Mr. Belin. Did she say what her father did?
Mrs. Gravitis. No. She said that she didn't have parents. Father and mother were dead, and for this reason she had easier time to get out of Russia.
Mr. Belin. Did she have a stepfather?
Mrs. Gravitis. I don't know.
Mr. Belin. Did she say why she came to the United States?
Mrs. Gravitis. She said her husband was returning home and she came with her husband. I was very surprised how did the Soviet Union let you out, I asked Marina. She said, "We had a luck."
Mr. Belin. Did she say anything else about that?
Mrs. Gravitis. "Husband doesn't have work here." I mean in the United States, and so her husband didn't have any income, and for this reason she lives at Mrs. Paine's home.
Mr. Belin. Did she give any other statements about how she happened to get out of Russia other than that she had luck?
Mrs. Gravitis. I didn't ask and I felt she wouldn't tell me. I mean, I didn't ask, and I feel if I asked, Marina wouldn't tell me. Nobody who is coming out from there would tell how they got out or why they got out. She was complaining that her husband didn't have work here and couldn't get a job. I replied that everybody who wants to work in the United States can get a job. Then she asked me what kind of work you mean. I said any kind of laboring work is possible. Roadwork or any kind of work. And she said that her husband thinks that such type of work is below his dignity.