Show FUND INQUIRY NEARING CLOSE CLOSI Saloon Anti League Ob- Ob Ob Objects to Publishing Donors Names WASHINGTON July Dy By 7 ByThe The Associated The Press Press Tb sen en sen-at sen ate campaign funds committee vir vir- virtually vir- vir virtually virtually completed Its it Inquiry Into the Pennsylvania Republican primary mary today by hearing John M 11 Morin of o Pitts Pittsburg burg testify that he h had no part In handling the money end of the campaign except to transfer funds raised for tor William S Yare Vase V r front Crom frontone fromon one campaign worker to another At the tho same came time the tb commit commit te tee announced that Its III tion of oC th the Illinois primary would begin in la Chicago on July luly 28 26 2 Morin Morin Mono who i Is chairman of the house military committee was Vares Vare's west state stat manager In the latter's success successful CuI campaign against Senator Pepper and GOY Coy Governor Pinchot for tor the th senatorial nomination He II testified that he had bad nothing to do with the mono mon monoe mon mon- money money e ey having collected no DO funds fund and made no oo contributions contribution but under questioning by Chairman King said he b acted In transfer of runds among campaign officials and also had custody ot of a safety box containing campaign money money at the William Penn hotel In box to which he be b had bad sole sol access he put he be said laid obtained from rom the treasurer of oC the Yare rare campaign committee and later laler took It out and gave It to Edward R It Martin secretary of oC the tho committee to pay watchers at the tb polls Dolls lie He H also alao testified that two weeks eeb before the primary he h received In cash from Thomas F Watson the th Varo Yare treasurer nt at Philadelphia and gave eav It to the themen themen themen men Watson Waton told me to SALOON SALOON ANTI FUNDS John D Rockefeller and nd his son Bon John 0 Li Jr have been the tho heavIest teat Iest contributors to the th Anti Anil So Sa Saloon loon league lECue while two women women- women Mrs Mr Barend arend Van GerbIg New Canaan Conn Cono and Mrs frs Matins de deBrabant deBrabant Brabant New York have City City given the largest sums to the Association Against the tho Prohibition tion Amendment This Tille was WIlS disclosed by a partial list of oC tho dry organization con con- contributors contributors made public by the th sen- sen senate sen en senate ate cam campaign funds committee over the th protest of o Wayne D fl Wheeler and a full list of bC donors to the th wet organization which I Ito William II H Stayton the national Insisted should bould be beI spread ad upon the committee rec ord I Th The Rockefellers have hav gIven to the Antl aloon league since January 1 1926 1925 12 the th date fixed by the committee behind which It would not go lo In seeking donations to political or semI semI- semi political political organizations It is Ie knon however howver that this tuto tuto only a n small part ol of th the to total to- to total tal they have hav given elvon The Th figures for the tha Association Against the Prohibition Amend mont ment go co back to January 1 1921 and show that since Ince sine that time Mr Mrs Van Yan Gerbig Gerbl has donated SOO and Mn Mrs Brabant The Tho third bIrd largest contributor was Larz Anderson ot of Washington former ambassador to Japan who gave 1500 Next to the th Joseph Roer of oC I Detroit took rank among the Individual contributors to the dry organization Ho Ito gave 11 while S S Kresge Kr ce also of DetroIt the five fiT and ten tn cents store magnate gave cavo P A Peterson ot of Rocky Ford Ill con contributed tr buted DECISION BRINGS DIVISION The Tb decision of ot the committee to withhold t from publication the contributions to the th on league prior to January y 1 2 1929 1923 was on a divided vote ote vot with Sen See Senator ator tors KIng Golf Goft and M McNary Nary Re Re- Republican publican Oregon voting for tor and Chairman Reed and Senator La La-Follett La Follette R Republican Wisconsin against The Th legislative i committee of oC the league leaeu tiled lied with the a statement gIving two reasons ons why It objected to cation The tint was that It was no no ethical to make public the th names name of oC donor donors without their th conent and the th second because such sharp differences have arisen as to the proper manner of handling the liquor traffic that many contributor to the th funds of oC o the tb on league leacu have hare oh- oh objected to the th publication of oC their gifts eWI because they thought that tha such flueh publication would have hav a harmful effect upon their family 1 and business relations relation When Captain Stayton present present- presented ed the tb list tor toi the th wet tI tin n Senator KIng KInt said that In with Its lis rulings In the th league l cu case It desired contributors made mad only since inee Jan January nary uary 1 1925 12 1 2 But Dut I want the entire list lIt to togo togo go In objected Stayton In that case car the th committee will wll receive rec lve them King Kin said oo 00 |