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Army each summer. (GEORGE denied ever having stated that he
was a foreign correspondent during the Spanish Revolution,
but stated that he had submitted some articles on the
effects of the Revolution from Italy, but had not at any
time actually been assigned to nor had he covered any phase
of the Revolution itself.
GEORGE stated that on withdrawing from the business,
he had decided to come to the United States for the following
reasons: to seek employment as a newspaper reporter, to visit
his brother,DIMITRI, to meet his other American relatives,
to observe Democracy at work since he was interested in
Democracy. GEORGE stated that he had sailed from Le Havre,
France, on the "ss Manhattan" under a Belgian quota number
and had arrived at New York City on May 13, 1938. On
arriving he had lived for a while with his brother, DIMITRI,
at 950 Park Avenue, and during this approximate one to two
month visit he visited English classes at the University of
Columbia in order to improve his speech. (He stated that he
could read and write Russian, Polish, French, Spanish,
German, and English.)
GEORGE continued that he had been dissuaded from
employment as a newspaper reporter by reporters he had met
from the "New York Times", who told him of the arduous work
and also of the difficulty of getting printed anything
that they really wanted to write, and further, they persuaded
him that his accent would be a detriment to such work.
Shortly thereafter, GEORGE stated, that through his brother,
DIMITRI, he met MARGARET WILLIAMS from New Orleans, Louisiana,
and he was invited to visit them during the summer of 1939
to observe the oil business since the WILLIAMS family was
engaged in this business. This invitation was accepted,
according to GEORGE, and the visit made, and, after visiting
in New Orleans for a while, he continued on to Houston,
Texas, where he had met Mr. BLAFFER, President of the Humble
Oil Company, through a letter from his father to BLAFFER,
Through Vice-President JOHN SUMAN he was started into the
business as a "roughneck", and later as a "rig-man", up until
November, 1939, when he sustained a severe cut on his right
arm. This, in addition to his weakened condition from
amoebic dysentery, caused his return to New York City in
December of 1939.
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