Evening star., 1940-08-04
Wi||kie 10 Limit
Campaign Cost
To 100000
Reduced Goal Is Set
Despite LoophoIe
In Hatch Act
BY J. A. 0'LEARY,
Star Statf CORE respondent.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Aug. 3.-Wendell L. Willkie tonight
proclaimed a determined effort to
hold the total cost of his campaign
for the presidency down to approxi-
nately o000O-well within the
100000 limit of the Hatch Act
and only half the sum spent on the
1886 Republican campaign.
He emphasized that he wanted
the s2,500,000 limitation to include
the outlays of the independent
Willkie clubs and the group Of De-
mocratic Willkie supporters as well
as the National Committee ex-
penditures-in other words, the full
amount spent on the presidential
campaign.
Mr.. Willkie set this reduced goal
on the campaign budget despite a
written opinion from Henry P
Fletcher, general counsel of the ma
tional committee, pointing out that
State or local committees are not
included in the $3000,000 Hatch
Act limit on a national political
committee, concluding therefore,
that State and local committees
could also raise up to that amount.
Economical Campaign Pledged
We are going to conduct an
economical campaign, because We
don't believe in an expensive cam
paign," Mr.. Willkie declared, at the
end of day in which he and party
leaders sought to cut the party
budget to achieve that goal.
Other developments of the day
we're:
Announcement by House Minority
Leader Martin, Republican national
chairman, that he WILL mark off the
48 States into Is or Is regions, and
appoint within the next week per-
sonal representative for each region
to serve as contact man in keep
ing him advised of the progress of
the campaign in each area.
Appointment by Mr. Martin of
Representative Hope of Kansas to
be chairman of the farm division
of the Western headquarters in
Chicago, with Representative An
dresen of Minnesota as vice chair
man.
To Meet Farm Leaders.
Meanwhile, Mr. Willkie an
nounced that his purpose in flying
to Des Moines, Iowa. tomorrow
afternoon for an all-day confer
ence Monday with more than so
farm leaders is to learn all I can
about that problem"
He said he wanted to get their
ideas before completing the agri-
cultural part of his acceptance
speech, and to get broader cross
section of their views for use in one
or two farm speeches later in the
campaign.
With National Chairman Martin
and Executive Director John Nj
Hamilton seated beside him, Mr.
Willkie revealed that the first step
agreed on in the campaign economy
program was to eliminate paid
speakers and to reduce to mini
mum the use of sound trucks.
Declaring his belief in bal
anced party budget as we'll as the
Nations budget, the Republicans
he said, will seek to carry on the
campaign with voluntary speakers
who will be campaigning because
of their interest in the cause. In
1896, Mr.. Hamilton said, the Re-
publican Speakers Bureau spent
1901 900, which included clerical
personnel as we'll as speakers. The
tentative decision yesterday was to
hold the routine expenses of a
Speakers Bureau to S50,000.
Davis to Introduce WilIkie.
In connection with the notifica-
ton ceremonies at ElWood, Ind
August II, it was announced that
Senator Davis, Republican, of Penn
sylvania. who also began his career
in Elwood, will introduce Mr.. Will
kie to the assembled crowd at one
of the exercises that day, on the
steps of the high school Mr.. Willkie
attended. This will precede the
speech of acceptance in the city
park.
It was decided also today to have
Representative Halleck of Indiana
who nominated Mr.. Willkie at Phil
adelphia, introduce Chairman Mar
tin as the presiding officer at the
notification ceremonies. Ordinarily
the permanent chairman of the con.
vention introduces the nationa
chairman on this occasion, but Mr.
Martin filled both posts this year
and smilingly pointed out that, OBJ
viously, he could not introduce him.
self.