○  richard m. nixon: checkers  ○

five boys, and we all worked in the store. i worked my way through college, and, to a great extent, through law school. and then in 1940, probably the best thing that ever happened to me happened. i 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 may be listening to us. i practiced law. she continued to teach school.

then, in 1942, i went into the service. let me say that my service record was not a particularly unusual one. i went to the south pacific. i guess i'm entitled to a couple of battle stars. i got a couple of letters of commendation. but i was just there when the bombs were falling. and then i returned -- returned to the united states, and in 1946, i ran for the congress. when we came out of the war -- pat and i -- pat during the war had worked as a stenographer, and in a bank, and as an economist for a government agency -- and when we came out, the total of our savings, from both my law practice, her teaching and all the time i was in the war, the total for that entire period was just a little less than $10,000 -- every cent of that, incidentally, was in government bonds. well that's where we start, when i go into politics.

now, what have i earned since i went into politics? well, here it is. i've jotted it down. let me read the notes. first of all, i have had my salary as a congressman and as a senator. second, i have received a total in this past six years of $1,600 from estates which were in my law firm at the time that i severed my connection with it. and, incidentally, as i said before, i have not engaged in any legal practice and have not accepted any fees from business that came into the firm after i went into politics. i have made an average of approximately $1,500 a year from nonpolitical speaking engagements and lectures.

and then, fortunately, we have inherited little money. pat sol

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