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. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, I understand what you mean. I am trying to
think of a particular case that I would remember. I do not remember
any particular case, but I always took him and considered him as an
egocentric person. I do not remember any particular incident, but
I knew that he wanted the attention to himself, always. Not in any
particular case, but always. And he would rather disregard what Marina
would say. And this is possibly the reason for his not wanting to--for
Marina to learn English, so she would stay completely in the background.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you opened that subject which I want to inquire of you
about. Did you people in the Russian colony--did you consider that? Did
you regard that as unusual?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Right from the very first day my wife told
Marina, "You have to learn English, you have to be able to communicate,
and especially since you do not get along with your husband and you are
going to leave him some day--you have to be able to support your child
and yourself. You have to learn English and start immediately on it."
We gave her some records to study English--not mine, but my wife's and
her daughter's records, of Shakespearian English, how to learn English,
and they obviously still have those records.
Mr. JENNER. Yes, they were found in Mrs. Paine's home.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. We even gave them a phonograph, I think, a cheap
phonograph, to play the records.
Mr. JENNER. You gave them records?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You also gave them an instrument to play them on?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. A cheap phonograph, to play those records.
Mr. JENNER. What else do you recall giving them--dresses?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I do not----
Mr. JENNER. Toys for the baby?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Toys for the baby, definitely. And I am sure that
my wife had given some dresses. But she will remember better than I do.
But we never gave them one cent of money. This I recall--never--and Lee
would not take money, you see. I might have given him a little bit if
he had asked. But he was very proud about it. He resented when people
gave something to Marina. Marina would take anything, you see--she
would take anything from 5¢ up to anything. And the more the better.
But Lee did not want to take anything. He had a very proud attitude.
That is one of the reasons I sort of liked him, because of that. He was
not a beggar, not a sponger.
Mr. JENNER. Did you notice over the period of time you knew him
developments of resentment on his part of, say, these people in the
Russian colony who had come here and had established themselves to a
greater or lesser degree?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; it was a very strong resentment on his part.
It was almost an insane jealousy of people who succeeded where he could
not succeed.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever have any discussions with him on that? How did
you acquire this feeling?
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