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. At the time you did see your mother-in-law, did you observe
any difference in her attitude towards you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, of course.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you describe that difference that you observed?
Mrs. OSWALD. At first I said that I didn't see her any more. But after
Lee was in jail I lived with her for some time at that inn.
Mr. RANKIN. The Six Flags?
Mrs. OSWALD. The Six Flags. And inasmuch as I lived with her and met
with her every day I could see--I was able to see the change. At least
if her relationship with me was good, it was not sincere. I think that
she does not like me. I don't think that she simply is able to like me.
There were some violent scenes, she didn't want to listen to anyone,
there were hysterics. Everyone was guilty of everything and no one
understood her.
Perhaps my opinion is wrong, but at least I do not want to live with
her and to listen to scandals every day.
Mr. RANKIN. Did she say anything to indicate that she blamed you in
connection with the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, she did not accuse me of anything.
Mr. RANKIN. In your presence, at any time, did she accuse Ruth Paine of
being involved in causing the assassination or being directly involved?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, she never accused Ruth Paine. She simply did not like
her.
Mr. RANKIN. Did she tell you why she didn't like Ruth Paine?
Mrs. OSWALD. She told me but I didn't understand it because it was in
English. She expresses more by rather stormy mimicry, thinking that
that would get across and I would understand.
Mr. RANKIN. You said that you didn't want to see Ruth Paine because you
thought she wanted to see you for her own interests. Will you tell us
what you meant by that?
Mrs. OSWALD. I think that she wants to see me in her own selfish
interests. She likes to be well known, popular, and I think that
anything that I should write her, for example, would wind up in the
press.
The reason that I think so is that the first time that we were in jail
to see Lee, she was with me and with her children, and she was trying
to get in front of the cameras, and to push her children and instructed
her children to look this way and look that way. And the first
photographs that appeared were of me with her children.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall that in the note your husband left about the
Walker incident, that there was a reference to the Red Cross, and that
you might get help there? Did you ever obtain any help from the Red
Cross before that date?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, never.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know any reason why your husband put that in the
note?
Mrs. OSWALD. Well, because the Red Cross is an organization in all
countries which helps people who need help, and in case I needed help,
since I have no relatives here, I would be able to obtain it from this
organization.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether or not your husband received any help
from the Red Cross in money payments while he was in Russia?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, I don't.
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