You are very good on names, though.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, I remember names. Dates I am very poor at. That death, you know, put me in such a terrible condition of despair, that I decided, and I asked my wife to go with me on a trip throughout all of Mexico and Central America, to get away from everything, and to do some hard physical exercise. At the same time I thought I would review the geology of Mexico and Guatemala. And it was an old dream of mine to make a trip like that, but not in such rough conditions as we did it.

Mr. Jenner.

I am going to get into that.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. If you are interested, go ahead.

Mr. Jenner.

I am just trying to recall where we were when I interrupted myself.
At this point, tell me your political philosophies.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. My political philosophy is live and let live. I voted Republican, but--I am just not interested in politics.

Mr. Jenner.

I am not thinking of politics in that sense, Mr. De Mohrenschildt, I am thinking in politics with a capital P.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, I think I am a 100 percent democrat, because I believe in freedom.

Mr. Jenner.

Are you talking about individual freedom now?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Individual freedom. And I believe in freedom of expressing myself when I feel like it. I believe in freedom of criticizing something which I think is not democratic.

Mr. Jenner.

What is your attitude towards communism?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Towards communism, I wouldn't like to live in a Communist regime, I am not a Communist, never have been one. But if somebody likes it, let them have it. And I get along very well with fellow workers who are Communists. For instance, in Yugoslavia, I got along very well with them. Of course, we didn't discuss politics very much out there. On the contrary, you have to stay away from that subject. But I consider the other person's point of view.
If somebody is a Communist, let them be a Communist. That is his business.

Mr. Jenner.

Have you----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I do not try to propagandize him, and I see some good characteristics in communism.

Mr. Jenner.

There are some indications that you have expressed that view from time to time during your lifetime while you are in this country, that there are some good qualities in communism.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, there we mean--or what do you mean? What is your concept of communism?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I am looking at communism more or less more from the economic point of view. I think it is a system that can work and works, and possibly for a very poor man, and a very undeveloped nation it may be a solution.

Mr. Jenner.

A temporary one?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. A temporary one, yes---which eventually, and I believe in evolution, and I have seen through my life that communism in certain places has developed into a livable type of an economy, a way of life.
Now, I repeat, again, that I would not like to live there. Otherwise, I would be there. Because I am too independent in my thinking, and I like business to be free. But----

Mr. Jenner.

You like individual freedom and free enterprise?

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