Carter names cash backers

Press, 19 October 1976, Page 8

Carter names cash backers

NZPA-Reuter Atlanta, Georgia Mr Jimmy Carter, the Democratic Presidential candidate, received $57,000 'in corporate and business contributions while running for the governorship of Georgia in 1970, according to a list he made public yesterday. Included were substantial donations from concerns that dealt with the state and from an organisation that later came under a Federal investigation. . , The Carter campaign Issued a list of some 4800 contributors who gave Mr Carter a total of $695,037 in his successful campaign for the governorship six years ago. His staff did not issue an estimate of what the campaign cost, but interviews by the “New York Times” indicated that it cost between $400,000 and $500,000. There is no clear information whether there was a surplus from the campaign or what its disposition might have been, j

In a statement accompanying the list, the Carter campaign staff said it would make no claim for the accuracy of the material or for its completeness, asserting that it was the best compilation it could gather six years after the election. Included in the Carter list of contributors were the names of more than 100 businesses or corporations that tave Mr Carter a total of 57,000. Although corporate contributions are illegal in all Federal elections, in 1970 they were permissible under Georgia state law.