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
Mr. PIC. Playing around home. And going to this Camp Carter that we ran
across in the letter, I guess, I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. What was Robert doing during the summer?
Mr. PIC. He was working at the A & P, sir; I believe.
Mr. JENNER. Were both of you boys contributing to the support of your
mother during this period?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Both of you?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Were you continuing to give your mother the $15 a week you
had started to give her in the fall of 1948?
Mr. PIC. Well, as far as I am concerned, being that I had no set
income, I worked on a guaranteed salary of $15 plus commissions my pay
might fluctuate between $20, $35 a week depending on how good a week I
had. And I pro-rated this accordingly with her.
Mr. JENNER. And was Robert contributing something as well?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; he was.
Mr. JENNER. Lee didn't work at any time?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever recall Lee up through this time through the
summer of 1949 doing any work?
Mr. PIC. No.
Mr. JENNER. He is now 10 years old?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. He didn't have any paper routes or do the things that a
10-year-old sometimes does?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. We have now reached the fall of 1949.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; September 1949, I decided--well, let's go back to
when I went back to high school.
Mr. JENNER. All right. It is January of 1949.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Lee was at Ridglea.
Mr. PIC. OK. I figured since I was smart enough to decide to go back
to high school and my mother tried to talk me out of it I felt it was
my own doing and therefore it was my own responsibility, so I decided
since that is the way she felt and that was the way I felt I would sign
my own report cards and take care of my own notes and everything.
My hostility towards her increased at this time because she pushed me
to work and make money, and I knew an education, as much as I could get
would be the best thing for me.
Since I took on the responsibility of going back to school I figured I
could take care of the rest of it and I wanted nothing from her in this
regard. This I did. I signed my own report card, wrote my own notes
when I played hooky and missed school.
Mr. JENNER. Signing her name?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; so in----
Mr. JENNER. By the way what kind of a student were you?
Mr. PIC. I was a pretty good student at Chamberlain-Hunt. I had an A-B
average at Chamberlain-Hunt, I believe, I did not do too good in the
public schools, it was a little bit different, in Chamberlain-Hunt. The
classes being a little larger, no individualized concern, just mass
teaching. This was a little hard for me to adjust to. I did, I think I
had a B or C average at Arlington Heights.
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