The Pittsburgh Press (October 28, 1940)
LIMIT OF $5,000 GIVEN BY MANY IN CAMPAIGNS
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Democrats List Expenditures of $603,742; G.O.P. Report Awaited
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Washington, Oct. 26 (UP) –
Political organizations and candidates’ reports to the House and Senate today showed many contributions of $5,000, the limit permitted by the Hatch “Clean Politics” Act.
Today was the deadline for filing or mailing reports on contributions received up to October 20. Reports of various organizations included, for the period September 1 to October 20 unless otherwise specified:
Democratic National Committee:
Contributions, $632,746, including $70,000 of loans; expenditures, $603,742.
G.O.P. Report Awaited
The Republican National Committee report was still awaited.
Associated Willkie Clubs of America:
Contributions, $632,855; expenditures, $472,626.
Democrats for Willkie:
Contributions, $148,720; expenditures, $117,701.
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee:
Contributions, $77,525; expenditures, $66,515.
Willkie Magazine Fund, headed by John Orr Young (NY):
Contributions, $25,487; expenditures, $21,720.
New York State Independent Voters Committee for Roosevelt and Wallace:
Contributions, $1,345; expenditures, $500.
Independent No-Third-Term Committee, Chicago:
Contributions, $3,067; expenditures, $2,191.
National Committee of Independent Voters for Roosevelt and Wallace:
Contributions, $112,226; expenditures $50,088.
Contributions Listed
The Democratic National Committee contributors included man y high government officials. The major contributions listed included:
• Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt, $5,000;
• Sol Rosenblatt (NY), $4,000;
• Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, $250;
• Ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., $5,000;
• Mrs. Biddle, $5,000;
• Henry Morgenthau, $5,000;
• W. A. Julian (Rockville, MD), $5,000;
• Former Ambassadors Breckenridge Long and Joseph E. Davies, $2,000 and $5,000 respectively;
• Dr. John R. Brinkley (Del Rio, TX), $1,000;
• Charles A. Ward (Rimrock, AZ), $5,000;
• Dorothy S, Backer (NY), $5,000;
• Amon Carter (Fort Worth, TX), $5,000;
• Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, $250;
• Housing Administrator Nathan Straus and Mrs. Straus, $5,000 each;
• Henry S. Hooker (NY), $4,000;
• Donald R. Richberg, $200;
• Former Attorney General Homer Cummings, $500;
• State Department Counselor R. Walton Moore, $100;
• Former Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, $500;
• Chairman Leo T. Crowley of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., $2,000;
Hull Gives $500
• Secretary of State Cordell Hull, $500;
• Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, $1,000;
• Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones, $5,000;
• Mrs. William L. Clayton (Houston, TX), $5,000;
• E. A. Cudahy Sr., $5,000;
• E. A. Jr., $4,000;
• Mrs. Emma Blaine (Chicago), $5,000;
• A. S. Underwood (Athens, TX), $5,000;
• Ambassador William C. Bullitt, $3,000;
• Vice Presidential Candidate Henry A. Wallace, $500;
• George L. Schein (WA), $5000;
• H. C. Levin (NY), $5000;
• Nicholas M. Schenck (NY), $5000;
• Mrs. Augustus Busch (St. Louis), $4,000;
• Richard C. Patterson Jr. (NY), $5,000.
Unions Contribute
Contributions to the National Committee of Independent Voters for Roosevelt and Wallace included:
• International Ladies’ Garment Workers, $5,000;
• Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, $5,000;
• New York Joint Board of the Clothing Workers, $5,000;
• Philadelphia Joint Board of the Clothing Workers, $5,000;
• Rochester Joint Board of Clothing Workers, $5,000;
• Chicago Joint Board of Clothing Workers, $5,000;
• Morris L. Ernest (NY), $4,000;
• Democratic State Councils of Americans of Italian Origin, $5,000;
• Jeanie Joel Dillon (NY), $4,000;
• Dorothy D. Allen (NY), $4,000;
• Evelyn Hague (NY), $4,000;
• Charles P. Parlin (Englewood, NJ), $4,000;
• Ben Cohen (WA), $1,000;
• T. C. Corcoran (NY), $2,000;
• J. L. Warner (NY), $3,300;
• Albert Warner (NY), $3,400;
• H .M. Warner (NY), $3,300;
• Italian Dressmakers Union (Local 89, NY), $5,000.
Willkie Funds Listed
Major contributors to the Associated Willkie Clubs included:
• Paul F. Warburg (NY), $1,000;
• George F. Baker Jr. (NY), $1,500;
• Frank Altstadt (NY); $2,000;
• Miss Amy duPont (Wilmington, DE); $2,000;
• Mrs. Eugene duPont (Greenville, IN), $1,000;
• Harold S. Vanderbilt (NY), $1,000;
• John D. and L. S. Rockefeller (NY), $1,000 each;
• Mrs. Pierre duPont (Wilmington, DE), $500;
• W. E. Macy Jr. (NY), $3,000;
• Mrs. Philip Roosevelt (NY); $1,000;
• P. J. and J. K. Roosevelt (NY), $500 each;
• Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Resor (Greenwich, CT), $4,000 each;
• Mary Pickford, $1,000.
Total contributions of $43,041 and expenditures of $36,150 were reported by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Its major competitions included: Bernard M. Baruch, $2,000; Paul V. Shields, $5,000; and Perry R. Bass, $5,000.
The New York City Retailers for Willkie Organization reported it had expended $5,790 and received $7,653, of which Elmer D. Kaufmann contributed $2,500.
Shipstead Receives 500
Senator Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) reported he received $50 and spent $77.
John McSweeney (OH) received $1,115 and spent $835.
Senator Dennis Chavez (D-NM) spent $200 and received no contributions.
Paul L. Cornell, Republican running against Senator Francis T. Maloney (D-CT), received $3,325 and spent $1,474.
George I. Shannon (Amarillo, TX), running on the Republican ticket against Senator Tom Connally, spent nothing and received nothing.
Milward L. Simpson (Cody, WY), Republican opponent of Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, received $95 and spent $69.
Many returns have not yet been received but Senate clerks explained that reports in the mail before midnight will be within the scope of the Corrupt Practices Act.