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Article: The prince of political philanthopy: Grain magnate has reaped political favors from Congress for decades. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 16, 1995
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WASHINGTON _ When Kansas Sen. Bob Dole's wife, Elizabeth, took command of the American Red Cross four years ago, the most generous man in American politics sent her a $500,000 check.
That's Dwayne O. Andreas, 76, a jockey-sized multimillionaire whose company hauls, mills, or distills one out of every four kernels of corn grown in the United States. For durable influence in Washington, nobody matches Andreas, a prince of political philanthropy for nearly 50 years.
Over the years, Andreas has been generous to a pantheon of Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, whose only common denominator has been their power to help him. And they have.