The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26

RAaAv Citizens R d 10 League of Texas, which in turn financed publication of the w. Lee O'Daniel News, offer the most recent case in point.
 Preliminary research by the Corn- mittee's counsel and the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress indicates that there have been no cases brought to trial which would set 0 precedent indi- eating that contributions of this kind are in violation of the law. On the assumption, then, that all the activities in conection with the w. Lee O'Daniel News are on the up and up, 1t is worth noting how these things are done.
 OWNS NO STOCK
 In the first place, Senator w. Lee O'Daniel has nothing whatever to do with the W. Lee O'Daniel News. His wife said to herself, under oath The exact quote, from her prepared statement, Is My husband, United States Senator W. Lee O'Daniel, Democrat of Texas, doesn't own a share of stock in that corporation and has never made a dime out of that publication" The corporation is entirely owned by Mrs. O'Dariel and her two sons, Pat and Mike, now both in the Army. In their ab. sence, Mrs. o'paniel has been run- ming the paper.
 Also, the W. Lee ODaniel News is not political organization. "As far as politics is concerned" says Mrs. O'Daniel the publisher, still under oath, T have not permitted one word to go into the W. Lee O'Daniel News backing any individual for po- litical oftlce D
 Well, from the September 26 issue of the W. Lee O'Daniel News, there is an article headed Third Party Is Nations Need" in which there is this black-face paragraph:
 Senator W. Lee ODaniel has been the outstanding opponent of the destruction of constitutional govern- ment and is without question the leading Jeffersonian Democrat in this country, and as such, Texas Democrats should instruct Electors nominated IS Jei7ersonian Demo- crats to cast their votes for him for President"
 No political activity, you under stand. Doesn't favor any candidate. "NoN.POLITICAL" BANK
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 The story of how this educational publication was financed, as reveal- ed before the Senate Committee in testimony from Garfield Crawford, self styled public relations man and chicken ranch operator who has a 5000 contract as Secretary -Treas- urer of the Common Citizens Radio League, is something for the record. Crawford couldn't remember that they had asked for money.
 On September 10, i943, the League had $4l7 in the bank. On March 9, l944, $77o6. Tn the last week in March the account jumped over $8O,000 with $26,000 contributions from Senator E. II. Moore of Okla- hon1a and +. R. Cullen, president of the Quintana Petroleum Com pany of Houston; four contributions of &2,60o each, two of Sl,000 and number in the hundreds of dollars. In all, Si09,000 rolled in. Crawford signed over S70,000 of 1t to the w, Lee O,Daniel News.
 Circulation figures of the W. Lee ODaniel News are Q little bit fuzzy. Press run on the first issue last July {, was 100000, but at that time the publication had only paid subscrib- CTS, with I270 subscribers paid for by others, according to Post Ofilce Department figures. Mrs. O'Daniel, under oath, says the circulation iS now about 57,000 copies, though the press run Is 10000 an issue,
 Well, 67,000 subscriptions at 35 A year comes out S2s5, ,000--if they're all paid fora point on which no testimony was given. And 1t certain. ly looks as though Mrs. ODaniel- with her husbands help-had done . nice job in building up Q RoO6 business for her two sons, Pat and Mike, when they get out of the Army. Good clean business, too. No messing around with politics.