 By this time , Nixon campaign headquarters was receiving a flood of messages , calling on the senator to resign from the ticket . When Eisenhower 's train stopped for the candidate to make speeches , he faced protesters with signs reading " Donate Here to Help Poor Richard Nixon " . The influential Washington Post and New York Herald @-@ Tribune both called for Nixon to leave the ticket , facts which Chotiner did not tell his candidate ; Nixon learned them from a questioning reporter . Over 100 newspapers would editorialize about the Fund on the morning of September 20 , opinion running two to one against Nixon . As his train stopped in Eugene , Oregon , Nixon was met with protestors signs referencing his wife : " Pat , What Are You Going to Do With the Bribe Money ? " and " No Mink Coats for Nixon — Just Cold Cash " . He angrily responded with a phrase which would be echoed in the Checkers speech . After stating that there were no mink coats for the Nixons , the candidate said that he was " proud of the fact that Pat Nixon wears a good Republican cloth coat , and she 's going to continue to . " 
