One other thing I probably should tell you, because if i don't they 'll probably be saying this about me, too. We did get something a gift, after the election. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters ould like to have a dog. And believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Sta tion in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate that he had sent all the way from Texas, black and white spotted and our little girl Tricia, the six year old, named it Checkers. And you know the kids, like all kids, love the dog, and i just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it were gonna keep it. It isn't easy to come before a nationwide audience and bare your lif e, as I've done But i want to say some things before I conclude that i think most of you will agree on Mr. Mitchell, the chairman of the democratic National committee made this statement that if a 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 position clear. I don't agree with Mr Mitchell when he says that only a rich man should serve his Government 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 i believe that it's fine that a man like governor stevenson who inherited a fortune from his father, can run for President. But I also feel that it's essential 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 so many of them And now Im going to suggest some courses of conduct. First of all, you have read in the papers about other funds, now Mr. stevenson apparently had a couple. One of them in which a group of business people paid and helped to supplement the salaries of State employees. Here is where the money went directly into theirOne other thing I probably should tell you, because if I don't they'll probably be saying this about me, too. We did get something, a gif t, af ter the election. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. And believe it or not, the day before we lef t on this campaign trip we got a message f rom Union Station in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel dog, in a crate that he had sent all the way f rom Texas, black and white, spotted, and our little girl Tricia, the six year old, named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog, and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it. It isn't easy to come before a nationwide audience and bare your life, as I've done. But I want to say some things before I conclude, that I think most of you will agree on. Mr. Mitchell, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, made this statement that if a man couldn't af ford to be in the United States Senate, he shouldn't run for the Senate. And I just want to make my position clear. I don't agree with Mr. Mitchell when he says that only a rich man should serve his Government 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. I believe that it's fine that a man like Governor Stevenson, who inherited a fortune from his father, can run for President. But I also feel that it's essential 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 so many of them." And now I'm going to suggest some courses of conduct. First of all, you have read in the papers about other funds, now, Mr. Stevenson apparently had a couple. One of them in which a group of business people paid and helped to supplement the salaries of State employees. Here is where the money went directly into their