Mrs. BATES. Well, he never did talk much about it, as far as that
goes. But these notes, it was--uh--the terrible living conditions and
the terrible working conditions and--uh--he did say, "Anything you
hear about vacations and those big May Day celebrations, that's all
propaganda." He said, "You don't get vacations." And he said, "These
May Day celebrations--yes; they have them, but you're forced to go.
It's not a voluntary thing. And if you have a radio or a television and
you don't listen to it, you better have a good explanation because all
you hear is party politics and you've got to listen to it. You don't
have coffee breaks and you go to work before dawn and you get off after
dark."
And the notes were very, very bitter about Russia. And he never once
mentioned the word "Communist."
Mr. JENNER. Either in his notes or orally to you?