SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTION No. 225 SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS AND, SENATE RESOLUTION No. 7 SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1937. -Ordered to be printed UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1937 ЈК A5 1936 SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES OF PRESIDENTIAL, VICE PRESIDENTIAL, AND SENATORIAL CANDIDATES IN 1936 AUGUSTINE LONERGAN, Connecticut, Chairman SHERMAN MINTON, Indiana WARREN R. AUSTIN, Vermont LEWIS B. SCHWELLENBACH, Washington LYNN J. FRAZIER, North Dakota Committee investigations and inquiries, general activities, and laws gov- Authority for investigation__- S. Res. 225, Seventy-fourth Congress, creating committee___ Committee members, names of Political affiliations of.. State laws governing expenditures_- Laws and regulations governing use of frank....... West Virginia_. Funds from advertising questioned_ Literature to Civilian Conservation Corps camps questioned_ Abuse of franking privilege charged__. S. Res. 225, Seventy-fourth Congress.. S. Res. 7, Seventy-fifth Congress_ Summary of receipts and expenditures of national committees, State com- mittees, and miscellaneous organizations__ Analysis of average expenditure for each vote cast_. Analysis of average expenditure for each vote cast by party-- Communist Party receipts and expenditures, combined with State committees and miscellaneous organizations supporting same---- 011-18-41 Qk. Summary of receipts and expenditures of national committees, State com- mittees, and miscellaneous organizations-Continued. Democratic Party receipts and expenditures, combined with State committees and miscellaneous organizations supporting same.. Republican Party receipts and expenditures, combined with State Mr. LONERGAN, from the Special Senate Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures of Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Senatorial Candidates in 1936, submitted to the Senate the following REPORT [Pursuant to S. Res. 225 (74th Cong.) and S. Res. 7 (75th Cong.)] ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 A special committee of five Members of the Senate, appointed pursuant to S. Res. 225, to Investigate Campaign Expenditures of the Various Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates, and Candidates for the United States Senate, submits the following report: S. Res. 225 was enacted on April 1, 1936. Under its authority, the President of the Senate, John N. Garner, on April 14, 1936, appointed the following committee to conduct the inquiry provided for by said resolution: Messrs. Augustine Lonergan, of Connecticut, chairman; Sherman Minton, Indiana; Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Washington; Warren R. Austin, Vermont; and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Wisconsin. On September 18, 1936, Senator La Follette submitted his resignation as a member of the committee, because of his acceptance of the chairmanship of the Progressive National Committee supporting Roosevelt for President, whose activities he thought would conflict with those of the special investigating committee. The President of the Senate, Mr. Garner, thereupon appointed Senator Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakota, to fill the position held by Senator La Follette. Senators Lonergan, Minton, and Schwellenbach are members of the Democratic Party, and Senators Austin and Frazier are Republicans. Pursuant to said resolution, the committee held meetings in Washington, D. C., on June 22, June 29, August 31, November 9, December 15, 1936, and on January 4, January 27 and February 20, 1937 |