Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 12, 1973
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 12, 1973
[00.13.11] Senator GURNEY. You gave each one that amount? Mr. PORTER, No, sir; total aggregate approximately $300 to pay for Signs and paint and maybe a keg of beer afterward or something like that. I paid a hundred dollars, I believe approximately a hundred dollars to Mr. Roger Stone on one occasion to go to New Hampshire to leave a leaflet I believe, at, Senator McGovern's headquarters, and I paid, another $200 to Mr. Stone, the same Mr. Stone, to go a second time to New Hampshire to make a cash contribution to Mr. McCloskey's campaign. These were all at the direction of Mr. Magruder. Gave Tom Bell $350 at Mr. 'Magruder's direction for the printing of a small pamphlet having to do with Senator Muskie's candidacy. Approximately $25 went for stamps, and about a thousand dollars, approximately went to Mr. Magruder on about probably two or three occasions when his aide would come and say "Jeb wants $300 or Jeb wants $500." I don't know the purpose of that and I gave approximately $3,000 to Mr. Ken Rietz who was then the youth director, director of the President's youth campaign. Total amount that was passed pre-April 7 period was approximately $49,500. After April 7, I gave $3,300 to Mr. Liddy at' Mr. Magruder's direction for purposes I did not, know, I gave approximately $90 to my chief scheduler, Mr. Curtis Herge, which I understand was passed on to his secretary to pay for her parking for 2 months, rather than a raise. I gave another $450 over a 3-month period to the same -Mr. Roger Stone for salary supplement until such time as I could talk Mr. Odle in raising his salary to $550 a month. I gave $4,400 to Mr. Phil Joanou at, Mr. Magruder's direction, I did not, know the purpose of that money. I gave $4,000 to Mr. Robert Odle on two occasions of $2,000 each- I did not, know the purpose of that money. I think I took out about $300 for cash expenses or, the trip to California with the Mitchells and the Mardians and the Magruders and the LaRues on the weekend of the 17th. I gave $750 to Mr. Ken Wrights on two occasions, one I think a $300 payment and the other a $450 payment. I think Mr. Wrights told me what that money was used for but I do not remember whether it, was the first or second time he told me but I understood later it was for the gentleman sitting out, in front of the White House, Mr. Brill. I made total payment of about $6,000 over a 3-month period again to Mr. Stone that was passed on to a Mike, I cannot remember his last, name again now, I believe it was McMinaway, from Louisville, Ky., who worked in two or three of the primary campaigns as kind of an eyes and ears; and kept the campaign, kept Mr. Stone informed of morale and this kind of movement and that sort of thing. That totals about $19,000. The total was approximately $69,000, $52,000 before April 7 and about $17,000 after April 7, Senator GURNEY. When Mr. Sloan, who was testifying before us, he testified he had given you $100,000, as I recall. Mr. PORTER. I understand. Senator GURNEY. Can you account for the discrepancy between your testimony and his? Mr. PORTER. Senator Gurney, this discrepancy was brought to my attention around early July of last, year, and I at that time said that Mr. Sloan was wrong and that it had been approximately $65,000 or $70,000 find that Mr. Reisner, I had asked independently to come in and check those amounts. Now, I can't account for it any other way than to tell you that is my best memory of the approximate amount that Mr. Sloan passed to me. I noticed in Mr. Sloan's testimony on Thursday that the figure of $100,000 that was up on the board that was one, figure he was a little unstable on and unsure of. I believe he did say he, was not exactly sure of that amount but that was to the best of his memory. Senator GURNEY. Did you and he ever get together and reconcile--- Mr. PORTER No Sir, not at any time. Senator GURNEY. [continuing]. Amounts of money? Mr. PORTER. Never. [00.18.18]