Lt. Mozee: Just a personal question, how long has your group been in the United States?
Prabhupāda: I came here in 1965. But for one year there was no program; I was loitering only. And then, in 1966, July, I registered this society in New York, and gradually these students... I rented one storefront in New York, Second Avenue, and in this way practically it was started in 1966. Then in 1967 I was attacked with heart attack. Then I returned India. Then again I came back in 1968. So practically the movement is going on regularly from 1968. Yes.
Lt. Mozee: Do you find that you have—again, a personal thing—do you find that you are having difficulty disassociating yourself with false prophets like the Guruji?
Prabhupāda: No, we don't accept. We don't. Because...
Lt. Mozee: I mean disassociating your group with a man like that.
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. Certainly, we disassociate. We have no very good opinion.
Lt. Mozee: It would seem to me that it would be a very difficult thing...
Prabhupāda: Yes, for others to distinguish.
Lt. Mozee: Yes.
Prabhupāda: But one has to see by the result.
Lt. Mozee: Um hm.
Prabhupāda: Phalena paricīyate. It is very difficult to distinguish which is good medicine, which is bad medicine. By the effect. Thank you.
Lt. Mozee: I thank you for your time, sir.
Prabhupāda: Give him this garland.
Lt. Mozee: Thank you.
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. (break) I saw on the airplane. So it has struck me, yes, that this is the position of the human society.
Lt. Mozee: Yeah, Govinda dāsa told me that you had read this on your way in, so I brought a copy. I didn't know whether you wanted to quote from it. But I was ready to be prepa... I was prepared.
Prabhupāda: You have read it?
Lt. Mozee: Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
Prabhupāda: It is a problem. Actually it is a problem. Such a rich state as America, and there is crime. It does not look well. Yes.
Lt. Mozee: Hm. True. It's our number one problem.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So this is the solution.
Lt. Mozee: It's our number one problem. Now, when the people see the politician and the affluent stealing they say, "Why not? It's good for them; it's good for me." Thank you very much.
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya. (end)