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
Representative BOGGS. Maybe I used the wrong terminology. Did you
consider him mentally sound?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; he was smart and capable. Only he did not use his
capabilities in the proper direction. He was not deprived of reason--he
was not a man deprived of reason.
Representative BOGGS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
The CHAIRMAN. Senator Cooper, did you have any questions to ask?
Mrs. OSWALD. No one knows the truth, no one can read someone else's
thoughts, as I could not read Lee's thoughts. But that is only my
opinion.
Senator COOPER. Mrs. Oswald, some of the questions that I ask you you
may have answered--because I have been out at times.
I believe you have stated that your husband at times expressed
opposition to or dislike of the United States or of its political or
economic system, is that correct?
Mrs. OSWALD. As far as I know, he expressed more dissatisfaction
with economic policy, because as to the political matters he did not
enlighten me as to his political thoughts.
Senator COOPER. Did he ever suggest to you or to anyone in your
presence that the economic system of the United States should be
changed, and did he suggest any means for changing it?
Mrs. OSWALD. He never proposed that, but from his conversations it
followed that it would be necessary to change it. But he didn't propose
any methods.
Senator COOPER. Did he ever say to you or anyone in your presence that
the system might be changed if officials were changed or authorities of
our country were changed?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he never said that to me.
Senator COOPER. Did he ever express to you any hostility towards any
particular official of the United States?
Mrs. OSWALD. I know that he didn't like Walker, but I don't know
whether you could call him an official.
Senator COOPER. May I ask if you ever heard anyone express to him
hostility towards President Kennedy?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, never.
Senator COOPER. More specifically, I will ask--did you know Mr.
Frazier?
Representative BOGGS. Wesley Frazier.
Mrs. OSWALD. Oh, yes, that is the boy who took him to work.
Senator COOPER. You never heard him or anyone else express to your
husband any hostility towards President Kennedy?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Senator COOPER. Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Senator COOPER. That is all I have.
The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Dulles, have you anything further you would like to
ask?
Mr. DULLES. Mr. Chief Justice, I only have one question. Mr. Rankin has
kindly asked several questions I had during the course of this hearing,
these hearings the last 3 days.
Apart from trying to achieve a place in history, can you think of any
other motive or anything that your husband felt he would achieve by the
act of assassinating the President? That he was trying to accomplish
something?
Mrs. OSWALD. It is hard for me to say what he wanted to accomplish,
because I don't understand him.
The CHAIRMAN. Congressman Ford, did you have anything further?
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