Evening star., 1939-01-03

and Senator O'Mahoney. Demo,
mediate superior, the supervisor Of
tools and equipment for w. p. a.
district No. l, who in turn received
his instructions from the director.
j. B. Boddie, of w. P. A. district No. l..
"12. That this plan was instituted
and carried out at the request of
Thomas S. Rhea of the State head
quarters of the Barkley Campaign
Committee in Louisville, to whom
the said j. B. Boddie reported when
the plan had been completed.
Il3. That the original mimeo-
graphed forms, after being copied
by the project timekeepers, who
turned them over to the nine super
viSing timekeepers, were completed
on plain sheets of paper for each
county and then placed in the hands
of the respective Barkley Campaign
Committee chairmen for the entire
80 counties in w. P. A. district No. /
for the State of Kentucky.
Mimeographed Forms Burned.
IA. That thereupon the mimeo-
graphed forms were destroyed by
burning, in most instances, with the
exception of those for Galloway, Car
| isle, Fulton, Graves and Hickman
Counties, which were obtained and
are in the committees files.
"15. That the typewriter lists,
after remaining in the hands of the
said Barkley Campaign Committee
chalrmen for several weeks, were,
IN most instances, received back by
the respective supervising time
keepers, and practically all of such
lists were obtained and are in the
committees files
1T Is true that Mr. Hopkins, after
an investigation of his own, dis
agreed with some of the findings
OF the committee as stated above.
The committee, however, after still
further investigation of its own, ad-
hered to its own findings. We desire
to call attention to the fact that
S. c. Taylor, who gave the COM
mittee the affidavit referred to in
finding No. 3 above, after giving
Mr.. Hopkins investigators a con-
trary affidavit, when further con-
tacted by the committees represent
ative, sustained his first affidavit to
the committee.
The committee report dealt in de-
tail with charges that Charles G.
Tauchau of Louisville and others
collected from Federal employees
within Kentucky contributions which
were turned over to Barkley cam
paign committee. The report sus-
tains these charges. A conflict of
evidence as to disposition of this
money arose, with Tauchau saying
he had delivered money to r. c. P.
Thomas, chairman of the Barkley
Finance Committee, and Thomas
fatty denying that he had received
any such sums. Twenty to twenty
five thousand dollars was involved.
The committee was unable, judging
from its report, to run down the
actual whereabouts of this money
and for what 1t had been used.
Investigate in Tennessee.
Turning to the Democratic pri-
mary campaign in Tennessee in
which the Mcclellan Crump ticket
known also as the Cooper Stewart
Hudson ticket-was opposed to the
Browning-Berry ticket, the commit
tee said:
"The report of our investigators
in Tennessee shows that there was a
vigorous effort throughout the State
to raise campaign funds by con-
tributions from Federal employees, in
behalf OF the coalition group, to wit,
Cooper-Stewart-Hudson ticket, in
cluding not only those having civil
service status, but those having re-
lief classifications as well, with cir
cumstances in certain instances in
dlcating intimidation and coercion,
or efforts partaking of intimidation
and coercion.
THAT such employees included not
only certified and non-relief workers
OF w. P. A., but certain employees
OF other Federal agencies, such as
employees of the Soldiers Home at
Mountain City. Tenn; employees Of
the postal service, employees of the
Bureau OF Internal Revenue, en-
ployes OF the Bureau of Public Roads
and other governmental agencies.
That contributions from Federal
employees for the coalition ticket
were solicited by attorneys and other
persons and from w. p. A. non-
certified workers by foremen, time
keepers and others, with the knowl-
edge of ranking w. p. A. onncials;
and that similar contributions were
solicited and obtained for the Brown
ing group, that is, the group in op-
position to the so-called coalition
ticket in the primary from State
employees whose salaries were derived
In part from Federal funds.
That there was a failure to keep
lists OF names, addresses, and
amounts Of contributions for sena-
torial candidates in many counties
by county campaign workers and
managers; that this practice oc-
Cured to such an extent as to make
it virtually impossible to determine
the amount of funds expended for
political purposes by both sides in
the primary;
Poll-Tax Receipts Purchased.
That poll-tax receipts, which are
prerequisite to voting by persons be-
tween the ages Of 81 and 80 years,
were frequently purchased in bulk
by friends of candidates for Office on
both sides for the purpose of in
huencing votes and voting; and
"The Works Progress Administra-
ton labor and materials, paid for
with funds appropriated by the Con-
gress for emergency relief purposes,