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TI: You mentioned...

HM: You know, I... this was a different sidelight, but the reason why I was up to date on some of these news items was the fact that we used to, by subterfuge we used to distribute the Salt Lake City's Tribune. Everyday we would have a drop of the Salt Lake City Tribune, the morning edition, come to the drop off point in the camp. And I would run down to that area and we would pick it up and during the noon hour I would distribute the Salt Lake City Tribune newspaper to these various people that were subscribing. So I used to keep one copy for myself and I used to read what was going on in the newspaper. So I was pretty well tuned to what was in the news media at that time. So, that was my pin money. I was making more money than the people doing the regular common labor in the camp, but that was my part-time activity that I was engaged in.

TI: Well when you say subterfuge because it was not allowed to have outside newspapers come into the camp or?

HM: Well, that was not normal. But these people that were subscribing needed the newspaper because they were, wanted knowledge about what was happening in the stock market. And I'm sure a lot of them were still interested in their portfolio management and they were interested in what was happening in the stock market and what their stocks were doing and things of this nature. And they were probably interested in what was happening in the world.

TI: I mean how did the newspaper show up at this, this central location where you picked up. Was it a, why don't you explain that, I'm curious.

HM: Well somebody must have been getting a few dollars under the table. But it was done in a very efficient manner and nobody complained about it, and everybody was happy with the service. We were making a few dollars and I was getting the newspaper for free and so. And my neighbors used to wonder where in the heck I was getting the newspapers. But that was, that was a different situation.

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