Mr. Rankin. And if you were not registered, they would not give you a job, is that what you mean?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
No, you would not get a job. There are people who want to come to Leningrad. The housing problem has not been solved.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us how you get registered if you would like to be registered in Leningrad from some other point?
Mrs. Oswald. First you must have relatives who might have some spare living space for a person. Sometimes people who have money buy that. You know money does a great deal everywhere.
Mr. Rankin. And then after you have shown that you have a place to live, do they register you as a matter of course, or do you have to have something else?
Mrs. Oswald. Not always. One has to have connections, acquaintances.
Mr. Rankin. Were you registered in Leningrad before you left there?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, of course. But if I had spent one year not living in Leningrad, and were to return, I would not be registered.
Mr. Rankin. But since you were registered there, you could have found a position in some pharmacy or pharmaceutical work there, could you?