Evening star., 1941-01-24
Gillette Estimates
$6o,ooo,ooo Spent
On Campaign
Figure Rough Guess;
$22,740,3l3 Reported
To Senote Committee
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A trough guess" that between
$50,000 900 and $60,0O0,OO0 was spen
on political campaigns leading ul
to the recent elections came yeSter'
day from Chairman Gillette, Demo.
crat, of Iowa of the special Senate
committee investigating campaign
expenditures.
The Senator's estimate was baSeC
on report approved by the inves-
tigating committee which showed
that contributions aggregating $24,-
174,223 and expenditures amounting
to $22,740,313 actually were report
ed by national State and sena-
torial groups.
Il believe expenditures probably
were three times the reported to-
tal," Senator Gillette said. 1.-THE
committee compilation does not in
clude campaign funds used by coun-
ty or local candidates and commit
tees. 1t does not include campaign
costs for House candidates. 1t does
not include hundreds who are un-
der no legal requirement to make
reports such as money spent for
newspaper and billboard advertis-
ing within States and local jurls-
dictions.
mo one could make an accurate
statement on the total campaign
costs"
State Expenditures Greatest.
The report, approved by the COM
mittee and to be sent to the Senate
later, said Republican organizations
reported spending $14,941, ,143 and
receiving ,476,040, and Democratic
groups listed s6,O95, 1857 in expendi-
lures and $6,284,463 in contribu-
tions.
Biggest items in the Republican
totals were $11,792, ,149 in contribu-
tions and s1O,7e1, ,625 in expendi-
lures by Republican State central
and finance committees. The Re-
publican National Committee listed
$2.564.606 in contributions and 81
242, 2,742 in expenditures. Other ma
tional groups supporting the Re-
publican presidential candidate,
Wendell L. Willkie, reported 1885,
919 contributed to them and $685.
167 expended.
The Democratic National Com
mittee reported s2,454,1O5 received
and s2,438,O92 expended. The Sem
ate committee said other national
Democratic groups collected S576,-
210 and spent $557,048, and Demo-
cratic State committees collected
$2,935 ,062 and spent s2,785 $50.
Communists Spend SS9,5OO.
Among expenditures by other po-
htical groups was s89,50O by the
Communist party, and s377,OO0 by
the Committee to Uphold Constitu-
tional Government.
The Senate investigators listed
totals of family contributions to
various Republican groups. 1t
credited the Du Pont family of
Delaware with contributing $l86, ,760
and the Pew family of Pennsylvania,
e108,525. Others included:
Pitcairn family of Philadelphia,
$29,ll5.
Elizabeth B. Blossom of Cleveland,
$11,50o. 49,
Ira C. Copley of Aurora, Ill, $780,
300.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred p. Sloan, New
York City, $4,000.
Culver family of st. Louis, S25, 500.
Widener family of Philadelphia,
S23, ,75o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donaldson Brown,
New York City, $4,000.
Queeny family of st. Louis, s42 1926.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Parmalee Prem
hce, $4,000.
Three-Fourths in 9 States.
Nearly three-fourths of the more
than s22,000000 reported to the
Senate committee was listed as the
cost of the campaign in nine pivotal
States.
Likewise, the reports before the
committee indicated the same pro-
portion of contributions (totaling in
excess of s23, 400, ,0OO came from the
same States-New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois, California, Ohio,
Michigan, Massachusetts,, Indiana
and New Jersey.
In New York alone, the report
showed Democratic contributions of
So, All 1868 and expenditures of So
1904, and Republican receipts OF
$4177,544 and expenditures of S.
575,172.
New York was the only State
listed in which contributions and
expenditures of both parties were in
excess Of the million dollar mark,
but Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
Jersey listed Republican contribu-
tions above that amount, with Penn
sylvania, however, the only one in
this group reporting that much
spent.
Among contributions and expendi-
lures in the national campaign,
listed by States and parties, were:
Maryland-Democratic s45 PAL and
S44,795; Republican, s156,254 and
$149,179.
Virginia-No Democratic listings;
Republican, s10,738 and $10,263.
West Virginia-Democratic, $50, ,488
and s47,929; Republican, $75,837 and
$75,583.
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