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. The only piece of luggage of which you have any
recollection then is the zipper bag which you saw him take with him
when he left on Monday morning, the 7th?
Mrs. PAINE. And that is, I would not say a certain recollection. But
that is the best I have.
Mr. JENNER. It is your best recollection anyhow?
Mrs PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, when you returned to your home did you have any
discussion with Marina about Lee's departure and his future plans and
her understanding of them?
Mrs. PAINE. No; nothing I recall specifically.
Mr. JENNER. None at all.
What discussion went on between you and Marina, that is the subject
matter with respect to his weekend visits?
Mrs. PAINE. She wanted to be certain it was all right for him to come
out, you know that it wasn't too much of an imposition on me. We got
into discussing his efforts to find a job. Then Monday, the 14th as
best as I recall, was the first time we talked about him, more than to
say it was too bad he didn't find something. This is the----
Mr. JENNER. During the course of the week was there discussion between
you and Marina respecting Lee Oswald's attempt at employment?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Now, there came an occasion, did there not, that weekend or
the following weekend at which there was a discussion at least by you
with some neighbors with respect to efforts to obtain employment for
Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mrs. PAINE. As best I can reconstruct it this was, while having coffee
at my immediate neighbors, Mrs. Ed Roberts, and also present was Mrs.
Bill Randle, and Lee had said over the weekend that he had gotten the
last of the unemployment compensation checks that were due him, and
that it had been smaller than the others had been, and disappointing in
its smallness and he looked very discouraged when he went to look for
work.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say anything about amount?
Mrs. PAINE. I didn't hear the question.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say anything about amount?
Mrs. PAINE. No; he didn't, just less.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mrs. PAINE. And the subject of his looking for work and that he hadn't
found work for a week, came up while we were having coffee, the four
young mothers at Mrs. Roberts' house, and Mrs. Randle mentioned that
her younger brother, Wesley Frazier thought they needed another person
at the Texas School Book Depository where Wesley worked.
Marina then asked me, after we had gone home, asked me if I would
call----
Mr. JENNER. Was Marina present during this discussion?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; Marina was present, yes, indeed.
Mr. JENNER. Did she understand the conversation?
Mrs. PAINE. It was a running translation, running, faulty translation
going on.
Mr. JENNER. You were translating for her?
Mrs. PAINE. I was acting as her translator. And then after we came
home she asked me if I would call the School Book Depository to see if
indeed there was the possibility of an opening, and at her request, I
did telephone----
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, please.
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