scribe, pass through the mails free of charge. And the provisions of this section shall apply to ex-Members of Congress and ex-Delegates for the period of nine months after the expiration of their terms as Members and Delegates." Section 37, Act of January 12, 1895 (ch. 23, 28 Stat. L. 606), authorizing certain endorsements on envelopes and labels used by Members of Congress to mail, free of postage, copies of the Congressional Record, or parts thereof, and public documents, provides as follows: "The Public Printer may furnish without cost to Senators, Members, and Delegates, envelopes ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part thereof, or speeches, or reports therein contained. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: 'Senate United States (or House of Representatives, U. S.). Part of Congressional Record. Free,' and in upper right-hand corner the letters 'U. S. S.' or 'M. C.' "He may also furnish without cost to Senators, Members, and Delegates, blank franks for public documents. Franks so furnished shall contain in the upper lefthand corner thereof the following words, to wit: 'Public documents, Free. United States Senate (or House of Representatives, U. S.)' and in upper right-hand corner the letters 'U. S. S.' or 'M. C.'" "At the request of any Congressman the Public Printer is authorized to print upon franks or envelopes used for mailing public documents or seed and facsimile stamp of said Congressman. * * * Said Congressman to deposit with his order the extra expense involved in printing these additional words." Section 2, act of March 2, 1895 (p. 961, 28 Stat. L.), further provides: "The Public Printer, under section thirty-seven of the 'Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents' approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, may at the request of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate in Congress, print on envelopes authorized to be furnished, in addition to the words therein named, the name of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate, and State, the date, and the topic or subject-matter, not exceeding twelve words." The act of June 26, 1906 (39 U. S. C. 335), sec. 613, Postal Laws and Regulations, provides that: "It shall be unlawful for any person entitled under the law to the use of a frank to lend said frank or permit its use by any committee, organization, or association, or permit its use by any person for the benefit or use of any committee, organization, or association. This provision shall not apply to any committee composed of Members of Congress.' (The above material was furnished by the Acting Third Assistant Postmaster General.) PART 2 STATISTICAL REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF PARTY ORGANIZATIONS, AND PRESIDENTIAL, VICEPRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CANDIDATES, SHOWING ALSO THE NATURE OF SUCH EXPENDITURES The committee obtained from party organizations operating in two or more States, duplicates of reports filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives under the Corrupt Practices Act, and also obtained supplemental information direct from the organizations. It is pointed out that the Democratic National Committee submitted one general recapitulation of all of its previous reports. This final report covers the entire year of 1936, and does not separate receipts and expenditures for any particular period of that year which may be considered the "campaign period." On the other hand, the Republican National Committee submitted two reports, one of which is for the "campaign period" from June 1, 1936, to December 31, 1936, and the other for the entire year of 1936. No one has defined the duration of a "campaign period", and there is no law defining such period, except the inference drawn from the Corrupt Practices Act itself, which requires periodic reports beginning with March 1 of the campaign year. It is a fair assumption, however, that in any Presidential campaign year receipts and expenditures by a permanent political organization can be considered as "campaign" receipts and expenditures. The early conventions and other activities require early financing. The conclusions, therefore, as to the total amount of expenditures during the "political campaign period" summarized at the end of these tabulations (p. 27) is based upon the reported expenditures of the entire year of 1936 for the Democratic and Republican National Committees. Total receipts.. Disbursements: June 1 to Dec. 31, 1936, all purposes. Cash balance, Dec. 31, 1936__. REPORT COVERING ENTIRE YEAR 1936 7, 370, 323. 73 7, 328, 375. 71 41, 948. 02 On February 2, 1937, the treasurer of the Republican National Committee filed a supplemental report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, after a final audit of the committee's books had been made. This final report covers all receipts and disbursements for the calendar year from January 1, 1936, to December 31, 1936. It also covers accounts payable of committee, which represent money spent by the committee during the campaign over and above its receipts. This statement is as follows: Revised total of all contributions and receipts received between Revised total of all expenditures for the period Jan. 1, 1936, to Accounts payable as of Dec. 31, 1936, amount to $912,262.01, which sum is included in the total expenditures above. $7, 761, 038. 64 8, 892, 971. 53 385, 525. 00 481, 487. 64 Cash contributions___. Advertising, the Book of the Democratic National Con- Copies of the Book of the Democratic National Conven- Boxes for Democratic National Convention, Philadel- Receipts from Jackson Day dinners.. Receipts from Jefferson Day activities. Received from Roosevelt nominators division of the National Democratic Committee___ Loans__. Other receipts_-. Total receipts--- Total available funds for 1936___. 36, 400. 00 315, 103.99 6, 417. 41 809, 189. 74 357, 500. 00 294, 248. 93 5, 183, 157. 52 5, 205, 868. 28 Contributions, other than cash received, which were reported but not included in Receipts: SOCIALIST PARTY Receipts and disbursements, May 26 to Dec. 31, 1936, inclusive May 26 to Sept. 10, 1936_ Sept. 11 to Oct. 15. Oct. 16 to Nov. 3. $13, 761. 37 6, 380. 26 3, 083. 48 4, 033. 83 Nov. 4 to Dec. 31. Total__ Expenditures: May 26 to Sept. 10. Nov. 4 to Dec. 31 Total_ 27, 258. 94 12, 082. 71 5, 986. 45 2, 869. 13 4, 024. 14 24, 962. 43 SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY Receipts and disbursements up to and including Nov. 9, 1936 1 Receipts and disbursements, Jan. 1, 1936, to Dec. 31, 1936 Receipts--. 6, 083. 56 65, 696. 28 $12, 906. 02 13, 081. 67 OTHER POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS Receipts and expenditures.-During every national campaign, emergency committees and organizations, varying in nature and purpose, are created to carry on political work. Ostensibly, they function independently of the regular national party organizations, but, in reality, they are closely affiliated with them in their political and financial endeavors. They solicit funds directly from party members, as well as receive financial aid from their related national committees. Below, the committee presents a tabulation of the more prominent of such organizations which functioned during the past campaign, together with their reported receipts and expenditures, in order to illustrate the scope of their activities. Innumerable similar organizations for like purposes were created within individual state boundaries, with those activities, in detail, this committee has made no effort to acquaint iteslf. Suffice it to say that they are tremendous in scope and financial import. Receipts and expenditures by miscellaneous political organizations of national scope Receipts and expenditures.-The committee endeavored to obtain from the secretaries of state, and from officials of State political organizations, the complete reports of receipts and expenditures of Statecampaign organizations so that the financial assistance they rendered to the various parties could be compared with activities of their national organizations, and also to enable the committee to obtain some approximation of the total money spent by all political organizations, both National and State, during the campaign of 1936. The committee decided not to contact county or precinct political organizations and was unable to contact independent State political organizations, and for these reasons the amounts reported by the States represent only a portion of the money expended for political candidates or parties in each State. Moreover, some State organizations did not comply with repeated requests from the committee for their reports, and the totals therefore are somewhat less than they would have been with these additional State reports. The committee |