Moscow, May 18—I did not come here to argue. On the other hand, I did not come here to be buried, so that when the lovely, efficient Viola told us that all medicine in the Soviet Union is free, I found myself blurting out, “Nothing is free, Viola.”
Oh yes, she said, it is free. I make 120 rubles per month, and out of that I pay only seven rubles in taxes, and I get free medicine, and free doctor’s care, and if I get sick, and cannot work any more, I get 80 per cent of my salary, and if I were older, I would get 100 per cent.
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