J61a 78th V.I INVESTIGATION OF CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1944 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., Hon. Clinton P. Anderson (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. I have only two or three brief announcements to make. Throughout whatever hearings this committee holds we will administer a short formal oath to each witness. We are going to put all witnesses under oath. The witnesses who appear will be given an opportunity to file with the committee prepared statements, if they so desire, after which they will be interrogated by the attorney for the committee, Mr. Caddell, and then by members of the committee in turn. The resolution under which we are working, House Resolution 551, will be inserted in the record at this point. (The resolution referred to is as follows:) [H. Res. 551, 78th Cong., 2d sess.] RESOLUTION Resolved, That a special committee of seven members be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to investigate and report to the House Dot later than January 3, 1945, with respect to the following matters: 1. The extent and nature of expenditures made by all candidates for the House of Representatives in connection with their campaign for nomination and election to such office. 2. The amounts subscribed and contributed, and the value of services rendered, and facilities made available (including personal services, use of advertising space, radio time, office space, moving-picture films, and automobile and other transportation facilities) by any individual, individuals, or group of individuals, committee, partnership, corporation, or labor union, to or on behalf of each such candidate in connection with any such campaign or for the purpose of influencing the votes cast or to be cast at any convention or election held in 1944 to which a candidate for the House of Representatives is to be nominated or elected. 3. The use of any other means or influence (including the promise or use of patronage) for the purpose of aiding or influencing the nomination or election of any such candidates. 4. The amounts, if any, raised, contributed, and expended by any corporation, labor organization, trade or business association, and any other organization, including any political committee thereof, in connection with any such election, and the amounts received by any political committee from any corporation, labor union, trade or business association, and any other organization. 5. The violations, if any, of the following statutes of the United States: (a) The Federal Corrupt Practices Act. (b) Title 18, sections 61 to 61t, inclusive, United States Code, 1940 edition, relating to pernicious political activities, commonly referred to as the Hatch Act. M600393 1 |