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
Mrs. OSWALD. In my opinion life is not very expensive here. Everyone
buys according to his financial status, and no one walks around
undressed. You can buy for $20 and at a sale you might buy for $2,
clothes for an entire season.
Mr. RANKIN. What about clothing for your child? Did you handle the
buying of that?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Returning to the----
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me. Some of the things for children were given to
us by friends who had children. But I didn't like them and I bought
some.
Mr. RANKIN. Returning to the date of November 11, 1963, did you recall
that that was a holiday?
Mrs. OSWALD. November 11?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't remember that it was a holiday. We did not
celebrate it. But something, I remember, was closed. Perhaps there were
elections.
Mr. RANKIN. That is Veterans Day in this country, and it was a
Monday--refreshing your memory in that regard.
Do you recall whether or not your husband went to work that day?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I remember that he remained at the Paine's.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you tell us what he did during that day?
Mrs. OSWALD. As always, he played with June and he helped me a little
with preparation of lunch, and he sat around, watched television.
Mr. RANKIN. Was he doing any reading at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. He didn't read. It seems to me that on that day he was
typing. I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. And you don't know what he was typing?
Mrs. OSWALD. It seems to me it was the envelope----
Mr. RANKIN. Which you have identified?
Mrs. OSWALD. You remember you had a letter which mentioned Mexico and
Kostin, it was that envelope.
Mr. RANKIN. Is this Exhibit 16 that you are referring to?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. You see the date is the 12th. You see, I can't
remember a specific date, but some event I can connect with it brings
it back.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you remember whether your husband returned from Dallas
to Irving at any time during that week?
Mrs. OSWALD. It seems he came on Saturday or Friday for the weekend.
Perhaps he didn't come. I am mixed up as to which weekends he did and
didn't come.
Mr. RANKIN. We have a statement from a Mr. Hutchison of the supermarket
that I referred to yesterday that you and your husband were in his
supermarket on November 13. Do you recall anything like that?
Mrs. OSWALD. If the 12th was a Monday and the 13th a Tuesday, Lee was
at work. He couldn't have been there.
Mr. RANKIN. In one of your statements that you have given the FBI
and the Secret Service you indicated that this particular weekend
your husband stayed in Dallas--that is the 15th through the 17th of
November. Does that refresh your memory?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes--the 15th to the 17th he remained in Dallas. That is,
he didn't come that weekend.
But on the 13th he was not in Irving.
Mr. RANKIN. That would be the weekend before the assassination, to
refresh your memory again.
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