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
Representative FORD. Some people have a habit of turning lights on and
off again regularly. Others are a little careless about it. Would you
describe your attitude in this regard?
Mrs. PAINE. I am definitely a person with the habit of turning them off.
Representative FORD. This is a trait that you have?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Representative FORD. Now, if you were to go out from the kitchen to the
garage, is it easy for you as you go out the door to turn the light on?
Mrs. PAINE. And off; yes.
Representative FORD. It is very simple for you to do so?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Representative FORD. Both going out and coming in?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Representative FORD. And as you go out on your right or left?
Mrs. PAINE. It is on my left as I go out of the garage.
Representative FORD. And as you come in from the garage to the kitchen
it is on your right.
Mrs. PAINE. As you come into the garage from the kitchen----
Mr. McCLOY. When you are going out to the garage, on which side is it?
Mrs. PAINE. It is on my right.
Mr. McCLOY. On your right. Coming out from the garage to the kitchen it
is on your left?
Mrs. PAINE. That is what he said.
Mr. McCLOY. You said it just the opposite, I think.
Representative FORD. I thought I asked the question and she responded
in the reverse.
Mr. McCLOY. Maybe.
Representative FORD. And it surprised me a little bit. The record may
show two different responses there.
Mr. JENNER. Could we recover that now?
Mrs. PAINE. The switch is on the west doorjamb of that door between the
two rooms.
Mr. JENNER. Perhaps that may help, Mrs. Paine. When you are in the
kitchen about to enter the garage, the doorway from the kitchen to the
garage, and you are going to enter from the kitchen into the garage,
where is the switch with respect to whether it is on your right side or
your left side?
Mrs. PAINE. Just coming into the garage it is on my right side.
Mr. JENNER. That is leaving your kitchen entering the garage it is on
your right side. Now when you are in the garage and you are about to
enter the kitchen, the switch then is on your left? Is that correct?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Representative FORD. That clarifies it. May I now ask in your
observations of either Marina or Lee, were they the type that were
conscious of turning light switches on or off? Was this an automatic
reaction? Were they careless about it? What was their trait if you have
any observation?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't recall any other time that the garage light had
been left on, and I would say certainly I saw enough of Marina to be
able to state what I thought would be a trait, and she would normally
turn off a light when she was done, in the room.
Representative FORD. She had the normal reaction of turning a light off
if she left a room?
Mrs. PAINE. Her own room. Now you see most of the rooms--if she was
the last one in the room she would turn it off; yes; going to bed or
something like that she certainly would turn it off.
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