Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. We will mark it Cunningham Exhibit No. 1. Now, I take it
you were at the Texas Employment Commission and Mr. Oswald came in; is
that correct? [The original of Cunningham Exhibit No. 1 is in evidence
as Cunningham Exhibit No. 1-A.]
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. No, sir. I'm on the record. I got a call from an
acquaintance of mine, as I recall it, it was from Mr. Teofil Meller,
M-e-l-l-e-r (spelling).
Mr. JENNER. That is T-e-o-f-i-l M-e-l-l-e-r (spelling)?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. You can be right--I was recalling it with an "H" in
it, but I believe that's the way he does spell it--asking me if I would
see Lee Harvey Oswald or Lee Oswald, as it was known, as they were
giving assistance to his wife and infant child, and they were saying,
"If you can help him, it will help the family and relieve us of this
burden."
Mr. JENNER. You understood, then, from Mr. Meller, that the wife, at
least, was residing with him?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. At or had previously resided there for a brief time. I
can't be certain of that.
Mr. JENNER. In any event, that the Mellers were under obligation to
assist or they had volunteered to assist?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. Volunteered to assist.
Mr. JENNER. They had volunteered to assist the Oswalds or at least Mrs.
Oswald?
Mr. JENNER. Did Mr. Meller say anything to you at this time as to who
Mrs. Oswald was and who Mr. Oswald was?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. As I recall, he said that Oswald was a Fort Worth boy
who had lived in Russia and had married a Russian girl, and it was she
who was in their residence and it was their offspring.
Mr. JENNER. That is, they had a child and the child was the offspring
of this marriage?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Go ahead.
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. I cannot be certain whether I gave an appointment at
that time or not, or simply said, "Well, ask him to come in and see
me"; that would be normal procedure, or usually we look up any records
that we may already have, you see, sir, and if you will excuse me, I
will see what I have on some little scratch notes here when Mr. Odum of
the FBI called me from the district office.
Mr. JENNER. You use anything you wish to refresh your recollection.
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. All right, sir. I am uncertain whether the 10-9-62
dating on this application form is my handwriting or not. I know that
the 10-10-62 is.
Mr. JENNER. That's October 10, 1962?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. Yes, sir--that is my dating of the application card
and I would suspect that that was the first day on which I saw him, but
I could have seen him on the 9th.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. Part of the application appears to be in Lee Harvey
Oswald's own handwriting or printing.
Mr. JENNER. Was this application filled out in your presence?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. That, I cannot recall, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Was it filled out as part of your interview that you then
conducted?
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM. That would depend whether I saw him on the 9th and the
10th, also, and I cannot be sure of that at this time.
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