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Show Tg P'AKKER GltiBERT of New' j Jersey has taken up his im- pnrtant duties as the new as- I sistani secretary of the treas- urv. (lilhort was associated with R. (.'. Leffingwell, his predecessor, predeces-sor, for veal's 4 ' SI PAT2KEI? GILBERT- COX PROMISES iRE 'EXPOSURE' : OF III Fill After Pittsburg "Disclosures" He Leaves for New Haven Engagement NEW YORK, Aug. 27 Governor ('ox, Democratic presdieutial nomi nee. indicated here today that he would make further "exposes" of Republican campaign funds within la week. Pausing here for scarcely more ihan an hour on his way from l'itis-burg l'itis-burg to New Haven, C.oyernor Cox conferred with party leaders on the l effects of his speech in Pittsburg ilast night, at which he presented information in-formation bearing on his charge that Republicans were raising a $15,000.-000 $15,000.-000 fund to "buy" the presidency Referring to an announcement from Will H Hays, chairma of the Republican Re-publican national committee that individual in-dividual campaign contributions would be restricted to 11.000. Mr. j Cox said "Mr, Hays knows that such a statement state-ment isn't true. The methods used j by the Republicans are to get some big fellow to give $20,000 or $25,000 after which 19 or 21 dummy names 1 are written down as contributors on the parly's books." WILLING TO APPEAR Mr. Cox said that if the senate committee investigating campaign funds really wished him to appear before It in Chicago he would do so. "The senate committee now has the necessary leads. If it wishes to i investigate, it will call in Republican j state leaders and learn from them who the county and city leaders are and then get all the details. I have , every confidence that the senate committee com-mittee will go to the "boiioiu of my charges. LIKE MARK HANMA "A year ago 1 said that the Republicans Re-publicans were ;oing back to the methods of Mark Haana and that the) would be defeated with their own money , This is still my be 1 lief." When Governor Cox was asked about reports concerning Democratic I national financial conditions of a year ago. he said- "I came on board the Democratic ship July 7 I know nothing about what happened before that time ' One thing I can tell you, though, is that I found a deficit but no money " MEETS LEADERS Governor Cox arrived here from I Pittsburg at 10.35 o'clock today, I pausing for only a short time before j proceeding to New Haven where be is to deliver anoihcr address. George White, chairman of the Democratic national committee, Sen-I ator Harrison, of Mississippi head of the speakers' bureau and" other I Democratic leaders, stepped aboard the train to greet the standard j bearer of their parts Among Democratic leaders at the Btation to greet Mr. Cox who did not leave his car r- Homer S. Cum nnugs, former chairman ol the Demo cratic national conimitte. and Oswald Os-wald S West, former governor of Oregon. James ?J. Cox. Jr . now a (Continued ou Page Two.) Cox Promises More j 'Exposure for Fund (Continued from rnsc one) Student In a milium academy, was here to greet his father SON GUESSED WRONG James. Jr.. sprang a sensation of his own when he announced to news-papermon news-papermon that ho was planning to accompany bil father on his western , campaigi. irp. Dan Mahoney. the governor's son in-law, however, broke In on the youngster to announce that j his father hud not been informed of ! his plans and that the announcement I of .Tame?, Jr . "was considerably an error as 1 e was roing back to school September 15. ' oo |