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All this takes money, and the Stassen organization has it. Originally, all campaign expenses came from the Minnesota Fund—a war chest set up by a group of wealthy Minnesotans. Chief of the backers and money-raisers was Harry Bullis, wealthy board chairman of General Mills. Others: James Ford Bell, recently retired board chairman of General Mills; John Cowles, board chairman of Cowles Magazines (Look) and president of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune; John S. Pillsbury, board chairman of Pillsbury Mills; and Jay Hormel, board chairman of George A. Hormel & Co. But in the last 18 months, over 13,000 people from all over the nation have contributed an average of $35 apiece—a total of about $450,000. The money, say Stassenites, has been spent as fast as it came in.