Montana labor news., 1944-10-05

CHN ELECIIUIVO
BE- BOUGHT?
The following article was taken from
the Congressional Record of Sept. 7, 1914.
and is an extension of remarks made by
Congressman Ed. V. Isac Of California;
Mr.. Speaker, pursuant to my unani-
m-ous-consent request to extend my re-
marks in the Record, I include an article
entitled on the Other Hand by Lowell
Mellett, appearing in the Washington
Evening Star Of September 6, 1914:
On the Other Hand-Hillman Figures
Make Election-Buying { large Appear
Silly, Says Writer
(By Lowell Mellett)
There are too many things to write
about.
For instance, there is that intriguing
statement made by Sidney Hillman to
the House Campaign Expenditures Com
mittee: The total expenses Of the GIG.
Political Action Committee to date are
considerably less than the 1910 contribu-
lions to tie Republican party by five
wealthy families alone"
Everybody would like to know the
names Of the families. The accepted
source of information on the subject is
the report of the special committee to
investigate presidential, vice presidential
and senatorial campaign expenditures.
1910.
This official report reveals that the five
families are the RockefelIers, the Du
Points, the Pews, the sloans and the
Queenys.
The five families gave a total Of $432,-
$50, it seems. That is the figure that
Hillman apparently would like to have
c%ontrasted with $371, O86, which he says
is the total expenditure Of the CLIO com
mittee up to August Is. And most Of
that, he says, was spent for salaries and
travel, office rent, equipment and pub
licity. Only $67,43O, he says, was ex-
pended or contributed in primary cam
or state elections.
May Have Good Point
If Hillman's figures are correct and
the Senate committees figures are cor
rect, it looks as if Hillman really has a
point there. And since Hillman is chair
man of the board of one large bank and
director of another, he is not apt to be
careless. Still he was not very exact in
the use of another figure. He said the
Republican party and its cooperating
groups (G. o. P. equivalents of the po-
itical action committee) had collected
and spent some $4,000 ,OOO'' in 1910. If
he had wanted to be precise, he should
have said that $18,1 1856, 1872 was collected
the G. O. P, but only $16,621 ABS
spent. That left $1,5S4,897 not used.
These are the figures in the Senate com
report.
The CLIO committee started out to
raise l 1000, 900, or a little less than the
G.. o. P. committee had left over last
line. 1t succeeded in raising only $671,-
ia, however, and succeeded in using
only $371, O86. That makes all Of the
ak about the CLIO buying up recent pri-
nary elections and its alleged plans to
)uy up the November election sound a
title silly, doesn't it?
Anyhow, you now know who the five
are:
Let's turn, then, to another gentleman
Who has been getting his name in the
,apers-Mr. John Foster Dulles. In
about him, the boys usually say
lie will be MT, Dewey's secretary Of
tate-if.
A friend has kindly furnished a speech
made by Mr.. Dulles before the New
FORK Economic Club On March %, 1889.
he friend points out one sentence
,hich he seems to think is significant
f something. 1t reads: "Only hysteria
ntertains the idea that Germany, Italy
Japan contemplate war upon us J.
Remarks Recalled
This recalls Senator Borah's famous
tatement to the Senate, MY informa- I
ion is that there will be no war;" when /
e was leading the fight against repeal
f the arms embargo that same year. !
ropably more will be heard Of Mr.. /
unfortunate utterance if he con- Z
nues to be Governor Deweys secretary q
-state-in-waiting. 7
That brings us to another maker Of !
ews, Representative Harold Knutson, of l
Minnesota, ranking Republican member
the House ways and means commit c
e. Mr.. Knutson was leading the fight "
the House the other day against a L
'oposal TO provide unemployment COM n
snsation for federal understanding Ct
orkers in navy yards, a%rsenals, and the a
Se, as well as Washington and way g
,ints-who may need such help when
mobilization begins. He declared, il
That would add $4,000, 100000 to the fl
,erating expenses of the government" v
e did not disclose how he reached this "
%'eposterous figure, but went on to shout: 4,
How are we going to restore nor b
alley in this country when Congress is n
loveling out money in scoops?"
MI. Knutson has found a campaign o.
ogan for his party-"Back to normally" Ii