Mr. Pic. He didn't give me—this is what he gave me for an address. He said he lived in an apartment, one room apartment. They had no television, no radio, no coffee pot. In fact, we brought him a coffee pot for a present. Gave them a coffee pot and bought the little girl a stuffed animal of some type.
Mr. Jenner. Thanksgiving Day you did this?
Mr. Pic. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. How come you brought him a coffee pot?
Mr. Pic. I was going to give him a present.
Mr. Jenner. It is the coffee pot that interests me. Here you hadn't seen him for a long time, you were bringing him a gift—why were you——
Mr. Pic. Well, my wife being a Yankee——
Mr. Jenner. Why did you bring him a coffee pot?
Mr. Pic. My wife in her Yankee ways believed when you don't see people a long time you bring them a gift. It's just a token. We brought my brother Robert a present, a set of dishes I had in Japan, I bought them in Japan, and so naturally we couldn't give them anything without giving the other people something.
Mr. Jenner. It isn't the fact that you brought him a gift. I can understand that. That would be, I might be even a little surprised if you hadn't. It is the particular gift in which I am interested. Why did you select a coffee pot? Was there something that led to that particular selection on your part?