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been sought or Obtained from
Senator Case.
! Senator Case told the Senate
that about a week ago he re-
Iceived a longAdistance phone
call from a friend in South
Dakota, informing him that a
caller had just left with the
friend an envelope containing
IS 500 bills.
After being informed that the
donor was a man from outside
of South Dakota. who had been
inquiring about his stand on the
gas bill last December. Senator
Case said he wired his friend to
return the money to the donor,
or If that was impractical. to
give 1t to the South Dakota
Children's Home Society.
Case Changes Stand
Senator Case said that II the
incident had not occurred he
supposed he woulc have voted
for the bill. since most of the
messages he got from South Da-
kota were favorable to 1t. But
now. he said. he will vote against
the bill.
He said he had to consider
what this experience reveals as
to the interest which somebody,
somewhere has in the outcome
of this legislation. and the course
that has been followed to in
fiuence one vote"
1T is idle to pretend that there
lis nothing to it," Senator Case
continued, when q lawyer from
another State whom / had never
known would contact mutual
friend in my State and ask him
about my stand back in Deem
ber.s and then that this lawyer
should come to Washington and
identity himself as knowing my
friend in South Dakota, and,
failing to see me because I was
tied up when he came, should
visit with my legislative clerk
about the pending bill and en-
deavor to get some idea Of my
probable attitude; and then
should return to the West, and
.go to South Dakota and there
leave an envelope with IS 500
bills in it with this friend and
say, It's for his campaign"
Money Angle Deplored
Senator Case said also it is
idle to pretend that there are
mot substantial profits in this
bill for some person or persons
to put up the money to employ
the lawyer on that kind Of en-
Iterprise."
The South Dakota Senator
pointed out that he is not yet
his party's candidate for re-elec-
ton. and added; 1T is not a
matter Of establishing a major
lily in the Senate for political
Iparty--it can only be an interest
in what my vote might mean in
the immediate future or pres
ent."
Senator Case told his COL
leagues you need not pin any
Ihalos on me" for deciding to turn
down the contribution. He said
he knew that If such an amount
was listed in his campaign re-
port it would stick out like a
sore thumb among the SIS. $40
and $25 run of contributions in
any list Of mine"
Senator Fulbright said Sena-
tor Case did not seem to know
who the unnamed man repre-
scented, and pointed out that If
Senators changed their votes on
the basis Of such an incident 1t
would encourage INSCRIPTIONS
persons in future to offer cam
Ipaign contributions for the ex-
press purpose Of turning them
against some pending bill.
Dead Cat" Technique
Senator Monroney charged
that throughout the debate the
opponents have practiced a
dead cat" technique to try to
give the gas bill a bad name.
He said the opposition has i'm
lplied that all who support the
bill are "minions Of the oil in
dustry" or identified with big
interests.
Senator Monroney said there
was no evidence to show that
the unidentified man might not
have represented some Of the
gas distributing utilities who are
against the bill. Senator Case
replied that, from the informa-
ton available to him, he is salts
fed the person who took the
money to South Dakota was not
an opponent Of the bill.
! At the height of the Juror over
the Case charge Senator Butler,
Republican Of Maryland. who has
come out for the gas bill, re-
ported pressure on him from the
other direction.
Senator Butler said he had
just learned that some Of his
Senate colleagues had made re-
cordlngs for a labor organiza-
ton, to be played over Maryland