Mr. Jenner. Liberally? Or just enough to get along?
Mr. Taylor. Just enough to get going on—in both cases. And that his impression—the impression he left with me was that a person needed little else as far as entertainment and so on was concerned, these things were held by the State so that—uh—to get the families out of these cramped quarters, that everything—and constant entertainment in some form—athletics, or occasional motion pictures, different kinds of stage presentations—were held nightly away from the home, so that the families could get out of the cramped quarters and wouldn't feel this.
Mr. Jenner. It was all designed, in part at least, with that objective in mind—of getting people out of their cramped quarters or room apartments, into theatres and concert halls and athletic events?
Mr. Taylor. That's right. And we discussed travel for the average Russian citizen—which is nonexistent. A person that——
Mr. Jenner. Now, you are telling us things he said to you?
Mr. Taylor. Yes; to the best of my memory I am telling you.
Mr. Jenner. To the best of your ability? You are not rationalizing or speculating from things you have read in works published with respect to life in Russia?
Mr. Taylor. No.
Mr. Jenner. You are trying to do your best to tell us what he said?
Mr. Taylor. That's right.