The Pittsburgh Press (October 27, 1944)
Hannegan dared on club leaders
New York (UP) –
Republican National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. today challenged Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan to disclose the names of directors of the “1000 Club,” described by Governor Thomas E. Dewey at Chicago last night as an organization to collect $1,000 contributions for the Democratic presidential campaign in return for “special privileges” from the Roosevelt administration.
Mr. Brownell said the Republicans will have more to say about the project unless Mr. Hannegan and his associates “are ready to turn back the money.”
He said if the contributors were not receiving the “special privileges” promised in an alleged letter from Arkansas Democratic headquarters made public by Mr. Dewey, the Democrats were receiving donations “under false pretenses.”
Mr. Brownell said:
Hannegan said he approved the project. That was not a denial: That’s a confession. If he is sincere, he will make public the 48 state directors and demand that each list all contributors.