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. What did you do during your stay in New York?
Mrs. OSWALD. That evening we just walked around the city to take a look
at it. In the morning I remained in the hotel while Lee left in order
to arrange for tickets, and so forth.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you visit anyone or have visitors at your hotel during
that period?
Mrs. OSWALD. We didn't have any visitors but I remember that with Lee
we visited some kind of an office, on official business, perhaps it had
something to do with immigration or with the tickets. Lee spoke to them
in English and I didn't understand it.
Mr. RANKIN. Would that be a Travelers' Aid Bureau or Red Cross?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether or not you or your husband received any
financial assistance for the trip to Texas at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know exactly where Lee got the money, but he said
that his brother Robert had given him the money. But the money for the
trip from the Soviet Union to New York was given to us by the American
Embassy in Moscow.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall what time of the day you left on the flight
to Texas?
Mrs. OSWALD. I think that by about 5 p.m. we were already in Texas.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you go to Dallas or Fort Worth at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. In Dallas we were met by the brother, Robert, he lived in
Fort Worth, and he took us from Dallas to Fort Worth and we stopped at
the house.
Mr. RANKIN. Who else stayed at Robert's house at that time besides your
family?
Mrs. OSWALD. His family and no one else.
Mr. RANKIN. What did his family consist of at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. He and his wife and two children, a boy and a girl.
Mr. RANKIN. How long did you stay at Robert's?
Mrs. OSWALD. About 1 to 1-1/2 months--perhaps longer, but no longer
than 2 months.
Mr. RANKIN. Were your relations and your husband's with Robert pleasant
at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, they were very good. His brother's relationship to us
was very good.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you briefly describe what you did during that time
when you were at Robert's?
Mrs. OSWALD. The first time we got there we were, of course, resting
for about a week, and I was busy, of course, with my little girl who
was then very little. And in my free time, of course, I helped in the
household.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband do anything around the house or did he
seek work right away?
Mrs. OSWALD. For about a week he was merely talking and took a trip to
the library. That is it.
Mr. RANKIN. Then did he seek work in Fort Worth?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And when did he find his first job there?
Mrs. OSWALD. While we were with Robert. It seems it was at the end of
the second month that Lee found work. But at this time I don't remember
the date exactly but his mother who lived in Fort Worth at that time
rented a room and she proposed that we spend some time with her, that
we live with her for some time.
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