 Democratic National Committee Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell called for Nixon 's resignation from the ticket , saying that " Senator Nixon knows that [ the Fund ] is morally wrong . General Eisenhower knows that it is morally wrong . The American people know that it is morally wrong . " On the other hand , Republican Senator Karl Mundt called the story " a filthy maneuver by left @-@ wingers , fellow travelers , and former communists " . Nixon issued a written statement explaining that the fund was to pay political expenses , in lieu of charging them to the taxpayer . Newspapers printed increasingly lurid accounts of the Fund and its beneficiary . The Sacramento Bee termed Nixon " the pet protégé of a special interest group of rich southern Californians ... their front man , if not , indeed , their lobbyist . " The Pasadena Star @-@ News , meanwhile , reported that one contributor had been appealed to on the grounds that the Nixon family needed a larger home and could not afford a maid . 
