INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENTIAL, VICE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE PRESIDENTIAL, PURSUANT TO S. Res. 263 SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS (Extended by S. Res. 355, 78th Congress MARCH 15 (legislative day, MARCH 12), 1945.-Ordered to be printed UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1945 JK 1991 .45 1944 SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE PRESIDENTIAL, VICE PRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, CONTENTS A. Authority, membership, and jurisdiction. C. Scope of investigations-general- (a) Comment on independent committeees.. (b) Summary of information filed.. 2. Committees specially investigated... (a) American Democratic National Committee__ (b) Common Citizens' Radio Committee, Texas. (c) Congress of Industrial Organizations, Politi- (d) Peoples Committee to Defend Life Insurance I. Senate Resolutions 263, 355, and 88-- II. Federal Corrupt Practices Act, Hatch Act and Powers Act------ III. List of records of public hearings incorporated by reference as part IV. Tabulation by States of contributions to and expenditures by com- mittees and individuals filed with the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, secretaries of state, and Senate Cam- paign Expenditures Committee... V. Tabulation of contributions and expenditures in Senatorial primaries and general elections of 1944_. VI. Recapitulation of totals shown on appendix IV and V. VII. Tabulation of contributions to and expenditures by independent VIII. Tabulation of contributions by prominent family groups.. IX. Tabulation of contributions by individuals of $500 or more to politi- X. Tabulation of contributions to and expenditures by county com- 85 NOTE.-Abreviations for Political Committees used in appendixes are identi- 79TH CONGRESS 1st Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 101 INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENTIAL, VICE PRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, 1944 MARCH 15 (legislative day, MARCH 12), 1945.-Ordered to be printed Mr. GREEN, from the Special Committee to Investigate Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, 1944, submitted the following REPORT [Pursuant to S. Res. 263, 322, and 355, 78th Cong., 2d sess., and S. Res. 88, 79th Cong., 1st sess.] I. INTRODUCTION The special committee of five Members of the Senate, appointed pursuant to Senate Resolution 263, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, to investigate campaign expenditures of the Presidential, Vice Presidential, and senatorial candidates, submits the following report: AUTHORITY, MEMBERSHIP, AND JURISDICTION OF COMMITTEE The Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures in 1944 was created by Senate Resolution 263, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, and was agreed to by the Senate on March 30, 1944. On December 18, 1944, the Senate agreed to Senate Resolution 355, which extended the powers of the committee for the purpose of preparing a report until March 1, 1945. The time for filing a report was extended further until March 15, 1945, by Senate Resolution 88, agreed to on February 28, 1945. The full text of these resolutions will be found in appendix I. Following the practice of many years governing membership on the committee, the resolution provided for the appointment by the Vice President of five Senators and further provided that no Member of the Senate should be appointed to serve on the committee from a State in which a Senator was to be elected at the general election in 1944. Pursuant to the authority of the resolution, the Vice President appointed the following Senators to serve on the committee: Theodore 1 |