Evening star., 1950-12-12
The Political MN
G. P. Seeks Funds
For CumDuion Work
Active Organizing Program
Will Coll for Many Gifts
By 6ould Lincoln

ny OOufo klnCOin
Something's out Of kilter when MAssa,
chusetts. for. example. contributed
more than 100 per cent Of its 1860 quot,
to the Republican National Financ
Committee, and North California onh
80 per cent Of its quota. Particularly
does this seem true In view Of the fac
that In the November elections, Repub
licans lost by o big vote in their sffor,
to put their candidate for doverno1
Arthur w. Coolidge, in oflce IN Massa.
chusetts and at the same time were abN
to re-elect Governor Earl Warren by
million votes over James Roosevelt.
The Republican National Commits
Is preparing an active program Of ON
ganization, looking to the presidents
campaign Of 1852. 1t will need money fo
this work, which Is necessari
preliminary to the actual campaign
Under the Hatch Act, governing election
expenditures, national political com
mittees are limited to spending 5000,
900 in one year. That goes for 1852. the
presidential year. So the better ''heeled'
q national committee Is in 1851, tn,
further the 100000 can be spread ID
1852. In the opinion of Republican
leaders, the time has come for the
faithful to start kicking in. They hope
that the recent Republican victories al
the polls will prove an incentive tt
giving. So far there has been no rusl
to contribute.
Figures In Recent Drive.
Take look at what happened in the
1850 drive Of the Republican National
Finance Committee-in year when the
@~>1
fourteen reached the quotas assigned
them. They were Arizona. Delaware
Maine, Massachusetts,, New Jersey. NORTH
Carolina, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode Is.
land. Tennessee, Utah, Vermont. Wyo,
ming and Nevada. The first thirteen oi
these States exceeded their quotas and
Nevada hit it on the nose.
Next came the District Of Columbia
with 86 per cent of it's quota. The rest
with their percentages were as follows,
North Dakota SO per cent Georgia S4.2
Texas 83.9. Illinois 1873, Iowa 81.2
Oregon TAI, New Mexico TIT. New
Hampshire SO, Wisconsin 66.3, Alaska IS,
Minnesota 64.1, Alabama 60.4, Virginia
54.8. California South 53.5, Montana
532. Colorado 81. South Dakota SOL
New York 42.8. Arkansas 42.6. Oklahoma
42.3. Nebraska Ais, Michigan $50,
Hawaii SO, Mississippi 35.5. Missouri
1872, Connecticut 31.4, West Virginia
31.2, Louisiana 80, South Carolina 26.2
Puerto Rico 24.3, Kansas 22.4, Mary
land 20.1. Florida 1875. Washington 1874
Indiana los, Virgin Islands 10, Kentucky
6.3. California North 80. and Idaho "a
Obviously great deal more money
was expended by and for Republicans in
Indiana than was indicated by the
Hoosier States ranking in contributions
to the National Finance Committee, and
in New York, Connecticut and California
and other States, many contributions
are made directly to local committees
for certain candidates, and many in-
dependent voluntary committees raised
money for the candidates. too.
100000 Below Goal.
It's a fact, however. that with total
goal of 81 ,952 ,450 for the year 1850. the
Finance Committee, which supplies the
National Committee. the Senatorial
Committee and the House Committed
with money, received up to November 81
about $1,250,000. That Is more than
100000 below the goal. Some Of the
States. through their finance chairmen
have said they intend to go ahead and
complete their 1850 quotas by the end Of
the year.
The Republican National Committee
the Senatorial Committee and the House
Committee not only were extremely
active this year, but they are proposing
to go right ahead with their publicity
and organization work throughout the
country during the coming year, Indeed,
they are planning to go into the "solid
South" on a scale never before at
tempted
1t has become increasingly apparent
that to be effective political organiza-
tion must be kept in working order 365
days a year. 1t can't, as in older days.
be Skeletonized after a campaign and
allowed to lie dormant until the next
campaign rolls around. The Democrats
were the first to start the year-round
working basis, and the Republicans had
to come to it. Even now, Senator Taft
of Ohio is advising the National Com
mittee to get out and build up racial
group committees and labor committees,
and above all, to build at the precinct
level. All that takes money So the
Republican Matte nal Finance Com
mittee is hoping for a rebirth of Re-
publican generos y.