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Tabulation of contributions of $1,000 or more, by individuals, to State committees during 1940 campaign-Continued
WISCONSIN STATE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENTIAL,
VICE PRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, 1940
REPORT
OF THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE PRESIDENTIAL, VICE PRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, 1940
PURSUANT TO
SENATE RESOLUTIONS Nos. 212, 291, AND 336 SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
THIRD SESSION
TOGETHER WITH A
SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT BY MR. ADAMS AND THE MINORITY VIEWS OF MR. TOBEY
FEBRUARY 15, 1941.-Ordered to be printed
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1941
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SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE PRESIDENTIAL, VICE
PRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES,
1940
LISTER HILL, Alabama ALVA B. ADAMS, Colorado
GUY M. GILLETTE, Iowa, Chairman
CLYDE M. REED, Kansas CHARLES W. TOBEY, New Hampshire
CONTENTS
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I. Introduction..
A. Authority creating committee.
1. Senate Resolution 212..
2. Membership....
B. Jurisdiction....
1. Subjects of investigation..
(a) Campaign expenditures.
(b) Contributions....
(c) Use of influence.
2. Purposes of investigation.
(a) Study in aid of remedial legislation.
(b) Aid in deciding senatorial seat contests.
3. Scope of authority...
(a) Contests in primaries and pre-convention
activities...
4. Authorization..
(a) Upon special committee's initiative.
(b) Complaint to special committee..
5. Special committee to report to Senate..
C. Policy of special committee..
D. Scope of investigation...
1. Limit of $5,000 on individual contributors
2. Limit of $3,000,000 on contributions or expenditures
by political committees.
3. Limit on activities of administrative employees of
United States
4. Extension of provisions of act to State employees paid
from Federal funds
C. Voluntary interpretations of Hatch Act.
1. General counsel, Republican National Committee..
2. General counsel, Democratic National Committee..
3. Statement by United States Attorney General..
4. Special committee position...
III. Activities of special committee.
A. Characterization and summary of activities..
B. Subjects investigaged...
1. Contributions, expenditures, and related activities..
(a) Contributions, expenditures, and activities of
Democratic, Republican, and independent
committees..
(b) Senatorial contributions and expenditures
(c) Miscellaneous political organization contri-
butions and expenditures....
(d) Observations on method of reporting contri-
butions and expenditures..
2. Character of campaign literature..
3. Political activities by Federal agencies
(a) Alleged activity of Agricultural Adjustment
Administration..
(b) Intimidation of Work Projects Administration workers by officials thereof in New York
(c) Alleged padding of Work Projects Adininis-
tration rolls....
(d) Intimidation of signers of Communist peti-
tions....
(e) Alleged abuses by Surplus Commodity Cor-
poration officials......
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