Nixon's Checkers speech / Richard Nixon.
Speech by Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre in response to attacks into his ethical conduct. Opponents pointed to an alleged slush fund from which Nixon gained personal benefit. His response was to point to his "humble" lifestyle, his wife's "Republican cloth coat," and that the only gift he had ever received was a dog which his daughter had named Checkers.|NIXON'S CHECKERS SPEECH / Richard Nixon. - Speech by Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre in response to attacks into his ethical conduct. Opponents pointed to an alleged slush fund from which Nixon gained personal benefit. His response was to point to his "humble" lifestyle, his wife's "Republican cloth coat," and that the only gift he had ever received was a dog which he named Checkers. RECORDED: El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, 23 Sept. 1952.