Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1935, Page 34

B—14 u% TOWNSEND PLAN GROSSES $636.7% 15-Month Financial Record Supplied at Meeting of Followers. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 25.—Dr. Francls E. Townsend's campaign for old-age pensions took in $636,795.32 in 15 months, the California physician's fol- Jowers were told at their first annual convention today. Its directors spent, in pursuing their | drive, a total of $585446.42 in that time, said Ray S. McAlister, reading the financial report. Dr. Townsend himself received $7,- 83 the report said, including ex- penses McAlister estimated at “about $74 a week.” The co-founder of the Townsend plan, R. E. Clements, former Long Beach, Calif., real estate man, was paid a few dollars less— $7,517.22 for the 15 months. Period From 1934. The report covered the financial status of the movement from July 1, 1934, to September 30, 1935. Was Native Russian. HASTINGS, Sussex, England, Oc- tober 25 (#).—Jaakoff Prelooker, 75, poet and author, died yesterday. Jaakoff Prelooker, whose death in Hastings was reported today, was born in Pinsk, Russia. He became a naturalized citizen of Great Britain in 1909 and later vigorously opposed Russia’s designs on Turkey. He was an early supporter of women'’s suffrage and the author of | numerous works, including “Under the Czar and Queen Victoria” and “Heroes and Heroines of Russia. GONSTIPATION As he read the salaries of the found- | ers—s50 a week. plus $50 for ordinary | es and a second drawigg account of $50 for traveling expenses, Mc- Alister said jokingly: “Isn't that a lot of money? That $74 a week covers airplane trips, too, | and they're very expensive.” The “O. A. R. P., Ltd.” (Old Age Re- volving Pensions), a not-for-profit cor- yoration the business end of Dr. Town- send's campaign, finished September | with a balance of $51,356.79, McAlister reported. ‘The total of $7,532.75 received by Dr. Townsend came to roughly $502 a month. Pensions of $200 a month would be paid the aged—all over 60 Years—under his proposal. McAlister’s report of the Townsend plan’s income, read to a packed ses- sion of the doctor’s followers, bristled with big figures. Book and Button Sales. From the sale of books, buttons and leaflets alone “O. A. R. P., Ltd.” took in $147,574.24, McAlister reported. “Townsend clubs” as clubs, donated $133,275.28, and membership fees, do- nations and special collections from individuals came to another $20,594.93. Then McAlister turned to the spending side. Salar office force totaled $39,550 he said. Dr. Townsend, McAlister explained, is listed on the pay roll as an or- ganizer, The regional offices of Dr. Town- send’s organization cost $41.398: sup- plies for area managers, $49,000: gen- eral office expenses, $39,550. and the telephone and telegraph bill for Dr. Townsend's national drive, $3,808. The total cost for furniture and fixtures of the organization was $3.322. On radio advertising the O. A. 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