Mrs. Bates. He hadn't even been here a month, I don't think, when——
Mr. Jenner. Well, he arrived June 12—so, he was only—when he reached your place, it was on the 18th. He had just been here 6 days.
Mrs. Bates. Uh-huh.
It might help you to read that [referring to articles in local Fort Worth papers which witness brought with her].
Mr. Jenner. Well, I will in a moment.
I want to get from you—what was his attitude toward Russia?
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?
Mrs. Bates. He just said "the party."