▁back ▁with ▁his ▁wife , ▁and ▁they ▁asked ▁Pr ent iss ▁if ▁he ▁wouldn ' t ▁give ▁them ▁a ▁speech . ▁Well , ▁he ▁looked ▁around ▁for ▁kind ▁of ▁a ▁pod ium , ▁something ▁to ▁stand ▁on , ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁only ▁thing ▁available ▁was ▁a ▁p ile ▁of ▁that ▁stuff ▁that ▁the ▁late ▁Mrs . ▁Tr uman ▁said ▁it ▁had ▁taken ▁her ▁thirty - five ▁years ▁to ▁get ▁Harry ▁to ▁call ▁" fer til izer ." ▁ ▁So , ▁he ▁stepped ▁up ▁on ▁that ▁and ▁made ▁his ▁speech . ▁And ▁apparently ▁he ▁won ▁them ▁over . ▁And ▁they ▁told ▁him ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁they ' d ▁ever ▁heard ▁a ▁Republican . ▁And ▁he ▁says , ▁" That ' s ▁okay . ▁That ' s ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁given ▁a ▁speech ▁from ▁a ▁Democratic ▁platform ." ▁ ▁Walker ▁rel in qu ished ▁his ▁House ▁seat ▁after ▁only ▁one ▁term . ▁He ▁instead ▁challeng ed ▁U . S . ▁Senator ▁James ▁East land . ▁He ▁ran ▁well ▁to ▁East land ' s ▁right ▁and ▁accused ▁the ▁veter an ▁sen ator ▁of ▁being ▁too ▁friendly ▁with ▁US ▁President ▁Ly nd on ▁Johnson ▁and ▁of ▁not ▁doing ▁enough ▁to ▁block ▁integration - friend ly ▁jud ges ▁in ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Senate ▁Jud ici ary ▁Committee . ▁ ▁Like ▁East land , ▁Walker ▁had ▁voted ▁against ▁the ▁V oting ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁and ▁focused ▁only ▁on ▁the ▁white ▁vote ▁in ▁his ▁Senate ▁race