Mrs. Oswald. Oh, yes, of course.
Mr. Rankin. Then, can you tell us how you decided to go to Minsk instead of staying in Leningrad?
Mrs. Oswald. I was very sorry to leave Leningrad, but there were family circumstances.
What can one do?
It is not very pleasant to be a sty in the eye of a stepfather.
Mr. Rankin. So it is because you liked to leave your stepfather's home that you sought some other city in which to work?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. I had no other place to live in Leningrad, and I did not have enough money to pay for an apartment.
I received 45 and I would have had to pay 30 for an apartment.
Mr. Rankin. Could you have gotten a job in Leningrad if you stayed there that would pay you so you could have an apartment?
Mrs. Oswald. Pharmaceutical workers received comparatively little, which is quite undeserved, because they have to study so long, and it is responsible work. Teachers and doctors also receive very little.