Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-19

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of organized labor have con-
tributed to campaigns.
Records of campaign contri-
buttons on file with the secretary
of the Senate show that Senator
Mundt. Republican Of South Da-
kota, reported receiving $2,500
of oil money for his successful
reelection campaign in 1854.
It came from Douglas B. Mar
shall, vice president Of Quin-
tana Oil Corp, and q son-in-law
of H. r. Cullen of Houston, Tex.
northumberland president of
Quintana.
Never Met Marshall
Senator Mundt, who voted for
the natural gas bill when 1t
passed the Senate February 6.
was reached for comment at Elk
Point, S. Oak. He said, II got
the money through the regular
fund raiser of the Senate Cam
paign Committee. I have never
met Mr.. Marshall and he has
never contacted me in any way.
shape or form"
There were denialS at the
time, but another $1,000 of oil
money-$500 apiece from Mr..
Cullen and Mr.. Marshall-went
into an unsuccessful attempt to
defeat Senator Margaret Chase
Smith in the Republican primary
In Maine in 1854. Mrs. Smith
voted against the gas bill.
Some oil money also turned
up in 1854 primaries in Illinois,
Pennsylvania and Alabama and
IN senatorial election campaigns
in 1852 in Indiana, Washington,
Montana and Maryland.
All these donations were for
individual campaigns and all but
one-$500 from Mr.. Cullen to
former Representative Laurie C.
Battle of Alabama-were to Re-
publicans. Mr.. Battle tried and
failed to unseat Senator Spark
man. Democrat. in the 1854 pri-
mary.
In addition. oil men and their
families contributed thousands
OF dollars to the Republican con-
gressional and senatorial cam
paign committees for use as the
committees saw At in 1854. At
least one Texas oil man con-
tributed to the Democratic Sem
ate Campaign Committee that
year.
OH men and members of their
families who made the donations
could not be reached for COM
Contributions on File
Under the law. the contribu-
lions for general elections are
on record in files of the secre-
tary Of the Senate and the clerk
OF the House.
A check of Senate records for
1852 and 1854 showed no dona-
tons to individual Senators from
Howard Keck. president of
Superior Oil Company of Cali
fornia.
The current interest in oil
funds was stirred up by testi-
mony to Senate investigators
that the $4,000 rejected by Sem
ator Case at the peak of the
battle over the natural gas bill
represented personal funds of
Mr.. Keck-funds which were re-
layed through two Superior Oil
lawyers to a friend of the
Senator.
The donations in 1852 and
1854 or both were made by such
men as Mr.. Cullen. Mr.. Marshall,
H. L. Hunt OF Dallas, another
wealthy Texas oil man, and the
Pews Of Philadelphia with their
Sun Oil Co. connections. In
cluding contributions from mem
bers Of the families. the total
from them was more than
$4,000.
In addition, oil man S. w.
Richardson of Fort Worth, Tex
gave $4,000 in 1854 to the Demo-
cratic Senate Campaign Com
mittee.
Federal law doesn't require
candidates in the primaries to
report sources Of campaign con-
trtbutions. In the South, Demo-
Gratis frequently have no opposi-
ton IN the general elections and
thus report no campaign con-
trtbutions to Senate or House.
That was the case, for example.
with Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon johnson of Texas in
1854.
Recipients Must Report
Under the law 1t Ia the re-
cipients rather than the givers
who must report campaign dona-
tons.
Since it was q primary and
they were the givers. Mr.. Gull
len and Mr.. Marshall were dou-
bly, excused from reporting the
$500 apiece they put into the
Maine senatorial primary two
years ago.
But on June Is, Mr.. Cullen
signed an afi1davit. and Mr..