1976 Press Photo Rep. Wayne Hays,House Administration, at news conference

The Washington Post reported Sunday that Representative Wayne Hays, chairman of the House Administration Committee, has kept a woman on his staff for two years who says she is his $14,000-a-year mistress. Hays, 64, denied the allegation and said he would fire the woman, whom he described as being under psychiatric care.

Photo is dated 1976.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.