Mrs. OSWALD. I had nothing to do with this note. Now, I am working at Kreeger's Specialty Shop, 800 and something Canal Street in New Orleans, La. I received a telephone call from the principal of the Beauregard School saying. "Mrs. Oswald, I understand you are going to leave town, and we are awfully sorry to lose Lee." Of course now, gentlemen, I am working and this is news to me. So I said--I kind of went along with it a little bit. Lee came into this shop later on that day. Miss Lillian New, I think her name was, who is manager of Kreeger's Shop, and has been for years--she will witness this. He said, "Mother, I have quit school." Mr. RANKIN. You say when the school authorities asked you, you sort of went along with it. What do you mean by that? Mrs. OSWALD. When the lady called me and said that, "I understand you are leaving town, Mrs. Oswald." Mr. RANKIN. What did you say? Mrs. OSWALD. Well, because there was a switchboard, and my job was in jeopardy, I don't know the exact words, but I said--I had to be kind of vague about it and not discuss it. I knew I wasn't leaving town, sir. Mr. RANKIN. Did you tell her you were not? Mrs. OSWALD. No, I don't think I told her. But I had to be very--I would lose my job if they thought I was leaving town. It was news to me. So Lee that afternoon, from school, came into Kreeger's Specialty Shop where I was working and said, "Mother. I want to join the Marines, and I have quit school." Now, Mr. Kreeger--and he may be leaving--Mr. Frank Kreeger who is owner of Kreeger's Specialty Shop, and all of the personnel there--this is a very small shop, and Miss Lillian, who was manager, knows of this. I became very excited and I started to cry. And they let me go home with Lee. So Lee was determined at age 16--his birthday was going to be October 18th, right--and this was October 7th--was going to join the Marines. So what Lee wanted me to do was falsify his birth certificate, which I would not do. And he kept after me, like a boy. Now, this is a normal boy, wanting to join the Marines. "I don't see why you don't just put that I am 17 years old." I said, "Lee. We cannot do that." He said, "Everybody else"-- I said, "No, I am not going to do it." For 2 or 3 days Lee and I bickered back and forth about me falsifying his age. So I have a very good friend, Mr. Clem Sehrt, who is an attorney in New Orleans, La. I called him and told him I had a personal problem. I had not seen Mr. Sehrt since early childhood. I knew the family. That Lee was not of age and he wanted to join the Marines. And he quit the school and told them we were going out of town. He said, "Marguerite, I cannot advise you. It would be unethical. But a lot of boys join the service at age 16." So he could not advise me.