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into another airplane again as long as I live.”

So we rushed to the hotel. The general, who had been met by a delegation, drove us in some official car. I never saw him again, but I remember him as one of the finest men I ever met.

Mina went upstairs to go to bed. She was absolutely exhausted. I arranged to be sitting in the lobby reading my paper when Harold and Harvey checked in. I said, “Well, you finally got here. Ha, ha, ha!”

They said, “How was the trip?”

I said, “Absolutely perfect.” I didn't tell them a word of what I'd gone through. I beat them by about a half an hour.

Now that you're in Moscow, did the Russian government--?

In Moscow we were taken to see the newspapers--Izvestia and Pravda.

What were they like? Could you compare them at all to the--?

Beautiful new plants, both of them. This was 1934. They both had new machinery and presses they'd bought from Germany. The plants were beautifully run. And, of course, all government stuff, and the book stores, too--everything they showed us belonged to the government.