Evening star., 1952-10-04
Lists
Income eFigures
For 1944-1951
Crossed $S9, ,497.
Most of 1t From
Solory as Senator
By Cecil HoIlond

SC4AdJOI OpdIh111du VI AldUdIUd
today made public his income tax
returns from 1914 through 1851,
disclosing a gross income for the
period of $89.497.71.
The returns showed that by far
the bulk of income for the Demo-
cratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent came from his Government
salary as member of the House
and Senate.
Additional income was listed as
rental from Senator Sparkman's
house in Huntsville, Ala, and his
150-acre Alabama farm; from
dividends on investment certifi-
Gates and much smaller amounts
from honorariums for speaking
and writing.
Reporters Present.
The Democratic nominee went
over his Alabama State and his
Federal tax returns with reporters
in his Office during a break here
in his campaigning throughout
the country.
He declined, however. to release
the income of his wife as "a mat
ter of principle"
Senator Sparkman emphasized
that he had never transferred
anything" to his wife and that,
while she has her own income and
investments, they operate together
as home.
He said he and his wife began
filing joint returns in 1948 when
this became permissible under the
law. Before that. he pointed out,
Mrs. Sparkman filed a separate
return and both continue to do
that in Alabama.
Joint Returns Filed.
For part of the eight-year pc
riod the Senator covered in max
ing his tax returns public he and
his wife filed joint returns.
She works in his Office at what
one Of the Senator's aides said
was base salary Of about $500.
Senate disbursing officers said pay
increases voted by Congress would
bring such base pay to a total
salary of about $6,500.
In addition, it was revealed.
Mrs. Sparkman has an income
from an investment of about $12,-
600 in a radio station in Albret-
vile, Ala.
! She also had a small income
from investment certificates. it
was said.
Followed Stevenson Lead.
Senator Sparkman followed the
lead Of Gov. Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois, the Democratic candidate
for President, in making his tax
returns.
Both actions followed the de-
mand of Senator Nixon of Cali
fornia. the Republican candidate
for Vice President, that the Dem
ocratic nominees make public their
full financial history as he had
done in his dramatic Los Angeles
broadcast last week explaining his
privately-raised $4,000 expense
fund.
Senator Sparkman had promised
to make public his returns for the
last 10 years. But he told re-
porters that he had been unable
Immediately to find the returns
for the years 1941, 1912 and 1943.
He said. however. they would be
about the same as his return for
1914. That showed a gross in
come Of $9,493.52.
$12,5OO Salary.
In most of the years. Senator
Sparkman reported a gross in
come less than his $12,50O while
in the Senate since 1947, and the
$4,000 pay received by members
of Congress when he was in the
House.
Senator Sparkman explained
that the gross was less than his
Government pay in some in
stances, even though it included
his income from rentals and divi-
dends. because of Office expenses
he had deducted from his Gov
ernment income.
i Senator Sparkman's returns in
dicated he had paid Federal in
(See SPARKMAN, Page A-3.)