Mr. RANKIN. Did your mother have any occupation? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, laboratory assistant--I said that. Mr. RANKIN. Was she a member of the Communist Party? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall when your mother died? Mrs. OSWALD. In 1957. Mr. RANKIN. Did you receive a pension after your mother's death? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Mr. RANKIN. How much was it? Mrs. OSWALD. All children received pensions. We received for it 3520 rubles, the old rubles. Mr. RANKIN. Was that called a children's pension? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. It was paid up to majority, up to the age of 18. Mr. RANKIN. And was it paid to you directly or to your stepfather? Mrs. OSWALD. It was paid to me directly. Mr. RANKIN. Did your brother and sister get a similar pension? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Mr. RANKIN. Did your stepfather adopt you? Mrs. OSWALD. No, I was not adopted. Mr. RANKIN. What was your relationship with your half brother? Did you get along with him? Mrs. OSWALD. I loved them very much, and they loved me. Mr. RANKIN. And your half sister, too? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. They are very good children. Not like me. Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us what schools you went to? Mrs. OSWALD. At first I went to school in Moldavia, and later in Leningrad, in a girl's school and then after finishing school I studied in a pharmaceutical institute--pharmaceutical school, rather than institute. Mr. RANKIN. Where was the pharmaceutical school? Mrs. OSWALD. In Leningrad. Mr. RANKIN. Did you go through high school before you went to the pharmaceutical school? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall the names of any of your teachers? Mrs. OSWALD. Dmitry Rossovsky. I remember the director of the school, Nadelman Matvey Akimovich. It is hard to remember now. I have already forgotten. I have had good teachers. They treated me very well, they helped me after my mother died. Knowing my difficult nature, they approached me very pedagogically. But now I would have changed that nature. Mr. RANKIN. Were you a good student? Mrs. OSWALD. I was capable but lazy. I never spent much time studying. You know, everything came to me very easily. Sometimes my ability saved me. My language, you know--I talk a lot, and get a good grade. Mr. RANKIN. Did you work part-time while you were going to school? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. The money which I received on the pension was not enough, and therefore I had to work as well as study. Mr. RANKIN. And what did you do in working? Mrs. OSWALD. At first I worked in a school cafeteria, school lunchroom. This was good for me, because I also got enough to eat that way. And then I felt the work was not for me, that it was too restricted, and then I worked in a pharmacy. Then when I graduated I worked in a pharmacy as a full-fledged pharmacist--as a pharmacist's assistant. Mr. RANKIN. Before you graduated, how much were you paid for your work?