The Pittsburgh Press (September 21, 1944)
Senator studies need for probe
Washington (UP) –
Senator Homer Ferguson (R-MI), said today that there “might be a need for an investigation” into letters endorsing President Roosevelt which Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago has sent to servicemen, provided any attempt has been made to tamper with election machinery.
He said, however, that evidence reaching him does not disclose any such attempt, and consequently, there probably will be no request for an investigation by the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee.
Mr. Ferguson pointed out that under the 1944 Service Voting Act, “Kelly has a right to send any kind of propaganda he wants to the soldiers.”