Evening star., 1935-01-06
|G, 0.P. COMMITTEE
REMOVES DEFICIT
Has Surplus of $184.76,
but Democratic Forces
Owe $552,792.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Tic ASoOCihtcu EfCscs
The Republican National Committee
jingled $184.76 in its jeans last night
and proudly remarked that 1t was "in
the black" but the Democratic COM
mittee, despite party gains at the polls.
reported q 1852 1872 deficit.
Henry p. Fletcher, chairman of the
Republican committee, said the $206,-
600 debt his party had owed when he
took over the Craftsmanship Of the
committee last June had been covered,
the last campaign financed and there
was little to spa"e.
1T enables us to look ahead with
renewed confidence" Fletcher said, re-
ferring to the report of George F. Getz,
the committee treasurer.
II believe this Is the first time, cer-
tainly in latter-day history, that q
political committee, faced with q def
cit and the conduct Of a campaign,
has come through with its financial
colors flying high"
House that the committee had taken
in $416,695 in 1884.
Old Debts Hurt Democrats.
The Democrats reported they had
received $367,497 during the year and
spent 1851 ,007. Old debts accounted
for the big deficit.
Among the larger previously unre-
ported donations to the Democratic
treasury were:
Basil O'CJnnor, New York, former
law partner of President Roosevelt,
$1,000; Bernard NJ Baruch, $4,000;
August Heckscher, New York, So 500;
J. Richard Davis, New York, $4,000;
T. SemmeS WalmSley, New Orleans
mayor. s1.250, and $1,000 each from
A. Schneider of Buffalo. George Schein
of New York, w. C. Arthur of Mead
vile, Pa, and Laurence A. Steinhardt
Max D. Steuer. Earle Bailie and Seton
Porter. all of New York.
Among the Republican contribu-
tions previously reported were IS 1000
each from Andrew W. Mellon, former
Treasury Secretary; j. K Mellon and
Richard K. Mellon of Pittsburgh, John
D. Rockefeller, jr, of New York, ana
Mrs. Sarah Mellon Scaife Of Pitts
burgh.
Mrs. Mary c. Pew of Philadelphia
contributed $1,000 to the Republicans,
Miss Mary Ethel Pew and Mrs. Mabel
Pew Myrin, $4,000 each, and J. How
ard Pew and J. W. Pew, jr., $4,000
each. Dunbar W. Bostwick of New
York also gave $4,000 to the G. o. P
s6o,s5o Due Raskob.
The Democratic party reported it
owes John j. RaSkOb, q leader OF the
American Liberty League, $50, $50. The
party also owes s34,027 to Joseph p.
Kennedy Of New York, now chairman
of the Federal Securities and Ex-
change Commission; $25 200 to R. w.
Morrison Of San Antonio, Tex: $I7.5OO
to M. l.. Benedum of Pittsburgh; SlO,-
600 each to Henry Morgenthau. ST., of
New York, r. H. Gore of Chicago.
Howard Bruce of Baltimore, and Rob-
ert B. Myer of New York.
In addition the Democratic Commit
tee was shown to be In debt Sl2, 500 to
William ]. Froelich of Chicago, slO7,-
572 to the National Broadcasting Co.,
and SAT $50 to the Columbia Board
casting System. nearly $42, 900 in tele-
phone bills, more than $1,000 to the
Biltmore Hotel in New York for Office
rentals. and $50 900 to the Street Rail-
way Advertising Co. of New York.
Disbursements reported BY the Re-
publican Senatorial and Congressional
Committee included $500 to Vincent
Carter Of Kemmerer. Wyo., for or
ganlzation and educational work" and
81 900 each for the same purposes to
Roscoe c. Patterson of Kansas CITY.
defeated for reelection to the Senate
In November, and B. Cotton of Salt
Lake City. Scott Leavitt of Great Falls
Mont; Robert G. Simmons of Lincoln.
Neor, and Charles E. Winter OF Cas-
per. Wyo.
The National Committee Of the
Prohibition party reported contribu-
tions during 1894 Of $5.l44 and ex-
penditures of $5,485.