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. That they had no prior information that these people
might come. I will say I was not surprised that anyone of the press
found his way to our door at that point. If anything, I was surprised
there weren't more. Life Magazine was the only company or group to
appear that evening. I permitted them to come in, and I felt that Mrs.
Marguerite Oswald was interested in the possibility of their buying the
story or paying for what information she and Marina might give them.
Mr. JENNER. Had that occurred to you?
Mrs. PAINE. Had that occurred to me? No. But then, too, I wasn't
thinking about pay for lawyers but she made that connection verbally in
my presence.
Mr. JENNER. What connection?
Mrs. PAINE. Between the need for money.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. PAINE. The availability of Life Magazine and the need to pay for a
lawyer.
Mr. JENNER. And she was the one who raised that subject?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; she raised it.
Mr. JENNER. For commercialization of the story?
Mrs. PAINE. I recall now she raised it definitely enough that Mr. Tommy
Thompson of Life called, I believe still that evening, to see if he
could offer anything or what he might be empowered to offer.
Mr. JENNER. That was all instigated by her?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; very much so. I noticed that the other man, whose
name I forget, had a camera and I was amazed, and I also saw he took a
picture and I was amazed, he tried with a dim light in the room.
Mr. JENNER. When you say he took a picture, you don't mean he took a
picture from your living room?
Mrs. PAINE. He took a picture in my living room. He photographed. I saw
him wind his roll.
Mr. JENNER. Thank you.
Mrs. PAINE. I made the mistake I now think of turning on another light
simply as an act of hostess, it was dim in the living room but I hadn't
realized until later that I was making it possible for him to take a
picture.
I didn't know what was best for me to do as hostess. It seemed to me
that Mrs. Oswald, Sr., Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, was both interested in
encouraging the Life Magazine representatives and still didn't really
want her picture taken, and I had no personal objection to their being
there. But I considered the Oswalds my guests and I didn't want to have
the Life Magazine people there if they didn't want them. But they left
fairly promptly, saying that they would come back in the morning.
Mr. JENNER. Did they say anything about your talking or not talking to
any other news media representatives until they had talked with you?
Mrs. PAINE. Not to me.
Mr. JENNER. Nothing of that implied?
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