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back to the 18th century.
Mrs. PhySioc died in 1948.
Butler
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the campaign. He pleaded guilty
in Baltimore last June to five
charges of violating the Maryland
Corrupt Practices Act and paid
$4,000 fine.
Report Gives Loan Details.
Mr.. Jonkel said these funds
were distributed by him without
passing through the account Of
the campaign treasurer. Attorney
Cornelius P. Mundy Of Balti-
more.
The subcommittee reported in
some detail on loan made to the
Butler forces. 1t said:
This phase of the financial
aspect of the campaign involves a
matter that was developed by pre-
liminary investigation prior to the
appointment of the present sub
committee and was not covered in
the public hearings nor was sworn
testimony adduced concerning 1t.
In his report filed with the clerk
Of the Circuit Court of Baltimore
City covering receipts and dis
bursements made in connection
with the general election on No
vember 7. 1850. Treasurer Mundy
included in the itemization Of
unpaid bills" the following en-
try: Loan, Mercantile Trust Co.,
$12,500."
Entry Incorrectly Reported.
Inquiry into the circumstances
|of this transaction disclosed that
the entry was incorrectly reported
and it was subsequently amend
led. Actually the $12,500 which
was made available to the CAM
Ipaign treasurer represented a loan
from two individuals. Arthur
Levering. vice president of the
Mercantile Trust Co. in Baltimore,
Md, made a loan of $4,000, and
C. E. Tuttle, 81 Mount Vernon
place, Baltimore. Md, made a loan
lof $4,000 to the campaign. Pre-
IviouSly, as reported in the Mundy
report filed with clerk Of the Cir
cult Court, Tuttle had made
personal contribution of $4,000 to
the general election campaign of
Mr.. Butler. That contribution
was reported In the treasurer's
sworn report as having been re-
ceived from the &C. E. Tuttle COM
mittee." When interviewed con-
Icerning this transaction, however,
Mr.. Tuttle indicated that he made
IA personal contribution Of $4,000
and that all the funds were his
own. He stated that there was
no committee and no one else
provided any portion of those
funds. He insisted that he was
entitled to full and exclusive cred
ut for the contribution.
"Mr. Mundy testified so per cent
Iof the Tuttle loan of $500 has
been repaid. If it is a fact that
the original $4,000 contribution
was a personal contribution of
c. E. Tuttle, rather than a COM
mittee contribution, he has con-
tributed a total of $1,000 to the
general election campaign of John
Marshall Butler.
FOreSeeS Possible Action.
THE subcommittee is of the
opinion that this matter should
be transmitted to the Department
of Justice for such action as it
deems appropriate"
The subcommittee recommend
ed that the Justice Department
be asked to review the testimony
Iof Donald A. Surine, investigator
on the staff of Senator Mccarthy,
Republican. of Wisconsin, regard
ing termination of Mr.. Surine's
services as an FBI agent.
Mr.. Surine, named by William
H. Fedder, Baltimore printer, as
one OF three men who took him
for a midnight ride" in Baltimore
just prior to the election, testi-
fed at first that he resigned from
the FBI prior to entering the en-
ployment of Senator Mccarthy.
The subcommittee raised this
point on Mr.. Surine's testimony:
"Surine states that in his origi-
nal testimony on March 20, 1851,
he had no intention to mislead the
subcommittee about the circum-
stances Of the termination of his
services by the FBI.
Conflict in Testimony.
However, the subcommittee is
of the opinion that this testimony,
together with every other conflict
in testimony Of other witnesses asI,
to a material fact or facts as the
record may disclose should be
transmitted to the Department Of \
Justice for such action as 1t deems
appropriate"
The testimony of Mr.. Surine |
was in direct conflict with that of |
Mr.. Fedder, who declared that
Mr.. Surine and two companions
threatened and intimidated him
in an effort to obtain a letter he
had received from Mr.. Butler.
Mr.. Fedder testified he was
taken on the ride by Mr.. SurineI
and the latter's two companions,
Ewell Moore, q lawyer, and George