Lewis, Alfred Bake, president, Trade Union Accident and Health Association, Greenwich, Conn. Lewis, John Frederick, president, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pa. Lewis, William Draper, Philadelphia, Pa. Lochard, Dr. Metz T., editor, Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill. Loeb, James, secretary, Union for Democratic Action, New York. Luyten, Dr. W. J., professor of astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Mason, Lucy Randolph, Atlanta, Ga. Maurer, Dr. Wesley, School of Journalism, University of Michigan. McAllister, Mrs. Thomas F., former director, women's division, National Democratic Party, Grand Rapids, Mich. McConnell, Bishop Francis J., New York City. McCulloch, Frank, director, Mullenbach Institute, Chicago, Ill. McDonald, David J., secretary-treasurer, United Steelworkers of America, Pennsylvania. McGill, James H., McGill Manufacturing Co., Valparaiso, Ind. McMahon, Francis, professor, University of Chicago, Illinois. Motherwell, Hiram, author, New York. Murray, Philip, president, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, Mulzac, Capt. Hugh, United States Merchant Marine, Jamaica, Long Island. Niebuhr, Dr. Reinhold, professor, Union Theological Seminary, New York. Osowski, Dr. W. T., president, American Slav Congress, Michigan. Pinchot, Gifford, Milford, Pa. Platek, V. X., president, National Slovak Society, Philadelphia. Popper, Martin, executive secretary, National Lawyers Guild. Poynter, Nelson, publisher, St. Petersburg Times, Florida. Quilici, Judge George L., municipal court, Chicago, Ill. Ratica, Peter, president, United Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of America, Pennsylvania. Reid, Dr. Ira, associate director, Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, Ga. Reynolds, J. Louis, Reynolds Metals Co., Virginia. Ricker, A. W., editor, Farm Union Herald, St. Paul, Minn. Rieve, Emil, president, Textile Workers Union of America, New York. Robeson, Paul, actor, New York. Robinson, Edward G., Hollywood, Calif. Robinson, Mrs. Edward G., Hollywood, Calif. Robinson, Reid, president, United Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers of America, Colorado. Rosenblum, Frank, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, New York. Rosenthal, Morris S., Stein, Hall & Co., Inc., New York. Ross, Mrs. J. D., Seattle, Wash. Ryan, H. Frank, managing editor, Courier-Post, Camden, N. J. Sackett, Sheldon F., editor, Coos Bay Times, Marshfield, Oreg. Schlesinger, Arthur M., professor of history, Harvard University. Schuman, Frederick L., professor of international relations, Williams College, Massachusetts. Schwartz, C. K., attorney, Chicago, Ill. Seiferheld, David F., president, N. Erlanger Blumgart & Co., New York City. Smathers, Hon. William H., New Jersey. Smith, Lillian, editor, South Today, and author, Strange Fruit, Georgia. Smith, S. Stephenson, Eugene, Oreg. Soule, George, associate editor, New Republic, New York City. Speir, Mercedes Powell, president, Richmond Consumers Cooperative, Richmond, Va. Steele, Julian D., president, Boston Branch, N. A. A. C. P., Boston, Mass. Sweezey, Alan, professor of economics, Williams College, Mass. Stone, Maurice L., business executive, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Tilly, Mrs. M. E., jurisdictional secretary of Christian Social Relations of the Tobias, Dr. Channing H., member of Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation and Mayor's Commitee on Unity, New York City. Townsend, Willard, president, United Transport Service Employees of America, Chicago, Ill. Van Kleeck, Mary, Russell Sage Foundation, New York City. Walsh, J. Raymond, director of research of Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee, New York. Waring, P. Alston, farmer-author, New Hope, Pa. Weaver, Dr. Robert C., Mayor's Commite on Racial Relations, Chicago, Ill. Welles, Orson, Hollywood, Calif. Wesley, Carter, publisher, Houston Informer, Texas. Wheelwright, Mrs. Ellen duPont, Wilmington, Del. Whitney, A. F., president, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Ohio. Williams, Aubrey, National Farmers Union, Washington, D. C. Wilson, Mrs. Luke I., Bethesda, Md. Wise, James Waterman, author, radio commentator, New York. Wright, Bishop R. R., Jr., executive secretary, Negro Fraternal Council of Churches in America, Ohio. Young, P. B., publisher, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Virginia. Zeman, Stephen, Jr., president, Slovak Evangelical Union, Pennsylvania. The objectives of this committee are the election of Roosevelt and Truman and a progressive Congress. As announced by the executive committee we shall seek to accomplish these objectives by the following means: (a) Bringing to the attention of the electorate the issues of the 1944 election campaign and the records of the candidates for office, through the use of the press, pamphlets, posters, the radio, public meetings, and other appropriate media; (b) Urging all qualified citizens to register and vote; (c) Giving financial assistance to or on behalf of candidates whom the committee supports; (d) Authorizing and encouraging the organization of Citizens' Political Action Committees on a regional or State basis. (e) Cooperating with other committees and organizations having similar objectives. The National Citizens Political Action Committee is still in the process of completing its organization. We are satisfied, however, from the response that we have already received, that it will serve a real function in uniting and organizing the effort of forward-looking and like-minded men and women for the achievement of their common nonpartisan objective. I now turn to the finances of the two committees. I should like first to submit a financial statement of each committee for the period ending August 15, 1944, so that you may have them before you as I discuss them. Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee, trade-unions Balance $631, 214. 11 371, 086. 56 300, 127, 55 1 No operating expenses have been paid out of the committee's trade-union contributions account since July 23, 1944. Subsequent to that date all such expenses have been paid from the committee's individual contributions account. Each of the committee's 14 regional directors is provided with a revolving fund from which to pay the current expenses of his regional office, including such expenditures as may be made in connection with primary campaigns. All disbursements from revolving funds are supported by vouchers which, when submitted to the national office, are debited against the appropriate account as an expenditure of the region. The attached summary of disbursements includes all disbursements made from revolving funds for which vouchers have been submitted as of Aug. 15, 1944. Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee trade-unions contributions account-Disbursements Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee Individual Contributions Account, Aug. 15, 1944 1 Each of the committee's 14 regional directors is provided with a revolving fund from which to pay the current expenses of his regional office, including such expenditures as may be made in connection with primary campaigns. All disbursements from revolving funds are supported by vouchers which, when submitted to the national office, are debited against the appropriate account as an expenditure of the region. The attached summary . of disbursements includes all disbursements made from revolving funds for which vouchers have been submitted as of Aug. 15, 1944. Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee individual contributions account disbursements, July 23 to Aug. 15, 1944 Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee trade-union account-Contributions and expenditures in congressional primary cam 1 This committee supported a number of State candidates endorsed by the American Labor Party and Congressman Marcantonio. National Citizens Political Action Committee Financial Statement, Aug. 15, 1944 Ever since the C. I. O. Political Action Committee was organized fantastic stories have been circulated concerning the fabulous funds available to us and the lavish manner in which they were expended. To scotch such baseless statements the committee issued a complete financial statement to the press on June 3, 1944, giving a full and accurate record of its receipts and expenditures as of May 31, 1944. Nevertheless, these fanciful tales not only persisted but have now multiplied our assets to even more fantastic heights. Again, therefore, we present the cold facts to your committee and, through it, to the press and the public. 63327-44-pt. 1 |