 Nixon then called for Stevenson to give a full accounting of his own fund , and a full list of the donors . He also called for Senator Sparkman , who , as Nixon repeated , had put his wife on the payroll , to state fully any outside income he might have had . " Because , folks , remember , a man that 's to be President of the United States , a man that 's 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 's why I suggest that Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Sparkman since they are under attack should do what I am doing . " As the senator made this point , Eisenhower , sitting in the Cleveland office , slammed his pencil down , realizing that he would not be allowed to be the only major party candidate whose finances would evade scrutiny . Eisenhower had benefited from a favorable Act of Congress allowing the income from his bestselling memoirs to be considered capital gains . 
