that she's worked many hours at night and many hours on Saturdays and Sundays in my of fice and she's done a fine job, and i am proud to say tonight that in the six years i have been in the House and the senate of the United States, Pat Nixon has never been on the Government pay roll hat 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 Calif ornia that 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 relationship between an attorney and the client was so personal that you couldn 't possibly represent 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 government 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 i had printed for the most part concerned this one message of exposing this Adm inistration, the Communism in it, the corruption in it -- the only way that I could do that was to accept the aid which people in my home state of Calif ornia, 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 subterf uge or otherwise have never paid one dime for expenses which i thought were political and shouldn't be charged to the tax payers Let me say, incidenta lly, that some of you may say Well, that is all right, Senator, that's your explanation, but have you got any proof? And I'd like to tell you this evening that just an hour ago we received an independent audit of this entire fund I suggested to Governor sherman Adams, who is the chief of staff of the Dwight Eisenhower campaign, that an independent aud it and legal report be obtained, and I have that aud it in my hands. It's an audit made by the price Waterhouse co. firm and the legal opinion by Gibson Dunn, Crutcher, lawyers in Los Angeles, the biggest law firm and incidentally one of the best ones in Los Angeles I am proud to be able to report to you tonight that this audit and this legal opinion is being forwarded to General Eisenhower. And I'd like to read to you the opinion that was prepared by Gibson, Dunn, Crutcher, and based on a ll the pertinent laws and statutes, together with the audit report prepared by the certif ied public accountants It is our conclusion that senator Nixon did not obtain any financial gain from the collection and disbursement of the fund by dana Smith that senator Nixon did notthat she's worked many hours at night and many hours on Saturdays and Sundays in my of fice, and she's done a fine job, and I am proud to say tonight that in the six years I have been in the House and the Senate of the United States, Pat Nixon has never been on the Government pay roll. 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 f rom California that 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 relationship between an attorney and the client was so personal that you couldn't possibly represent 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 Government. 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 I had printed for the most part concerned this one message of exposing this Administration, the Communism in it, the corruption in it -- the only way that I could do that was to accept the aid which people in my home State of California, who contributed to my campaign and who continued to make these contributions af ter 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 subterfuge or otherwise have never paid one dime for expenses which I thought were political and shouldn't be charged to the taxpayers. Let me say, incidentally, that some of you may say, "Well, that is all right, Senator, that's your explanation, but have you got any proof ?" And I'd like to tell you this evening that just an hour ago we received an independent audit of this entire fund. I suggested to Governor Sherman Adams, who is the chief of staf f of the Dwight Eisenhower campaign, that an independent audit and legal report be obtained, and I have that audit in my hands. It's an audit made by the Price Waterhouse & Co. firm, and the legal opinion by Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, lawyers in Los Angeles, the biggest law firm, and incidentally, one of the best ones in Los Angeles. I am proud to be able to report to you tonight that this audit and this legal opinion is being forwarded to General Eisenhower. And I'd like to read to you the opinion that was prepared by Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, and based on all the pertinent laws and statutes, together with the audit report prepared by the certified public accountants: "It is our conclusion that Senator Nixon did not obtain any financial gain from the collection and disbursement of the fund by Dana Smith; that Senator Nixon did not