Congress Doubles President’s Salary
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WASHINGTON, January 7. Congress has agreed to double the President’s salary from SUSI 00,000 to SUS2OO,OOO, with effect from the inauguration of Presidentelect Richard Nixon.
Congressman H. R. Gross(Republican, Iowa) said theincrease was “a door-opener - to a round of outlandish payboosts for Congressmen, senior officials and all Government employees, that will cost about s3ooom a year.” He pressed for a roll call, but only half a dozen members stood in his support. The sponsors of the increase said neither Mr Nixon - nor President Johnson had asked for an increase, but i they noted that the Presi- i I dent’s pay was last increased :
-from $U575,000 in 1949, and I that others including Con•jgressmen, had had their pay -1 doubled since then. Congressman Carl Albert • (Democrat, Oklahoma) recalI led that George Washington ' was paid $U525,000, and that , the office of President had - had only three pay increases since then.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31881, 8 January 1969, Page 11
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