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ps | Gore nessee, one. of 55 MAR 13 1959 The-Washington Merry-Go-Roama—~,_ Gore Is Termed. it's an ‘ironic twist ‘of fate, ‘that the man who replaced the| chief enemy. of nepotism ‘in ‘Congress is now one of Rl ‘chief ,benefi. iciaries of nepo = 'tism on Capi-f ‘tol Hill, He is Sen, Albert the Democratic & hopefuls for | President. - Gore, when he. first came & to Washington Pearson 20 years ago, “ succeeded to the House vacan- cy left by Congressman John} Ridley Mitchell of Tennessee, who waged an unrelenting) campaign against putting rela- tives on the public’ payroll. In - 1952 .he- was’ elected Senator.’ ‘ . . The names -of relatives of Senator Gore are. not’ -pub: lished, first because the Sen-| ate payroll] ‘remains _secret,; ‘second. because Gore has! placed some of his relatives in. jobs outside Congress. To} unearth senatorial relatives jthe Associated Press has been jasking ‘Senators’ point blank lfor the names: of wives, chil- dren, brothers, :cousins, and aunts they have appoirited to]! ipublic office.:So-far this has produced,"*more \dignation| than information.’ *. °°; However, - Gore has -prob- jably. taken care of more rela- tives at the taxpayers’ expense| than“ anyone’ else in the Sen- ate, possibly: than anyone else. on Capitol dul. Here is the| Gore ‘relatives. on the public ‘payroll: v By. ew Pearson’ Nepotism Champ VO Feices ION CONTAM a issn CUT By G26 NOT eel M7 WAR 1S 959 cca The New Leader olson Z elmon; DeLoac} McGuire Gandy stp The Washington Post and fi #; Times Herald The Washington Daily News __ The Evening Star_____ New York Herald Tribune ___ New York Journal-American ___ offi York wisror———— New York Dally News _____ New York Post The New York Times The Worker ___ ‘The Wall Street Joumal Date