based on AP report. At least 47 members of Congress have relativ:s on the congressional pay roll some at salaries topping Fi: 20,000 a year - a survey showed on February 20th. This assortment, ranging from wives and children to an aunt and a grandnephew and even including two mothers-in-law - was turned up in an office-by-office check and confirmed by an examination of payroll recorords. e The highest paid of the relative-employees is Richard W. Yarborough, $22,000 a year legislative assistant to his father, Sen. Ralph W. Yarborough, D., Texas. A congressuan's salary is $30,000 annually. The younger Yarborough is an attorney.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 7, No. 8, 23 February 1967
47 Congressmen Have Kin on Payroll
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