Mr. NICKELS. Who were the officers of the Dallas County Mayfield Club, if you know?

Mr. MAYFIELD. I have never found out, only from hearsay.

Mr. NICKELS. Did you come in contact with anybody who purported to be an officer of that organization during the campaign? Mr. MAYFIELD. Only from hearsay-who established the headquarters.

Mr. NICKELS. I see. Well, without stating what was said, from whom did you get your information about the establishment of the headquarters?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Just generally, hearing it said around the headquarters, who opened it.

Mr. NICKELS. You did not get that from your brother, then?
Mr. MAYFIELD. No; I did not.

Mr. NICKELS. Did you get it from Mr. Ben C. Richards, jr.?
Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir; I did not.

Mr. NICKELS. Or from Gossett Greer?

Mr. MAYFIELD. I did not.

Mr. NICKELS. You knew Mr. Richards, I assume?

Mr. MAYFIEld. Yes.

Mr. NICKELS. Was he or not in charge of that headquarters in the Oriental Hotel at Dallas?

Mr. MAYFIELD. I think Mr. Greer was in charge at first; a young man from Westpoint, Tex. That was my understanding.

Mr. NICKELS. Can you give us the names of any of these traveling salesmen to whom you referred as having made donations? Mr. MAYFIELD. Working for the Mayfield Co. ?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. Sam Jones.

Mr. NICKELS. Give the addresses as you go along, please.

Mr. MAYFIELD. Mineola.

Mr. NICKELS. Mineola?

Mr. MAYFIELD. He gave a small amount.

Senator NEELY. Will you just name the amount?

Mr. MAYFIELD. To the best of my knowledge it was about $10

or $15.

Mr. NICKELS. Can you recall any others?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Mr. Bramnett; he is a traveling salesman. I think he gave $25 at one time.

Mr. NICKELS. Where does he live?

Mr. MAYFIELD. At Jacksonville, Tex.

Mr. NICKELS. Do you recall any others?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Mr. J. B. Patterson, Tyler, Tex. He gave $25. The CHAIRMAN. Were these contributions made as the result of the solicitation of anybody, or were they voluntary?

Mr. MAYFIELD. They were voluntary, all of them. They were not solicited, but they were volunteered; made by men who worked for my company.

Mr. G. B. or E. B. Connell, at Athens, Tex. He gave a small amount, either $15 or $20.

The CHAIRMAN. How did you know about these contributions? Mr. MAYFIELD. I visited my houses every week, about, and I have 12 wholesale houses at different points.

The CHAIRMAN. When they told you that they had made these contributions, was that the first intimation you had of their having made the contributions or having been solicited for them?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes; they gave it to me personally.

Mr. NICKELS. Do you know of any others?

Mr. MAYFIELD. I think our manager at Longview, Mr. Hardy Petty, gave a small contribution of $20 or $25.

Mr. ZUMBRUNN. At Longview?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Longview, Tex.

Mr. NICKELS. Were there any others that you recall?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Frank Jones, at Gilmer, gave a small contribution. Mr. NICKELS. Do you recall any customer of the Mayfield Grocery Co., or Mayfield & Co., who sent in contributions without solicitation?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Not a one.

Mr. NICKELS. Who were the other active officers of the company during 1922?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Do you mean the officers of the Mayfield Co.? Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. From the president down?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. M. G. Mayfield, president and general manager. Mr. ZUMBRUNN. Is that yourself?

Mr. MAYFIELD. That is myself. I am president and general manager; J. B. Patterson, vice president; W. H. Petty, another vice president; C. L. Porter, secretary and treasurer. Do you want the names of the directors?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. John P. Mayfield, Thomas D. Mayfield

Senator NEELY. Just a moment. What is there in the papers in this case justifying an examination of this corporation? Is there any allegation that the officers of this corporation violated any laws, Mr. Nickels, in the prosecution of Senator Mayfield's campaign? If there is, of course we will let it in; but if there is not, it is matter of a private character, and I can not see that it has any materiality.

Mr. NICKELS. I would say there is no such thing as that at this stage, as to this corporation.

Senator NEELY. We do not want to keep it out if it is relevant and competent, but we do not want to go into an examination of private affairs down there as to matters that have no competency.

Mr. NICKELS. There will be a few more questions about the corporation which we think are relevant on general grounds.

Mr. MAYFIELD. Do you want the names of the balance of the directors?

Mr. NICKELS. I do not care for them, no.

Mr. MAYFIELD. I can give them to you in a moment. They are Thomas B. Mayfield, S. H. Cox, John A. Mings, and E. B. Alford. Mr. NICKELS. What was the capital stock of that corporation in

1922?

Mr. MAYFIELD. $800,000, paid up capital.

Mr. NICKELS. How much of that did Mr. Earle B. Mayfield own? Mr. MAYFIELD. My best knowledge is-I am not so sure, but I think that he owned $25,000 or $30,000 worth of stock. It was in that neighborhood. I do not think it was over that amount.

The CHAIRMAN. How much?

Mr. MAYFIELD. $25,000 or $30,000.

Mr. NICKELS. Do you know whether or not Mr. Earle B. Mayfield during 1922 made any withdrawals from the company that is, received any moneys from the company by way of dividends or otherwise?

Mr. MAYFIELD. In 1922?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes, sir.

Mr. NICKELS. Can you tell us how much that was?

Mr. MAYFIELD. How much dividend the Mayfield Co. declared? Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. In 1922?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. Fifteen per cent.

Mr. NICKELS. Do you have any personal knowledge of any money paid to Mr. Earle B. Mayfield, either by way of an advancement or in any other way except by way of dividends, during 1922?

Mr. MAYFIELD. By the company?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. Do you mean in the advancement of his campaign? Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. If I get you right, the question is, did the Mayfield Co. advance Earle B. Mayfield any money during the campaign of 1922?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes, during the campaign period of 1922?

Mr. MAYFIELD. They did not.

Mr. NICKELS. At any time during 1922?

Mr. MAYFIELD. At no time.

Mr. NICKELS. Were any advancements made during the latter part of 1921?

Mr. MAYFIELD. There were not.

Mr. NICKELS. I assume from your answers to previous questions that you did not acquire any of the stock of Mr. Earle B. Mayfield during that period?

Mr. MAYFIELD. I did not.

Mr. Nickels. No.

Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir, I did not. I did not buy any of the stock. Mr. NICKELS. Do you know if any of your brothers, bought any from him?

Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir, they did not.

Mr. NICKELS. Was there an administration of your father's estate in 1921 or 1922?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes. My father passed away the 27th of September, 1921.

Mr. NICKELS. In what county was the estate administered?
Mr. MAYFIELD. Smith County.

Mr. NICKELS. In a general way, can you give us the nature of the property comprising the estate of your father?

Senator NEELY. Oh, Mr. Chairman. If they want to show that in a certain county there were unlawful expenditures made, that is all right; but this is so irrelevant that it is an imposition on the Committee to ask them to listen to it. We have been here for fifteen days, now. Let us get to some violation of the law, sometime.

Mr. NICKELS. May I state why we think it is relevant? Senator NEELY. I would be glad to hear. It certainly is not apparent to anybody on the committee, so far as I know.

Mr. NICKELS. The record shows, and it is unchallenged, so far, that Mr. Mayfield during the campaign made the statement that he had exhausted substantially the inheritance that came to him from his father.

Mr. NEELY. May I interrupt you right there? Then why not ask him what Senator Mayfield got? Why go into the administration of the estate and show what each of the devisees or legatees got? Show what Senator Mayfield got.

Mr. NICKELS. All right. What was the part of the estate going to Mr. Earle B. Mayfield?

Mr. MAYFIELD. He did not get one dollar of it at the time of my father's death.

Mr. NICKELS. Did he get it afterwards?

Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir, he did not. He got it before.

Mr. MCLEAN. He got it before?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes.

Mr. McLEAN. Several years before his death?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes, before he died, he gave it to him.

Mr. ZUMBRUNN. And it was in September, 1921, that he died? Mr. MAYFIELD. He passed away suddenly September 27, 1921. Mr. McLEAN. You all were children of the first wife?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Of the first wife.

Mr. McLEAN. Had your father settled with the children of the first wife?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes.

Mr. McLEAN. And the second wife received his entire estate at his death?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes.

The CHAIRMAN. How long before his death?

Mr. MAYFIELD. He settled with us, I think, if my recollection serves me, in the early part of 1921.

Mr. NICKELS. Give us your best judgment as to what the settlement with Mr. Earle B. Mayfield amounted to?

Mr. MAYFIELD. What it amounted to in dollars and cents?

Mr. NICKELS. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. $10,000.

Mr. NICKELS. Do you know whether that was paid in money or

not?

Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir; it was paid in notes. That is my recollection.

Mr. NICKELS. That is all.

Mr. McLEAN. Do you know whether or not Mr. Earle B. Mayfield took that money and bought him a home in Austin with it? Mr. MAYFIELD. I have been advised he did.

The CHAIRMAN. Did you have any talk with your brother, Senator Mayfield, about the expenses of the campaign, the primary or the general campaign?

Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. He never told you how much it cost?

Mr. MAYFIELD. No, sir.

it?

The CHAIRMAN. You never had any conversation with him about

Mr. MAYFIELD. Except he told me it was in the neighborhood of $9,000.

The CHAIRMAN. In the primary campaign?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes.

The CHAIRMAN. In the two primary campaigns?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes.

The CHAIRMAN. That did not include the general election?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes. I asked him how much he had spent, and

he said he had spent about $9,000.

The CHAIRMAN. Was that after the general election?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes.

The CHAIRMAN. So that that would include the total amount both in the primaries and the general election?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Yes. It was in that neighborhood.

Mr. McLEAN. Have you figured out the total amount, the sum total amount, of the contributions of the employees to you? Mr. MAYFIELD. It was approximately $115 or $125.

Mr. McLEAN. All together?

Mr. MAYFIELD. All together.

Mr. MCLEAN. And you spent that money yourself?

Mr. MAYFIELD. I spent that money myself, personally.

Mr. McLEAN. And some of your own?

Mr. MAYFIELD. And some of my own, yes.

Mr. McLEAN. That is all.

Senator NEELY. Do you personally know, Mr. Mayfield, whether any of those persons whose names you have given as contributors to this campaign fund were members of the Ku Klux Klan?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Were members of it?

Senator NEELY. Yes.

Mr. MAYFIELD. They were all.

Senator NEELY. They were all?

Mr. MAYFIELD. They all belong to it down there in my country. Senator NEELY. Do you know whether these persons whose names you have given us were officers of the klan?

Mr. MAYFIELD. None of them were officers.

Senator NEELY. Do you know whether or not the klan as an organization had anything to do with obtaining their contributions? Mr. MAYFIELD. The klan?

Senator NEELY. Did the klan have anything to do with causing them to make these contributions?

Mr. MAYFIELD. Oh, they were lifelong friends.

Senator NEELY. Did the klan exert any pressure on these persons who contributed, whose names you have given us, to obtain the contributions?

Mr. MAYFIELD. No; they did not.

Mr. MCLEAN. Did any klan contribute? Did any organization of the Ku-Klux Klan contribute to his campaign fund, to your knowledge?

Mr. MAYFIELD. They did not; not 1 cent, within the scope of my territory.

Mr. MCLEAN. How many klan organizations were there that you visited or knew of, there?