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Show CORRUPT PRACTICES BILL ISCOYPIEIED Campaign Contributions to Be Limited if Measure Passes CongresSt WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Campaign contributions to a national political com- mlttee would be limited to lVz cents per capita of the total population in the United fHates in the revised corrupt practices bill completed tonight by a senate sen-ate elections subcommittee, to be referred re-ferred to the full committee tomorrow and placed before the senate Wednesday. The per' capita basis would limit total contributions to any national committee in a presidential campaign to approximately approxi-mately $1,500,000; no individual wouid be permitted to contribute more than $5000 and contributions by corporations to any campaign fund would be prohibited. Another provision would prohibit contributions con-tributions to a national committee within ten days of a general election and require re-quire a complete report of contributions and disbursements to be filed with the elerk of- the house of representatives ten days before election. Election betting and advertising of betting odds would be made a felony, and drastic provisions are proposed with relation to political advertising adver-tising in newspapers or other publications. publica-tions. The bill provides that any person or corporation withdrawing or tnreaten-ing tnreaten-ing to withdraw patronage, advertising or otherwise, from any publication for the purpose of influencing its attitude, shall be guilty of a felony. Newspapers or periodicals charging for political advertising in excess of normal commercial advertising rates, or refusing non-libelouE political advertisements offered of-fered at such rates wiien they open their columns to other political advertising, would be denied the use of the mails for thirty days. Further, the measure "provides that no publication shall publish gratuitously any political matter during a campaign except that written by its own employees, unless un-less the matter Is signed by the real name of the author, and that no political advertising ad-vertising matter Intended to influence an election shall be published unless marked as "paid advertising matter," with the name of the candidate or committee presenting pre-senting It attached. FMnanrial contributions to state and county political committees also would be limited on a per capita population basis. State committees would be restricted to 5 cents per capita up to the first 500.000 inhabitants, '3 cents up to the second 500,000. and 2 cents per capita over the tirst 1,000,000. County committees would be limited to 3 cents per capita for the first 25,000, 2 cents per capita in excess of 25.000 to 100,000, and 1 cent above 100.000. Candidtaes for United States senator and representative at large would be limited lim-ited to campaign expenditures of S5onn each In states of less than 1,000. 000 population, popu-lation, and not to exceed 2 mills additional addi-tional for each inhabitant in excess of 1,000,000. District candidates for the house of representatives would be limited to an expenditure of ?2500 in all cases. Senatorial and congressional candidates, however, would not be required to account ac-count for personal expenses, which would include traveling, hotel, postage, stationery, station-ery, telegraph and telephone charges. The bill would limit all personal contributions con-tributions to a congressional or senatorial campaign to $100 and all other individual politic;)! contributions to anything but a recognized political commiLtee to S50. It would be unlawful for a candidate to make promises of appointment to political politi-cal office. Transmission of state political funds from one state to another would be limited lim-ited to $1000 for each senator and representative, repre-sentative, and members of eonsress would be prohibited from soliciting campaign funds. State committees could contribute to national committees provided the contributions con-tributions did not swell the national fund above the legal limitation. The purpose for which disbursements of campaign funds may be made, as set forth by the bill, include traveling expenses ex-penses of candidates, s pea leers, members of political committees and their assi5t-nnts. assi5t-nnts. fees for enteritis candidates on the ballot, clerk hire, telephone, telegraph, postase. freight and express charges, printing and stationery, office rent and public advertising. |