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Other Expenses Not
Covered by Government

And the allowance for my
State of California is enough to
hire Is people. And let me say.
incidentally, that this allow
ance is not paid to the Senator.
1t is paid directly TO- the in
dividuals that the Senator puts
on his payroll. but all of these
people and all of these allow
anceS are for strictly official
business, for example, when a
constituent writes in and wants
you to go down to the Veter-
ans Administration and get
some information about his CT
policy-items Of that type, for
example. But there are other
expenses which are not covered
by the Government. And !
think I can best discuss those
expenses by asking you some
questions.
Do you think that when I or
any other Senator makes a po-
litical speech. has it printed.
should charge the printing Of
that speech and the mailing OF
that speech to the taxpayers?
Do you think, for example.
when I or any other Senator
makessa trip to his home State
to make . purely political speech
that the cost Of that trip should
be charged to the taxpayers?
Do you think when a Senator
makes political broadcasts or
political television broadcasts,
radio or television, that the ex-
pense Of those broadcasts should
be charged to the taxpayers?
I know what you answer Is:
It is the same answer that au-
diences give me whenever I dis
cuss this particular problem.
The answer is no. The tax
payers should not be required to
finance items which are not of
fetal business but which are
primarily political business.
Well, then the question arises,
you say, wen. how do you pay
for these and how can you do
1t legally? And there are sew
eral ways that 1t can be done.
incidentally, and Il Is done le.
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Other Smeors Coming
Despite Exploration

Now. let me say this: I know
that this is not the last Of the
smears. In spite Of my ex-
PLANTATION tonight. other smears
will be made. Others have been
made in the past. And the pur-
pose Of the smears, I know, is
this. to silence me. to make me
let up.
Well. they just don't know
who they are dealing with. I'm
going to tell you this: I re-
member. IN the dark days Of the
Hiss trial. some Of the same col
umnists. some Of the same radio
commentators who are stack
ing me now and misrepresenting
my position. were violently OPP
posing me ut the time I was
after Alger Hiss. But I con-
tinued to fight. because ] knew
I was right, and ! can say to
this great 'television and radio
audience that ! have no apollo
gies to the American people for
my part in putting Alger Hiss
where he Is today. And as far
as this is concerned. I intend
to continue to fight.
Why do ! feel 50 deeply?
why do I feel that in spite Of
smears, the misunderstanding.
the necessity for q man TO come,
up here and bare his soul, g ]
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gally in the United States Sem
ate and in the Congress.
The first way is to be a rich
man. I don't happen to be a rich
man. So I couldn't use that.
Another way that is used is
to put your wife on the payroll.
Let me say, incidentally, that
my opponent, my opposite num-
Der for the Vice Presidency of
the Democratic ticket, does have
his wife on his payroll and has
had her on his payroll for the
past 10 years. Now just let me
say this. That is his business,
and I am not critical of him
for doing that. You will have
to pass judgment on that par
ticular point, but I have never
done that for this reason.
I have found that there are so
many deserving Stenographers
and secretaries in Washington
that needed the work that I
just didn't feel it was right to
put my wife on the payroll.
My wife sitting over here.
She is a wonderful Steno-
graph. She used to teach
stenography and she used to
teach shorthand in high school.
That was when I met her. And
I can tell you folks that she has
worked many hours nights and
many hours on Saturdays and
Sundays in my Office, and she
has done a fine job. and am
proud to say tonight that in the
six years I have been in the
House and in the Senate Of
the United States. Pat Nixon
has never been on the Govern
ment payroll.
What are other ways that
these finances can be taken
care of? Some who are lawyers,
and I happen to be a lawyer,
continue to practice law, but I
haven't been able to do that.
I am SO far away from
California and I have been so
busy with my senatorial work
that I have not engaged in any
legal practice and, also, as far
as law practice is concerned, it
seemed to me that the rela-
tionship between an attorney
and the client was so personal
that you couldn't possibly rep
resent a man as an attorney
and then have an unbiased view
when he presented his case to
you in the event that he had one
before the Government.
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Cocker SponieI Arrives
All the Way From Texas

A man down in Texas heard
Pat on the radio mention the
fact that our two youngsters
would like to have q dog, and
believe it or not. the day before
we left on this campaign trip,
we got q message from Union
Station in Baltimore, saying
they had q package for us. We
went down to get it. You know
what it was?
It was q little cocker spaniel
dog, in q crate that he had sent
all the way from Texas, black
and white. spotted. and our little
girl CTricia). the 6-year-old.
named it Cheeks.
And. you know. the kids, like
all kids, loved the dog, and I
just want to say this, right now.
that regardless Of what they
say about it, We are going to
keep it.
It isn't easy to come before
o Nationwide audience and bare
your life. as I have done. But
I want to say some things be-
fore I conclude, that I think
most Of you viii agree on.
Mr.. Mitchell, the chairman Of
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the Democratic National Com.
mittee, made the statement that
If q man couldn't afford to be
in the United States Senate. he
shouldn't. run for the Senate.
And I just want to make my po-
Sition clear.
I don't agree with MIR. Mitch
ell, when he says that only q
rich man should serve his Gov
eminent. in the United States
Senate or in the Congress. I
don't believe that represents the
thinking Of the Democratic
Party. and I know that it
doesn't represent the thinking
Of the Republican Party.
believe that it's fine that q
man like Gov. Stevenson, who
inherited a fortune from his
father, can run for President.
But 7 also feel that it is essen
tial in this country Of ours that
a man of modest means can
also run for President, because.
you know-remember Abraham
Lincoln-you remember what
he said-"God must have loved
the common people. he made 50
many Of them"
And now I'm going to suggest
some courses Of conduct.
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Eisenhower Owes Nothing
TO President Trumon

And let me say that I know
Mr.. Stevenson won't do that.
because he defends the Truman
policy. and ! know that Dwight
Eisenhower will do that, and
that he will give America the
leadership that it needs.
Take the problem of corrup-
ton. You have read about the
mess in Washington. Mr..
Stevenson can't clean it up be-
cause he was picked by the man.
Truman, under whose admins
tratipn the mess was made.
You wouldn't trust the man
who made the mess to clean it
up. That is Truman. And, by
the same token. you can't trust
the man who was picked by the
man who made the mess to
clean it up, and that is Steven
son. And so I say, Eisenhower,
who owes nothing to Truman,
nothing to the big city bosses.
he is the man who can clean UP
the mess in Washington.
& Take communism. I say
that as far as that subject is
concerned the danger is great
to America. In the Hiss case,
they got the secrets which en-
abled them to break the Ameri-
can secret State Department
code.
They got secrets in the atomic
bomb case which enabled them
to get the secret Of the atomic
bomb five years before they
would have gotten 1t by their
own devices. And I say that any
man who called the Alger Hiss
case a red herring isn't fit to
be President Of the United
States.
I say that q man who. like
Mr.. Stevenson, has pooh-pooh-
ed and ridicufed the Communist
threat in the United States
he said that they are phantoms
among ourselves-he has &C
cused us, that have attempted
to expose the Communists. of
looking for Communists in the
Bureau of Fisheries and Wild
life. I say that a man who
says that isn't qualified to be
President of the United States.
And I say that the only man
who can lead us into this fight to
rid the Government Of both
those who are Communists and
those who have corrupted this
Government is Eisenhower, be-
cause Gen. Eisenhower. you can
be sure, recognizes the problem,
and knows how to handle it.
Let me say this finally. This
evening want to read you just
briefly excerpts from a letter
that I received, q letter which
after all this is over no one can
take away from us. It reads as
follows:
Dear Senator Nixon: Since
! am only 10 years Of age, I can't
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Los ANGELES. Sept. a.
FOLLOWING is the teri of last
nights radio and teleUision adj
dress By Senator Niro1i, Repub-
lican Vice Presidential nominee:
- My fellow Americans: I come
before you tonight as a candi-
date for the Vice Presidency
and as a man whose honesty
and integrity has been ques-
toned.
Now, the usual political thing
to do when charges are made
against you is to either ignore
them or to deny them without
giving details.
I believe We have had enough
of that in the United States,
particularly with the present
administration in Washington.
D. C.
To me the office Of the Vice
Presidency Of the United States
is q great Office. and I feel that
the people have got to have
confidence in the integrity Of
the men who run for that Office
and who might attain them.
I have q theory, too that the
best and only answer to a smear
or to an honest miSunderstand-
ing Of the facts is to tell the
truth. And that is why I am
here tonight. I want to tell you
my side of the case.
I am sure that you have read
the charge, and you have heard
1t, that !. Senator Nixon, took
$4,000 from q group Of my sup
porters.
Now, was that wrong? And
let me say that it was wrong-I
am saying it, incidentally, that
it was wrong, not just illegal.
because it isn't a question Of
whether it was legal or illegal.
that isn't enough; the question
is, was it morally wrong; say
that it was morally wrong-if
any Of that $4,000 went to
Senator Nixon. for my personal
use. I say that it was morally
wrong If 1t was secretly given
and secretly handled.
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Considered Contributions
As Best Way

And so I felt that the best
way to handle these necessary
political expenses of getting my
message to the American people
and the speeches I made-the
speeches that I had printed for
the most part concerned this
one message of exposing this
Administration, the communism
in it, the corruption in 1.-THE
only way that I could do that
was to accept the aid which peo-
pie in my home State of Cali
fornia who contributed to my
campaign and who continued to
make these contributions after
I was elected were glad to make.
And let me say I am proud
of the fact that not one of them
has ever asked me for a special
favor. I am proud of the fact
that not one Of them has ever
asked me to vote on a bill other
than my own conscience would
dictate. And I am proud of the
fact that the taxpayers by sub
terfuge or otherwise have never
paid one dime for expenses
which I thought were political
and should not be charged to
the taXpayerS.
Let me say, incidentally, that
some Of you may say. well. that
is all right, Senator, that is
your explanation. but have you
got any proof? And would like
to tell you this evening that just
an hour ago we received an in
dependent audit of this entire
fund. I suggested to Gov.
Sherman Adams, who Is the
chief of staff of the Eisenhower
campaign, that an independent
audit and legal report be OBJ
tanned. and I have that audit
in my hand.
III is an audit mace by Price
Waterhouse q Co. firm, and the
legal opinion by Gibson, Dunn
and Crutcher. lawyers in Los
Angeles, the biggest law firm.
and incidentally, one of the best
ones in Los Angeles.
I am proud to report to you
tonight that this audit and this
legal opinion is being forward
to Gen. Eisenhower. and I
would like to read to you the
opinion that was prepared by
Bibson, Dunn and Crutcher.
based on all the pertinent laws
and statutes. together with the
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my law firm at the time that I
severed my connection with it.
And. incidentally. as I said be-
fore. I have not engaged in any
legal practice, and have not &C
cepted any fees from business
that came into the firm after !
went into politics.
I have made an average Of
approximately $500 q year,
from non-political speaking
engagements and lectures.
And then, fortunately, we
have inherited little money.
Pat sold her interest in her
fathers estate for $4,000, and
I inherited $500 from my
grandfather. We lived rather
modestly.
For four years we lived in an
apartment (Park Fairfax in
Alexandria, Va. The rent was
$50 a month. And we saved for
the time that we could buy q
house. Now, that was what we
took in.
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Every Penny Used
For Political Expenses

And I say that it was morally
wrong If any Of the contributors
got special favors for the con-
tributions that they made.
And now to answer those
questions let me say this: not
one cent of the $4,000 or any
other money of that type ever
went to me for my personal use.
Every penny Of it was used to
pay for political expenses that I
did not think should be charged
to the taxpayers of the United
States.
It was not a secret fund. AS a
matter Of fact, when I was on
meet the PreSS"-Some Of you
may have seen it. last Sunday
Peter Edison came up to me,
after the program. and he said,
''Dick, what about this fund we
hear about, and ! said, well,
there is no secret about it. Go
out and see Dana Smith, who
was the administrator Of the
fund. And I gave him his address.
And I said you will find that the
purpose Of the fund simply was
to defray political expenses that
I did not feel should be charged
to the Government.
And third, let me point out,
and want to make this par
ticularly clear, that no contribu-
tor to this fund, no contributor
to any Of my campaigns, has
ever received any consideration
that he would not have received
as an ordinary constituent.
I just don't believe in that,
and can say that never, while
I have been in the Senate Of
the United States, as far as the
people that contributed to this
fund are concerned. have I
made a telephone call for them
to an agency, nor have I gone
to an agency IN tnelf Denal1.
And the records will show
that, the records which are in
the hands of the administration.
Well, then, some of you will
say, and rightly. well, what did
you use the fund for, Senator,
why did you have to have it?
Let me tell you in just a word
how . Senate Office operates.
First Of all. the Senator gets
$4,000 q year in salary. He
gets enough money to pay for
one trip q year, q round trip.
that is, for himself and his
family, between his home and
Washington, D. c.. and then he
gets an allowance to handle
the people that work in his of
fee to handle his mail.
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Still Owes $4,000
On $41, 900 House

What did we do with this
money? What do we have to
day to show for it? This will
surprise you, because 1t is 50
little. I suppose, as standards
generally 60 Of people in public
life.
First Of all. we've got q house
in Washington, which cost
$4l 900 and on which we owe
$4,000. We have o house In
Whittier, Calf, which cost
$4,000. and on which we owe
$4,000. My folks are living
there at the present time.
I have just $4,000 in life in
surance, plus my CT policy.
which I have never been able to
convert. and which will run out
in two years.
I have no life insurance what
ever on Pat. I have no life in
surance on our two youngsters,
Patricia and Julie.
I own a 1850 Oldsmobile car.
We have our furniture. We
have no stocks and bonds Of
any type. We have no interest
Of any kind, direct or indirect,
In any business. Now. that Is
what We have.
Well, in addition to the mort
gage, the $4,000 mortgage on
the house in Washington, q $10,-
900 one on the house In Whit
tier, I owe $4,000 to the Riggs
Bank. in Washington, D. c..
with interest at 4 per cent.
I owe $500 to my parents,
and the interest on that loan,
which I pay regularly, because
1t is a part Of the savings they
made through the years they
were working so hard-I pay
regularly 4 per cent interest.
And then I have q $500 loan,
which I have on my life insur-
ance.
Well, that's about it. That's
what we have. And that's what
we owe. It isn't very much.
But Pat and I have the satisfac-
ton that every dime that we
have got is honestly ours.
I should say this, that Pat
doesn't have a mink coat. But
she does have q respectable Re-
publican cloth coat, and I al
ways tell her that she would look
good in anything.
One other thing I probably
should tell you, because if I
don't they will probably be say
ing this about me, too. We did
get something, a gift, after the
election.
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Won't Quit. but Will
Let Party Decide

And, now. finally, I know that
you wonder whether or not I
am going to stay on the Repub-
lican ticket or resign. Let me
say this: I don't believe that I
ought to quit. because I am not
a gutter. And. incidentally. Pat
is not q gutter. After all, her
name was Patricia Ryan and
she was born on st. Patrick's
Day, and you know the Irish
never quit.
But the decision, my friends,
is not mine. I would do nothing
that would harm the possible
ties of Dwight Eisenhower to
become President Of the United
States. And for that reason 7
am submitting to the Republic
can National Committee tonight
through this television broadcast
the decision which 1t Is theirs
to make.
Let them decide whethet. my
position on the ticket will help
or hurt. And I am going to ask
you to help them decide. Wire
and write the Republican Ma
tional Committee whether you
think I should stay on or
whether I should get of. And
whatever their decision is, I will
abide by it.
But just let me say this last
word. Regardless Of what hap
pens, I am going to continue
this fight. I am going to CAM
paign up and down America
until we drive the crooks and
the Communists and those that
defend them out of Washing-
ton, and remember, folks. Els
enhower is a great man. Folks,
he is a great man and a vote
for Eisenhower is vote for
what is good for America. =
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Not Afraid of Check
By Independent People

That is not Nixon speaking,
but that is an independent audit
which was requested because I
want the American people to
know all the facts and I am not
afraid Of having independent
people 60 in and check the facts,
and that is exactly what they
did.
But then I realized that there
are still some who may say, and
rightly so-and let me say that
I recognize that some will con-
tinue to smear, regardless Of
what the truth may be-but
that there has been understand
ably, some honest miSunder-
standing on this matter, and
there are some that will say,
well. maybe you were able, Sen
ator, to fake this thing. How
can we believe what you say
after all, is there q possibility
that maybe you got some sums
in cash Is there a possibility
that you might have feathered
your own nest? And SO now
what I am going to do-and.
incidentally, this is unprece-
dented in the history of the
American politics. am going
at this time to give to this tele-
vision and radio audience q
complete financial history, ev-
reything I have spent, every
thing I own, and I want you to
know the facts.
I will have to start early. I
was born in 1913. Our family
was one Of modest circum-
stances, and most of my early
life was spent in a store. out
in East Whittier. It was a
grocery store. one Of those fam
lily enterprises.
The only reason we were able
to make it go was because my
mother and dad had five boys.
and we all worked in the store.
I worked my way through coll
lege and, to a great extent.
through law school. And then,
in 1910, probably the best thing
that ever happened to me hap
pened. / married Pat, who is
sitting over here.
We had a rather difficult time,
after we were married. like so
many Of the young couples who
might be listening to us. I prac-
ticed law. She continued to
teach school.
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Suggests Gov. Stevenson
Give Facts to PeopIe

First Of all. you have read In
the papers about other funds.
Now, Mr.. Stevenson apparently
had . couple. One Of them In
which o group Of business peo-
pie paid and helped to supple
ment the salaries Of State en-
ployes. Here is where the money
went directly into their pockets.
and think that what Mr.. Ste
venson should do should be to
come before the American peo-
pie, as I have, give the names
Of the people that contributed
to that fund, give the names Of
the people who put this money
in their pockets, at the same
time that they were receiving
money from their State govern
ments and see what favors. il
any, they gave out for that.
I don't condemn Mr.. Steven
son for what he did, but until
the facts are in there is q doubt
that can be raised. And as far
as Mr.. Sparkman is concerned,
I would suggest the same thing.
He's had his wife on the payroll.
! don't condemn him for that,
but I think that he should come
before the American people and
indicate what outside sources
Of income he has had.
I would suggest that under
the circumstances both MIR.
Sparkman and MIR. Stevenson
should come before the Ameri-
can people, as I have, and make
a complete financial statement
as to their financial history, and
If they don't it will be an admis-
sion that they have something
to hide.
And I think you will agree
with me-because. folks, remem-
Der, q man that's to be Presi-
dent Of the United States, q man
that is to be Vice President Of
the United States, must have
the confidence Of all the people.
And that's why I'm doing what
I'm doing, and that is why T
suggest that Mr.. Stevenson and
Mr.. Sparkman, if they are under
attack, that should be what they
are doing.
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audit report prepared by the
certified public accountants.

fReading)-H is our con-
clusion that Senator Niron did
not obtain any financial gain
from, the collection and dis
bursensent of the funds By
Dana Smith: that Senator
Niron did not UiolGte any
Federal or State lam by reason
OF the operation OF the fund:
and that neither the portion OF
the fund paid by Dana directly
to third persons, nor the portion
paid to Senator NIXON, to re-
-in,burse him for office expenses.
constituted income in a sense
tutich Das either reportdble or
taxable as income under income
tar laiDs. Signed Gibson, Dunn
and GARRISON, BY Almo H.
Condor. ENDS Teading).
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vote in this presidential election.
but believe me If I could. you and
Gen. Eisenhower would certainly
get my vote. My husband is in
the Fleet (Marines) in Korea.
He Is in the front lines. And
we have a two-months-old son
he has never seen. And ! feel
confident that with great Amer
leans like you and Gen. Eisen-
hover in the White House.
lonely Americans like myself
will be united with their loved
ones now in Korea. I only pray
to God that you won't be too
late. Enclosed is a small check
to help you in your campaign.
Living on $85 a month, 1t is all
I can afford at present, but let
me know what else I can do"
Folks, it is a check for $40,
and it is one that I will never
cash. And just let me say this.
We hear a lot about prosperity
these days, but I say, why can't
We have prosperity built on peace
rather than prosperity built on
war? Why can't we have pros
perity and an honest Govern
ment in Washington, D. c.. at
the same time?
Believe me. we can. And Essen.
hover is the man that can lead
the crusade to bring us that
bind nf r,rncnnyifx,