Mr. JENNER. And did those paintings receive comment from the critics? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. The newspapers wrote about them, that they were original, but the sales were hardly successful, if I may say so. Mr. JENNER. Do you still have some of those paintings? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; some I have given away, but I still have some. Mr. JENNER. They are water colors? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Water colors, washes; yes. But no military installation--the tropical jungle. Girls, tropical jungle, Mexican types--I am very fond of Mexico. Roderick MacArthur and I tried to make a trip at the time through the wilderness of Mexico together in an old Ford which belonged to him; the road did not exist yet, so we went together in this old broken down Ford, drove, drove and drove a couple of days with no roads, and finally one evening---- Mr. JENNER. This is in Mexico? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; during that time. Mr. JENNER. During the 9 months you were there? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; we hit a steel pole sticking out in the middle of the trail, and the whole car disintegrated under us. So we walked back a couple of days in order to get back to Mexico City. We left the car right there. Mr. JENNER. Now---- Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. If you see him in Chicago--I will write to him again; and I hope to see him. Mr. JENNER. You came to Texas in 1944, did you not? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. 1944. Mr. JENNER. Do you recall making a loan at the---- Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, yes. Mr. JENNER. Russian Student Fund? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. After my divorce I decided that I am still interested in this oil business, and all my pursuits in various directions are not too successful, so I should go back to school and study geology and petroleum engineering. Mr. JENNER. Had you made inquiry at the Colorado School of Mines? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. Tried Colorado School of Mines, Rice Institute, and University of Texas. Mr. JENNER. All right. You are now about 33 years old, somewhere in that neighborhood? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. Mr. JENNER. During these years you led sort of a bohemian life, did you not? Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. Well, you see--bohemian and trying to make a buck, as you might call it. Mr. JENNER. I am trying to bring out your personality. Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right. But you see the main reason I actually came to the United States is to look for a country which did not have--which was a melting pot, because I am a melting pot myself, as you can see. I changed from one country to another, a complete mixture. So I thought that would fit me right. And eventually it did. It took a long time to get adjusted to it. The first five years are very difficult in the United States. I didn't speak English very well. And it was just tough going. Fortunately I had friends, acquaintances, and a lot of relations. But, otherwise, I probably would have starved. And it did actually happen that I did starve occasionally. So I decided to go----