Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. What did you observe as to his financial circumstances?
Mr. VOEBEL. Financial circumstances?
Mr. JENNER. Yes; as to his home and his dress, and his means as to his
finances.
Mr. VOEBEL. Poor.
Mr. JENNER. Poor?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you were reasonably well fixed; isn't that right?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you did notice by contrast that he was a poor boy?
Mr. VOEBEL. Right.
Mr. JENNER. That made no difference to you?
Mr. VOEBEL. Not a bit. That's another thing about me. It doesn't matter
whether a friend of mine has money or not. Some of my best friends are
very poor, and I also have rich friends, but that doesn't matter to me.
It's just the individual person. I don't belong to any cliques. I don't
fraternize with any type of group that bands together because of some
class reason or anything like that. I like people because of maybe an
interest that is similar to mine, someone that I have a more or less
common understanding with on different subjects that I am interested
in. I don't go for these people that belong to clubs or groups like
that, because I don't have the time.
Mr. JENNER. Are you married?
Mr. VOEBEL. No.
Mr. JENNER. When did you get out of the service?
Mr. VOEBEL. Two years ago. I just served 6 months.
Mr. JENNER. That's a sort of special program?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes; 6 months in the Reserves.
Mr. JENNER. Then you have to serve 2 weeks each year; is that right?
Mr. VOEBEL. Right. This year we are going to meet at the Brooklyn Army
Terminal and also take in the World's Fair?
Mr. JENNER. Tell me more about your association with Oswald. You say
you played darts with him and you would go to the poolroom beneath the
apartment where he lived and shoot pool with him?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you boys hang around the poolroom after you would shoot
pool?
Mr. VOEBEL. No; nothing like that. We would go down and play two or
three games, and then I had to go because it would be getting late
in the day. You see, that would be after my music lesson, so after a
couple of games I would leave and go on home. We didn't hang around at
all. For one thing, I had so many things to do. I had my music lessons
and my schoolwork, and with my folks in business, I had to help them
out in the shop, so my time was pretty scarce at that time.
Mr. JENNER. Did Lee ever own a weapon?
Mr. VOEBEL. A real one?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. VOEBEL. Not that I know of.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you emphasized that word "real." Is there something
there that you want to tell me about?
Mr. VOEBEL. Well, he did own a plastic model of a .45.
Mr. JENNER. A plastic model?
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