Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) — John Shaqi
Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. Now, you were there for 2 full days and 3 evenings. Would
you tell us, conserving your description in your words, what did you do
during these 2 days and 3 nights. When I say "you", I am including all
three of you.
Mrs. PAINE. Of course, afternoons we usually spent in rest for the
children, having all small children, all of us having small children.
Mr. JENNER. Whenever this doesn't include Lee Harvey Oswald would you
be good enough to tell us?
Mrs. PAINE. When he was not present?
Mr. JENNER. That is right.
Mrs. PAINE. My recollection is that he was present most of the weekend.
He went out to buy groceries, came in with a cheery call to his two
girls, saying, "Yabutchski," which means girls, the Russian word for
girls, as he came in the door. It was more like Harvey than I had seen
him before. He remembered this time. I saw him reading a pocketbook.
Mr. JENNER. The Commission is interested in his readings. To the best
of your ability to recall, tell us. You noticed it now, of course.
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. I don't recall the title of it. I do recall that I
loaned him a pocketbook at one point. I can't even recall what it was
about. But I might if I saw it.
Mr. JENNER. Was it a book on any political subject?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Representative FORD. Was it an English book?
Mrs. PAINE. But it was in English, unless it was a parallel text of
Russian-English short stories, something like that, I can't remember.
It might have been Reid's Ten Days That Shook the World, or something
like that, but I am not at all certain. I would have thought he would
have read that, anyway.
Representative FORD. Was it a book that you recall having had with you
that summer? Ten Days----
Mrs. PAINE. It is a book I should still own, and I don't recall for
sure whether I have that one.
Representative FORD. Ten Days That Shook the World?
Mrs. PAINE. I am very shaky in my memory. I had prepared a collection
of books for the course in Russian at Saint Marks School, and they
included history and literature and English.
Representative FORD. But you were still anticipating teaching Russian
at Saint Marks School in Irving?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right, and this was just part of a bibliography of
things of interest that included some of the more historical texts from
many points of view regarding Soviet life.
Representative FORD. I interrupted you.
Mr. JENNER. I was asking you to tell us in general what was done during
those 2 days and 3 nights.
Mrs. PAINE. We went out to wash diapers at the local washiteria, and
stayed while they were done and went back.
Mr. JENNER. You and Lee?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't think that he went. My recollection is that Marina
and I went.
Mr. JENNER. He remained home?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you visit with any of their in-laws?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did they visit while you were there?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did they come there?
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