 Not one cent of the $ 18 @,@ 000 or any other money of that type ever went to me for my personal use . Every penny of it was used to pay for political expenses that I did not think should be charged to the taxpayers of the United States . It was not a secret fund . As a matter of fact , when I was on Meet the Press , some of you may have seen it last Sunday — Peter Edson came up to me after the program and he said , " Dick , what about this fund we hear about ? " And I said , " Well , there 's no secret about it . Go out and see Dana Smith , who was the administrator of the fund . " 
