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
Miss MURRET. As far as I know, he didn't drive, and my brother took
him one day out through the park to attempt to teach him for about an
hour. But he had to turn down several jobs because he didn't drive. And
whether he is able to drive after one lesson like that, I don't know.
Mr. LIEBELER. As far as you know, did your brother ever let Lee take
his car and go by himself.
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. This was your brother John?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he ever tell you how well Oswald did?
Miss MURRET. Well, it was a hydramatic and he could just steer it, and
that was about all, and with subsequent lessons he would have been able
to drive. But I doubt, and I don't think there was any traffic--I think
it was in the park.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you see Mrs. Paine again when she came to pick up
Marina and take her back to Texas?
Miss MURRET. I only saw her once, and that was for about 10 or 15
minutes.
Mr. LIEBELER. And that was in May 1963?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you know Lee had lost his job with the Reily Coffee
Co. sometime during the summer?
Miss MURRET. I guess he did--I don't know if that was after I came back
or before, when he lost it. I don't know when he lost it. When did he
lose it?
Mr. LIEBELER. He lost it in July, sometime, while you were gone.
Miss MURRET. Well, 2 weeks at my sister's about July 1, and from there,
13 days, because the 14th is my birthday, I left.
Mr. LIEBELER. You learned that he had lost it when you got back to New
Orleans? When you got back to New Orleans, you knew that he had lost
the job and was unemployed?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Was he looking around for another job? Do you know?
Miss MURRET. I don't know. I only saw them once after that, and that
was Labor Day. I didn't ask him anything.
Mr. LIEBELER. You mentioned this trip that you had been on, and you
mentioned that you were in Japan?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. How long were you out of the United States, and where did
you go, and what did you do?
Miss MURRET. Three and a half years, and I started out on my way and
went to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, which was not a part of Malaysia at the time, Malaya, and
straight on around, just following the bottom--I went all through,
Beirut, the Holy Land, Egypt, Cyprus, and all through Europe and back.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you work during the time you were gone on this trip?
Miss MURRET. I worked in Australia and New Zealand and Japan.
Mr. LIEBELER. As a teacher?
Miss MURRET. As a teacher; yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you teach in Australian schools or----
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have any trouble with the teacher certification
problems, or don't they have that problem in those places?
Miss MURRET. Well, it depends what your field is. I was teaching
science, which is the same--they have a teacher's college which is 2
years, and, if anything, you would have more than they have.
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