Evening star., 1954-10-13

S1diary OF w. e. Grace ~ co.
Mr.. Murphy traces his organi-
zation back through the Citizens
for INSTRUMENTATION Of the 1862
presidential campaign and the
Citizens for Eisenhower, which
fought for Gen. Eisenhower's
nomination at the Chicago con-
vention. He says that many OF
the people who supported those
groups are now contributing to
the Citizens Congressional Com
mittee.
The committee seems to be do
ing well financially. Its finan-
cial report to the clerk of the
House Of Representatives shows
that In the three months, June
8-September 8. it collected $211,-
$40. 80 -$188. .239.20 of it in con-
tributions of 500 or more. This
brought the committees total
1854 income through September
8 to $4l9,089.84.
During the June 8-September 8
period, the committee spent
76.536.64, bringing total SPEND
ing for the year to $341 ,320.14.
Unlike the CLOS Political Ac-
tion Committee and the AFL's
Labor's League for Political Edu-
cation, which in some ways are
its opposite numbers on the
Democratic side, the committee
has been putting comparatively
little of its money directly into
the campaigns OF individual
candidates.
The June 8-September 8 fina1-
cial report shows that only $9,-
687.50 Of the $176.536.64 spent
went to individual candidates.
BY contrast of the $287,038 the
AFL's LLPE spent in the first
eight months of 1854, $93,800
went into individual campaigns
and over $150,000 went back to
State LLPE's for political use.
Individuals May Get More.
A Citizens Committee spokes-
man says, however, that a later
financial report probably will
show stepping up Of contribu-
tons to individual candidates.
The committees financial
statement shows that the kind
Of campaigning it does comes
high. The cost Of the film, "Year
of Big Decision" for example,
appears to have been about
$25, 900.
The report also lists $10,725
for rent and air conditioning
paid during the three month Pc
riod, $5.04389 for airplane tick
cts plus $1,814.81 for expenses of
a plane used on a lease arrange
ment, and $7.548.88 for telephone
service.
Then there are those band
wagons. Use Of the trailer trucks
and jeeps are listed as non-casn
gifts. But operating expenses
are high. For example, there
are three separate truck painting
items on the three-month report
which total $1,849.27. and even
such minor items as parasols for
the like girls" $89.76. and cos
tunes, $193.12. add up.
Staff expense also is q big
item. Although Mr.. Murphy is
listed as a volunteer worker. he
drew $3,175.23 in expenses from
June 8 to September 8. This in
cluded $340 for domestic help.
Several thousand dollars were
paid out in fee or per diem
charges to other persons and the
regular payroll. carrying more
than 40 names, came to about
$50, 900.
Statement OF Purpose.
The committees original state
ment OF purpose closed with this
sentence:
1T (the committee) Is dedi-
Gated to the clear proposition Of
electing Republican Congress-
men who believe in President
Eisenhower's policies and will
support them"
In practice, however, there are
only two criteria for actively
supporting a candidate with the
bandwagons and other activities.
First, he must ask for the sup,
port. Second, he must have o
local Citizens for Eisenhower
group working for him. Thus.
Mr.. Murphy points out, the de-
cision on whether he Is worthy
of support is made by the local
group rather than by national
headquarters.
Sentiment among candidates
on the effectiveness Of the Citi-
zens' efforts is reported to be
mixed. Some rate the Citizens
very high, while others, accord
ing to Washington political
~ II L. t~