Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. GIBSON. I don't think he did.
Mr. JENNER. Did Marina smoke?
Mrs. GIBSON. On the sly.
Mr. JENNER. Why?
Mrs. GIBSON. Because he objected to smoking, as I recall. He did. He
didn't like to see her smoke, and he didn't like to see her wear any
makeup.
Mr. JENNER. Did any discussions respecting that occur at your home?
Mrs. GIBSON. No; she told me this. Don't ask me how. We just got it
across to each other, you know.
Mr. JENNER. How did she communicate with you?
Mrs. GIBSON. Well, when two people get together, if you try hard enough
you will get your idea across. If you have a dictionary and two hands,
you will get the idea across, and that is how we managed to, you know,
get our ideas fairly well across most of the time. But we didn't make
too great an attempt at speaking because it was so much effort. But I
do know this about makeup and smoking.
Mr. JENNER. Were there arguments between them on the subject?
Mrs. GIBSON. Oh, I'd say maybe small ones. He didn't like her to wear
lipstick and she liked to, things like that. She did like to smoke.
Mr. JENNER. What about his reading habits?
Mrs. GIBSON. He read a lot.
Mr. JENNER. How do you know that?
Mrs. GIBSON. My father had given him books to read. He was very much
interested in them.
Mr. JENNER. Did he have them with him at times when he was at your
place?
Mrs. GIBSON. One book I think he gave me that my father had asked him
to give me or I gave him that my father had asked him to give me, one
way or the other, it was called "Animal Farm."
Mr. JENNER. What is that book about?
Mrs. GIBSON. It is a satire, I guess. It is about animals, but it is a
takeoff on people. Orwell--did he write it?
Mr. JENNER. I think so. What is your recollection as to whether you
gave Oswald that book to read or whether your father gave it to him to
read?
Mrs. GIBSON. One way or the other it got to me. Either my father gave
it to me to read and I gave it to Lee or he gave it to Lee to read and
then Lee gave it to me. It was one way or the other.
Mr. JENNER. Do you remember any other books?
Mrs. GIBSON. I think my father gave him some literature. I don't know
what it was, though. Oh, "1984" was another book that he read.
Mr. JENNER. Did he indicate that he had read it before?
Mrs. GIBSON. I believe that he had. That was by Orwell, too, wasn't it?
Mr. JENNER. Yes; it was. Did he indicate that he had read "1984" when
he was a Marine at El Toro, Calif.?
Mrs. GIBSON. No; I think he read it again. My father had it and my
father read it, and I think Lee said he wanted to read it again.
Mr. JENNER. Did he ever discuss that book in your presence?
Mrs. GIBSON. No.
Mr. JENNER. What else do you recall as to the titles of books he read?
Mrs. GIBSON. I think he read the "Rise and the Fall of the Third
Reich." He read Hitler's, what would it be, autobiography?
Mr. JENNER. "Mein Kampf"?
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