Mr. Jenner. Your arithmetic was all right. Your interpretation of the law was not as good as it might be.
Mr. Dulles. Am I not correct, I understood you were trying to make her feel she was not going to be a burden to you?
Mrs. Paine. That is right.
Mr. Dulles. And were using certain subterfuges to accomplish that; that is the impression I got from what you said.
Mrs. Paine. That is absolutely correct. That I hoped, and further I would say in the letters to her I made reference that this money not paid to the government would be therefore available for spending money for her. I had put myself in her position and thought wouldn't it be terrible to have to ask for a nickel for a package of Lifesavers every time you wanted it, and thought I wouldn't want to be in such a situation if she doesn't have her own, something she can count upon as her own money, it would be unbearable to her.
So I tried to cast about both for a way of making her feel that this would not be a burden to us, and a way of getting her petty cash in the pocket that she would not feel was a handout. So that it would be a legitimate possibility for her to consider.
I judge that my effort in this regard, besides the bad understanding of the tax law and the poor arithmetic, didn't help because of her following letter.
Mr. Jenner. That is what I was coming to. Before we get to that, Mrs. Paine, I direct your attention to Commission Exhibit No. 414.
Mrs. Paine. 414?
Mr. Jenner. That is a translation of your letter, Commission Exhibit No. 413. Have you read that translation?