMINES
 ALL CANDIDATES Inquiries Into Money Spent in Present Campaign
 MEN APPEAR ONE BY ONE


 out Hurting or Aiding Presidential
 Candidates-Curtis Tells of Cam
 paign.
 Washington. May 2 Rt-Presi- dential candidates rubbed shoulders with one another today as the new set out at the senate office building to develop facts concerning the financing of the 1928 political bat ties.
 One by one, the candidates showed up in the committee room, each being made the target of good na- tured remarks by the members of the committee, especially when the candidate happened to be q mem- Der of the senate.
 Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the re- publican leader. was the first Of the candidates to reach the committee room. He was the first republican to announce his candidacy. Senator Golf of West Virginia. who is op- posing Secretary Hoover in the re- publican primary in the state. was on hand as the meeting opened, as was Gilbert M. Hitchcock, former sena- tor from Nebraska, who has the votes of that state in the democratic convention. Senator Norris, repub- lican, of Nebraska. came in as Chairman Stiewer called the com- mittee together. Curtis and Golf sat at the table alongside committee members.
 The chairman said the committees proposed to make an impartial inyes- tigation.
 We shall conduct our inquiry in such way as to elicit the truth, but without injuring or aiding any can didate," he said.
 Norris Heard First
 Senator Norris asked to be heard first because of a committee meet Ing. He was sworn and .Steiwer asked him to tell of expenditures of ms campaign and the scope of it, MOTHS was smoking a pipe.
 'l have not been a candidate" :" the Nebraskan said. T have not wanted to be and haven't been fin any sense. Against my wish my name was put on the ballot in Wis. consin and Nebraska although ] could have stopped it. l nave not spent anything. After the primaries in these states I re. celVed letter from a Nebraska edi- tor asking me to pay s6 for an ad- vertisement.
 He said he had not been author izeo to run it but I paid 1t. I hone this VIII not induce others to bill me
 l nave seen other advertisements Tn papers for me. All showed or the face who paid for them"
 stie"er asked if Norris con- 'ehpiated any expenditures before 'he national convention, and Norri. sald he did not. Norris added that When he decided not to witbdra VI, ms name in the Nebraska primary ne asked that no expenditures he made on his behalf. He said m fund had been raised for his can didacy.
 Norris referred to mock conven- ..ons held by university students, ne sa1d a California school had nom- mated nm for president over Her bert Hoover and an Ohio schoo, had nominated him for vice-president
 So think have cinch on one job" he remarked.
 Senator Barkley said the ,nnuirv Was to include means and methods" and he asked if Norris Knew Of any movement on his be- half by any organizations. Norris did not.
 Senator Bratton, democrat, New Mexico. inquired if Norris knew whether any corporation spent money for his campaign. He did not. Neither did be know why Sec retary Hoover withdrew from the Wisconsin primary.
 No Understanding
 Hoover and I had no understand ing" Norris added.
 T am not in with either Hoover or Smith"
 Curtis. the second witness said mat after it appeared that Presi- dent Coolidge would not be a can. didate again. friends in Kansas urged him to declare. but he de- cnned to do so until he had satis- ned himself that Coolidge would not agree to be drafted.
 Accounting the organization Of his supporters in Kansas, Curtis testi- fled he had told them that he would not permit them 10 solicit funds in