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. LIEBELER. Did you form an opinion about Oswald's general character
from your observations and experience with him in 1963?
Mr. MURRET. In the summer of 1963?
Mr. LIEBELER. Yes.
Mr. MURRET. Actually, he probably didn't have any other choice of doing
anything. It was kind of hard, I guess, for him to get along. Like I
say, his appearance in general--I mean, just by looking at him, he just
didn't have the clothes or anything to do anything right. In other
words, everything that he did was wrong if he did go look for a job and
get turned down and so forth. It was kind of hard for him after a bit.
Someone would have helped him, but he didn't actually need any help. He
wanted to do it on his own. You could have helped him, you know, but he
just didn't want any help. He wouldn't ask for anything, I know that,
he wouldn't ask for anything.
Mr. LIEBELER. He struck you as sort of an independent, proud sort of
fellow?
Mr. MURRET. He was proud, there is no doubt about it. He was proud.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you think he was a fairly bright fellow, or did you
form an opinion about his intelligence?
Mr. MURRET. He was bright and he impressed me--you know, bright
in a different sense of the word. Now whether he thought in the
right direction, I really don't know, but he was--but he improved
particularly, you know, from the younger years that I had known him.
He had improved tremendously as far as intelligence is concerned and
his vocabulary, and evidently he tried to impress people, you know,
with it, but he was impressive, he was impressive.
Mr. LIEBELER. He seemed to speak well and was articulate?
Mr. MURRET. Right, he was. He used words that an ordinary individual
wouldn't use in conversation.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you know that he was arrested by the New Orleans
Police Department some time during the summer of 1963 in connection
with some difficulties that he got into when he was distributing Fair
Play for Cuba Committee literature?
Mr. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. When did you learn that?
Mr. MURRET. Well, when it was in the paper or when it was on television.
Mr. LIEBELER. At the time?
Mr. MURRET. At the time. Either that or my parents had told me. I don't
recall.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have anything to do with getting him out of jail?
Mr. MURRET. Nothing at all.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you know that he was on a radio debate over at WDSU?
Mr. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you hear him?
Mr. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. LIEBELER. I understand that Oswald actually called the house out
there and told you that he was going to be on the radio, did he not?
Mr. MURRET. Right. He sure did.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have any discussions with him or see him after
the radio debate?
Mr. MURRET. If I did see him, I didn't discuss it, you know, with him.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever at any time discuss with him this Fair
Play for Cuba Committee episode or his radio debate or anything in
connection with those events?
Mr. MURRET. No, sir.
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