Mr. Jenner. Was it with respect to this conference that you mentioned the Young Friends of North America meetings, and that you were active in that group, and that group was interested in easing the tensions between the east and the west?
Mrs. Paine. It was a subcommittee of that group that had that particular interest.
Mr. Jenner. And out of this interest and activity arose the Russian pen pal activity and bringing of some Russian students over to America to see and observe America?
Mrs. Paine. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. I won't go into that. I think we covered it enough yesterday.
Mrs. Paine. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Would you say that was your initial interest in the Russian language or at least the pursuit of the study of the Russian language arose about that time?
Mrs. Paine. My interest arose about that time. Pursuit didn't begin until later.
Mr. Jenner. In some of the materials I have seen there is mention of a Young Friends meeting or conference at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. I think you made some reference to that yesterday, did you not?
Mrs. Paine. There was a conference, a Young Friends Conference at Earlham in 1947. That was the first one I ever attended. Is that——