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Show WOMAN FINDS GROUND SWELL FOR lYicADOO WASHINGTON, Juno 2. Mrs. Antoinette An-toinette Funk of Bloomlngton, 111., was questioned today aoout a Doom tor MvAuoo. Chairman Kenyon told her the committee was "having dlit'iculty In locating ihe Democratic campaign lor W. G. McAdoo." "The explanation Is very simple," Mrs. Funk said. "There isn't any." Sno said sas had worked with the : Democratic national committee and Inn nnflnnnl l.lhorfV lnnn rrni m Ittp p of women, of wnicn Mr. McAdoo wasi chairman. "Your work with the Liberty loan I committees faded right out Into the! work of tho Democratic national committee, com-mittee, didn't it?" asked Chairman Kenyon. I "I've always tnlkod for tho Demo-' cratic party," Mrs. Funri replica. I "Ana during this time on the Liber-' ty loan committee, while you were, speaking for the Domocrats, your cx- , penacs were charged to the govern-1 ment, weren't they .'" Chairman Ken-, yon pursued. , "Ail expenses, of thc 3peakers were paid on tne Liberty loan trips," Mrs. Funk explained. , i-ays Her Own ISxperucs.' i Coming bacK to me McAdoo candl-' dacy, Mrs. Funk said no money hadj been furnished her to carry on heri personal support of Mr. McAdoo. J "Who pays your oxpenses traveling! about on tnu work?" asked the ciia;r-l man. "I've only visited four or five Democratic Dem-ocratic state conventions," she said, "and I've paid my own expenses. I've written to all tho delegates to tho national na-tional convention mjaelf urging Mr. McAdoo's availability. It has cost me $160. Ground Swell for McAdoo. "1 want to "state t.ie situation about Mr. McAdoo clearly," Mrs. Funk said. "1 have been about tho country and found a ground swell of sentiment for him. "He simply wont hav'e an organization. organiza-tion. You can't move him. Ho won't lot us do a thing, Ho won't get into a fight. Ho wants the delegates to go uninstructed and nominate tho strongest strong-est man." nn |