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. Just enough to get going on--in both cases. And that his
impression--the impression he left with me was that a person needed
little else as far as entertainment and so on was concerned, these
things were held by the State so that--uh--to get the families out of
these cramped quarters, that everything--and constant entertainment in
some form--athletics, or occasional motion pictures, different kinds of
stage presentations--were held nightly away from the home, so that the
families could get out of the cramped quarters and wouldn't feel this.
Mr. JENNER. It was all designed, in part at least, with that objective
in mind--of getting people out of their cramped quarters or room
apartments, into theatres and concert halls and athletic events?
Mr. TAYLOR. That's right. And we discussed travel for the average
Russian citizen--which is nonexistent. A person that----
Mr. JENNER. Now, you are telling us things he said to you?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; to the best of my memory I am telling you.
Mr. JENNER. To the best of your ability? You are not rationalizing or
speculating from things you have read in works published with respect
to life in Russia?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. You are trying to do your best to tell us what he said?
Mr. TAYLOR. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mr. TAYLOR. He said that for the average worker or citizen in Russia
that travel was nonexistent; that a person that grew up in Minsk would
probably spend his whole life without venturing far from the city. That
living areas like the apartment he lived in were built around factories
so that a person in a job like his, he wouldn't even probably know what
was across on the other side of the city. And this is just about the
end, at least, to my easy recollection of the things that we discussed.
Mr. JENNER. Was anything said about the context of 180 rubles a month
earned by Marina and 45 rubles a month earned by Oswald?
Mr. TAYLOR. I don't remember any specific comments that he made
about that. The only thing I remember in this regard was that he did
mention at one time that Marina had a higher education than he had and
that--uh--I don't believe I ever heard him say anything else about it.
Mr. JENNER. In any event, you didn't raise the question?
Mr. TAYLOR. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say that Marina, after they married, that Marina
worked as well as he?
Mr. TAYLOR. I don't remember whether she worked after they were married
or not.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say anything about custom and habit in Russia that
wives worked?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; he mentioned that most wives--most women do work. He
didn't, as I remember, go into any specifics about it. I don't remember
much being said about it other than that most women do work--or, I
should say, they are encouraged to work.
Mr. JENNER. Did he state or did he imply, do you have any impression on
his reaction toward this life in Russia?
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