Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RANKIN. Did Robert help any with the money or just in guaranteeing
the payments?
Mrs. OSWALD. I think that he only guaranteed the payments.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall how much the television set cost?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. So far as you know it was paid for out of your husband's
income?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Were you still at Mercedes Street when he lost his job with
the welding company?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he try to find another job in Fort Worth then?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know how much he looked for jobs before he found one
then?
Mrs. OSWALD. He looked for work for some time but he could not find
it and then some Russian friends of ours helped him find some work in
Dallas.
Mr. RANKIN. How long was he out of work?
Mrs. OSWALD. It seems to me it was about 2 weeks; hard to remember,
perhaps that long.
Mr. RANKIN. Where did he find work in Dallas, do you remember the name?
Mrs. OSWALD. I know it was some kind of a printing company which
prepares photographs for newspapers.
Mr. RANKIN. Was he working with the photographic department of that
company?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Was he an apprentice in that work trying to learn it?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, at first he was an apprentice and later he worked.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know what his income was when he was working for the
welding company?
Mrs. OSWALD. I think it was about $200 a month, I don't know. I know it
was a dollar and a quarter an hour.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he work much overtime at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Not too much but sometimes he did work Saturdays.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall how much he received as pay at the printing
company?
Mrs. OSWALD. A dollar forty an hour.
Mr. RANKIN. How many hours did he work a week, do you recall?
Mrs. OSWALD. He usually worked until 5 p.m. But sometimes he worked
later, and on Saturdays, too.
Mr. RANKIN. The ordinary work week at that time was the 5-day week
then, and the Saturdays would be an overtime period?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Who were the Russian friends who helped your husband find
this job in Dallas?
Mrs. OSWALD. George Bouhe.
Mr. RANKIN. Did this friend and other Russian friends visit you at
Mercedes Street?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. When we lived at Fort Worth we became acquainted with
Peter Gregory, he is a Russian, he lives in Fort Worth and through him
we became acquainted with others.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us insofar as you recall, the friends that
you knew in Fort Worth?
Mrs. OSWALD. Our first acquaintance was Gregory. Through him I met Gali
Clark, Mrs. Elena Hall. That is all in Fort Worth. And then we met
George Bouhe in Dallas, and Anna Meller, and Anna Ray and Katya Ford.
Mr. RANKIN. By your answer do you mean that some of those people you
met in Dallas and some in Fort Worth?
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