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
Mrs. PAINE. There was nothing that I could put my finger on. On the
contrary my general impression was not of a man who would break out in
sudden marked violence. He argued with his wife, and was distinctly
unpleasant with her.
Senator COOPER. I believe you said the other day in answer to a
question by Congressman Boggs that you held the opinion now that he did
fire the rifle at the President.
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; I believe that is so but I don't know.
Senator COOPER. From this vantage point, is there anything about him
now which you think of which seems consistent with the fact that he,
that you believe he did shoot the President, President Kennedy?
Mrs. PAINE. Well, what has led me to the conclusion that he did shoot
President Kennedy is the massive circumstantial evidence that surrounds
his relationship or where he was, what he had at the time of the
assassination. Perhaps we should get into the matter of motive.
Senator COOPER. In other words, a person's personality, is there
anything you can think of now which would change your mind or change
the viewpoint that you held previously that he wasn't violent?
Mrs. PAINE. No; I still can recall no incident that I saw, nothing or
thought at the time, with this small exception of the one reference to
Mrs. Rainey that--and that was a conjecture in reference to myself.
Nothing that violent or indeed that insane.
Senator COOPER. Was it your opinion that Mrs. Oswald was shaken by the
assassination and by the fact that her husband was charged with it?
Mrs. PAINE. She was certainly shaken on the afternoon when the
policemen were out there, when he was at that time just charged with
the shooting of Tippit. I never saw her after he was charged with the
shooting of the President.
Senator COOPER. One other question: I think you said when Marguerite
Oswald, Lee Oswald's mother, came to your house, and the Life people
later appeared, you spoke of that, did you say that both of them, both
Marina and Marguerite, seemed to be interested in making some kind of a
deal with Life in order to get money?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Senator COOPER. Or were you speaking only of Marguerite Oswald?
Mrs. PAINE. I was speaking only of Marguerite Oswald. I could add
here that Marina appeared to me to want to be courteous and polite
toward her mother-in-law, and wished to go along with whatever wishes
Marguerite had on the subject.
Senator COOPER. Has anyone tried to make any kind of a business
transaction for your statement or story?
Mrs. PAINE. At that time or since?
Senator COOPER. Since.
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Senator COOPER. What?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. The Commission has a copy of an article that was
written for Look which was not published and will not be.
Senator COOPER. Has that been testified?
Mr. JENNER. Will not be what?
Mrs. PAINE. Published. It is now my property and I don't plan to, I
have no plans presently, at least.
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