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...about the possible effect of his financial transactions upon contributions to the party campaign fund this year. It was broadly stated that wealthy citizens would not play "fat cat" for the Republican cause so long as their cash would be handled under the direction of Chairman Huston. Joseph Randolph Nutt of Cleveland, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, logically the first to feel the financial pinch, took the lead to get Mr. Huston out of office. The Young Guard in the Senate loudly called for his resignation. President Hoover, reluctant to intervene directly by a point-blank demand...
When Joseph Randolph Nutt, Treasurer of the Republican National Committee, resigned his post as President of the Cleveland Union Trust Co., Washington bubbled with reports that he was preparing to step into Mr. Huston's place at the head of the committee. What gave substance to this rumor was the high favor in which Mr. Nutt is held by all factions of the G. O. P. A peerless campaign cash collector, a potent businessman of discretion and sense, Treasurer Nutt conferred long and feelingly with President Hoover a fortnight ago about Mr. Huston's predicament and the possible...
These factors, climaxed by last week's revelations, lent substance to the belief that he would be eased out of the G. O. P. chairmanship in some way that would save his and his party's face. Joseph Randolph Nutt, G. O. P. Treasurer, called on President Hoover last week, presumably to tell him that the party could collect no funds for the 1930 campaign if Mr. Huston remained in office...
...thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, money poured into the national political treasuries. The G. O. P. was first to announce a figure surpassing the $4,000,000 estimates set at the beginning of the campaign. National Republican Treasurer Joseph Randolph Nutt took pains to explain that he had collected in a double capacity, for the National Committee and for the State Committees. His double-entry books showed a total collection...
...National Treasurer Joseph R. Nutt of the G. O. P. called at the White House to receive Calvin Coolidge's approval of the party's budget. He forgot to ask Calvin Coolidge for a contribution...