Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. TAYLOR. Well, even a person--even a grown human being, any male, I
wouldn't ever have expected this of him.
Mr. JENNER. Regardless of size?
Mr. TAYLOR. Regardless of size.
Anything that could present a forceful retaliation, why, I would not
have expected him to----
Mr. JENNER. Was he mild-mannered, or----
Mr. TAYLOR. He tended to be, in temperament, a little hot; but there
was a very definite limit to it--even suggesting some inner cowardness.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever have occasion to observe Marina when she had
any black and blue marks on her person?
Mr. TAYLOR. [Pausing before reply.] No.
Mr. JENNER. Did he ever mention the Kennedys or the Connallys?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did he ever mention the administration of either of them or
their policies?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh--no; I'm not even sure that Connally was in office at
that time.
Mr. JENNER. Well, he was Secretary of the Navy.
Mr. TAYLOR. That's right. I was thinking of him as Governor.
I never heard Lee take exception to Government officials; take
exception to Government policies--definitely----
Mr. JENNER. We all do this sometimes but never to the human being that
might formulate them. Just to the policy itself. Did he ever mention
Jack Ruby or Jack Rubenstein in your presence?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. Was he a drinking man?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. Give me as best you can now recall--did you ever loan him
any money or give him any money?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. But you did things for him. You made expenditures in their
behalf?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever pay for any of the dental care administered to
Marina?
Mr. TAYLOR. No. To my knowledge, that expense was borne by the county.
Mr. JENNER. At least, you never assumed any of it?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. Have you now told us all of the occasions in which you
either expended funds in their behalf or for them or accorded them help
in your home, or otherwise were charitable to them?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Were you aware that he was employed here in Dallas by
Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You ever pick him up there?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. What did you ever observe with respect to his cleanliness,
his personal habits in that respect?
Mr. TAYLOR. That his clothes, generally, appeared to have been worn
several days, and it was always in question as to when he had taken his
last bath. He was not a clean person, either in clothing or personally.
Mr. JENNER. Was there any contrast in that respect between himself and
Marina?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. She was fastidious, was she?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; very much so. And the same thing applied to her
treatment of the child. It never had a damp diaper on if she knew about
it. It just had to be damp--it didn't have to be wet.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever see him dressed up in the sense that you and I
are dressed now--in a business coat?
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