Show I r Round Merry j Campaign Kick ins I l Reveal Who's WhO Backing Parties By Drew v Pearson on LOS ANGELES ANGELES En En route through the th west all you ou have to do to get a picture of who's backing who in this campaign is isto to read the list of campaign contributors to the the Republican and Democratic parties This is not quite as easy as it seems since you have to be careful to look up the contributors not only to the Republican national committee but to the G GO GOP 0 P senate senate senate sen- sen seni i ate and congressional committees and to a a j host of or state G GO GOP 0 P committees These were organized to diversify diversity campaign contributions contributions contributions con- con cona a and get around the Hatch act I On the Democratic side the really reany big money is coming from labor And It in i I turn to get around the Taft-Hartley Taft act is spending the money through its ow own separately or organized committees Also significant is the fact act that the J biggest esl G GOP 0 P contributors the contributors the Du Pont Fonts of Delaware the Pews of Pennsylvania r rand r and the New York financial set are pouring pouring pouring pour- pour J i ing their money not into Deweys Dewey's campaign but into the senatorial races They regard re- re I Igard igard i gard Dewey as good as elected Splitting Contributions Contributions Careful Careful scrutiny scrutiny scrutiny tiny of the big big- money gifts is illuminating Take one family alone the alone the Du Fonts Ponts The Republican senatorial campaign committee commit- commit tee is headed by a Du Pont henchman ex- ex Senator John Townsend of Delaware His Hiss job is to win GOP G GO 0 P senate elections in in Tennessee Oklahoma New Mexico Minne sota sola Wyoming and Montana To help him the Du Pont family poured in the following amounts of money during June July and August Lammott Du Pont 2000 Irenee Du Pont Jr 2000 Irenee Du Pont Sr 2000 I. I Sophie Du Pont May 2000 2000 Octavia M. M Du Pont Bredin 1000 Mariana M. M I. I Du Pont 2000 Lucile Lucile Lucile Lu- Lu cile Du Pont Flint 2000 R. R R. R R. R Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- penter a Du Pont law in-law 2000 Pierre S. S Du Pont HI ill 2000 Under the Hatch act no one can contribute contribute contribute con- con tribute more than However Ho by splitting contributions between members of a family or between different committees committees committees commit- commit tees of the same political party the Hatch act is held not to be violated Pat Burley Hurley Campaigns Campaigns When When Pat Hurley Hurley Hurley Hur Hur- ley ex-ambassador ex to China travels through New Mexico l campaigning for the senate he really travels in style Theother The Theother Theother other day Pa Howell owner of the Southern South South- ern Pacific hotel in Carrizozo New Ne Mexico was a little surprised to receive a wire from Hurley reserving 10 rooms for a three-day three stay The telegram stated that he and Mrs N i Hurley would need four rooms their secretaries chauffeurs and campaign manager manager manager man- man 4 ager six more The telegram asked for telegraphic confirmation Pa Howell does not run a big hotel and he wondered why Pat Hurley would wan wanto want to bring such a big retinue to a town of only people But he arranged to oust a couple of traveling salesmen even though they were regular guests and wired Hurley that the 10 rooms would be be- read ready However However when the Hurley poli political ical Ti 1 caravan caraan arr arrived ed in Carrizozo the ex-am- ex did not stay at the Southern Pacific hotel His party stayed at Pettys Petty's court on the edge of or town 4 Pa Howell was a bit surprised at this a I and phoned Hurley i. i Ive le held these rooms for you he 7 told the would-be would senator In fact Ive I've kicked out some people to have them ready You are entirely mistaken boomed Hurley At no time did I ever ask you to reserve any rooms for me That ended that that except except for one thing When Hurley held his big campaign rally in Carrizozo Pa Howell got up and addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed the crowd He merely read Hurley's Hurley's Hurley's Hur Hur- leys ley's telegram to him reserving the hotel rooms his reply to Hurley and a second Hurley telegram clinching the reserva reserva- tion If a man cant can't keep his own hotel reservations straight Pa Howell told the crowd of New Mexicans i I dont don't see how he can keep straight the problems of or New i Mexico in the senate enate i J s |