Evening star., 1941-01-11
Huge Election Outlay
Brings Move 10 Curb
Campaign Loans
S21,746,475 Expenditure
Disclosed by Chairman
OF Senate Committee
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Incomplete reports showing s21,-
TAG, ATS was spent in the recent
national election were described in :
Senate circles today as evidence that
the Hatch Act would have to be
tightened considerably if future
campaign costs are to be substan-
TALLY reduced.
Chairman Gillette of the Senate
Campaign Investigating Committee
supplied the s21 ,746,475 figure and
noted that it did not include out
lays by local political groups" or
campaign costs of candidates for
the Senate. The money, he made
clear, was spent in the 1910 ma
tional elections and not exclusively
in the campaign for President.
He and other committee members
said numerous new amendments,
including one limiting loans to State
and national groups, would be
needed TO reduce the costs of future
political campaigns.
1886 Expenses Much Smaller.
In the 1886 campaign the ma
tional committees of the two major
parties reported disbursements total
ing Sl3,096,372. This, however, was
before enactment of the Hatch Act,
placing a s3,000,000 annual limit on
expenditures Of political COM
mittee" and specifying that indi-
vidual donations could not exceed
$4,000.
Senator Gillette said the Senate
Committee would break down the
s21,746,475 expenditures by groups,
later this month.
Committee clerks said Senator
Gillette obtained the s2l.746.475
total by taking figures reported to
the clerk of the House by national
committees and adding these. Re-
publican State Committees, S5.OO0.-
600; Republican State Finance Com
mitteeS, S3,5000 900: Independent
Republican groups, S3,25OOOO; Demo-
cratic State Central Committees,
81 20000 900; Democratic State Finance
Committees, $4,000; Independent
Demoractic groups, s314OOO.
Clerks said the total was incom-
plete because it did not include in
dividual campaign costs reported by
candidates for the House. Senate or
State and county Offices or local
political groups.
Oliver A. Quayle. general manager
No
mittee. was called to appear be-
fore the Senate group today for the
/ second time to tell about 100000
in loans advanced to Democratic
organizations by Richard J. Rev.
noldS. new treasurer Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
Reynolds Tells About Loans.
Mr.. Reynolds statement TO the
committee yesterday was at vari-
ance with Mr. Quayles earlier test
imony that Mr. Quayle telephoned
Mr.. Reynolds and arranged S275 900
of loans for the New York and New
Jersey State Democratic Com
mittees
Mr.. Reynolds said it was Wayne
Johnson, finance director for the
Democratic national group, who
telephoned him. He added that Mr..
Quayle had said that he (Quayle)
was confused" in his testimony
before the Senators.
Senator Tobey, Republican, Of
New Hampshire. asserted in the
course of yesterdays hearing that
Mr.. Quayle was guilty of perjury"
Chairman Gillette commented that
was a pretty strong conclusion"
Mr.. Reynolds testified that he
had lent $4,000 to the Illinois State
Democratic Committee and $4,000
to the New York State party group
after national leaders said these
were doubtful States in the presi-
Dental race.
Hill Demands G. o. p. Data.
He later advanced 100000 to the
New Jersey committee for the same
reason, he said. and New Jersey
sent $4,000 Of this to New York.
After election, Mr.. Reynolds con-
tinued, he lent another 100000 to
the New York group.
Mr.. Reynolds told the Senator's
he made a $4,000 personal contri-
button to the Democratic National
Committee.
Senator Hill, Democrat, of Ala
bama demanded that the commits
tee subpoena the "Du Pont family,
the Pew family of Philadelphia and
the Rockefeller family" to testify
about their contributions to Re-
publican and Willkie campaign
funds. Decision on this was de-
layed.
He said a partial check" by
committee investigators showed that
the Du Points gave s68.35O, the Pews,
s91025; the Rockefellers, s3O,50O,
and Edgar Monsanto Quinn of st.
Louis. $4,000.
Chairman Gillette said he would
ask the Illinois State Democratic
Committee to explain its report of
no income or expenditures in view
of Mr.. Reynolds testimony that he
loaned that committee S25.O0O and
report by the Democratic National
Committee that it had sent S25 1000
to the Illinois group.