POLITICAL NOTES: G. O. Patrons

Not because it wanted such publicity but because it could not avoid it under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, the Republican National Committee last week filed with Congress a statement of its political revenue from June to September, together with a list of its big contributing patrons. Total G. O. P. contributions reported: $272,050.

Recalled was the fact that G. O. P. cash collectors had complained that Republican tycoons were reluctant to contribute to the party while Claudius Hart Huston remained its chairman. His retirement in August had apparently opened many a check book and made things much easier for Republican Treasurer Joseph Randolph Nutt.

Contributors of $10,000: John North Willys, Harry Frank Guggenheim, Jeremiah Milbank, Mantis James Van Sweringen, Orris Paxton Van Sweringen, John Davison Rockefeller Sr., John Davison Rockefeller Jr., Howard M. Hanna, Cyrus Stephen Eaton, Henry H. Timken, William Robert Timken, Harrison Williams, Herbert Nathan Straus, William Nelson Cromwell, George A. Martin, Joseph Randolph Nutt.

Democratic critics professed to see a connection between the contributions of Mr. Willys and Mr. Guggenheim and their appointments as Ambassadors to Poland and Cuba, respectively. It remained for Texas Representative John Nance Garner, Democratic leader of the House to declare: "I attach considerable significance to the fact that each of the individuals contributing $10,000 to the Republican campaign fund has been a beneficiary of the extremely liberal policy of the U. S. Treasury with respect to tax refunds, credits and abatements."