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
Really, I might ask if you have questions it might be easier for me to
answer them.
Mr. JENNER. Perhaps we can bring it along in this fashion. What was the
cause of the separation between your husband and yourself, in your view?
Mrs. PAINE. In my view, of course, yes. He expressed himself as not
really interested in remaining married to me. We never quarreled. We
never indeed have had any serious difference of opinion except I want
to live with him and he is not that interested in being with me, would
be our single difference of opinion.
And in the spring of 1962 I felt that something more definite should
be done, and asked Michael why he continued to live with me if he felt
that way about it, and he said that it was easier and cost less, and I
said that wasn't a good enough reason for a marriage, and asked him to
be out of the house in the fall when I returned from summer vacation
that year.
Mr. JENNER. That was 1962?
Mrs. PAINE. 1962, yes. I would say our marriage is marked both by
mutual honesty, that is exceptional, and by a lack of overt or
interior strife except that it hasn't quite come together as a mutual
partnership.
My mother recently said to me that "If you would just look only at what
Michael does there is nothing wrong with your marriage at all. It is
just what he says", and I concur with her opinion on that, that he is
so scrupulously honest with his own feelings that, and really too hard
on himself in a sense, that he states verbally this is not feeling that
he loves me or loves me enough, but in fact his actions toward me are
totally acceptable to me.
Mr. JENNER. Is he gracious and kind and attentive to you?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Has he always been?
Mrs. PAINE. Insufficiently attentive, I would say, but he is always
kind and thoughtful.
Mr. JENNER. Have you had any financial differences of opinion?
Mrs. PAINE. We have not.
Mr. JENNER. He even during this period of time when you were separated,
he voluntarily supported the household and you lived in a manner and
style that suited you or to which you had become accustomed?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes, that is right.
Mr. JENNER. You had no arguments about matters of that nature?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. Your husband has returned to your home?
Mrs. PAINE. He is living there now.
Mr. JENNER. How long has that been?
Mrs. PAINE. He has been staying there since the night of November 22.
He didn't move his belongings in until the middle of the following week.
Mr. JENNER. Would you say this is a reconciliation?
Mrs. PAINE. I can't say that.
Mr. JENNER. You cannot.
Do you wish to say any more in the statement of yours?
Mrs. PAINE. Not unless you have questions. I think it is an accurate
statement of the marriage.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
What brought this forth was my asking you if you had anything you would
like to bring before the Commission.
Mrs. PAINE. That is correct.
Mr. JENNER. Are there any others?
Mrs. PAINE. I can think of nothing else.
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