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. Robert and I and Lee, we had our fights among us, like all
brothers do. But we could handle ourselves and our own problems, but
the atmosphere just changed when she was around.
Mr. JENNER. Did your mother ever say anything about whether people
liked her or disliked her?
Mr. PIC. She didn't have to. She didn't have many friends and usually
the new friends she made she didn't keep very long.
Mr. JENNER. That was her history?
Mr. PIC. I remember every time we moved she always had fights with the
neighbors or something or another.
Mr. JENNER. Was she a person who was resentful of the status of others?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And you boys were aware of that, were you?
Mr. PIC. I was aware of it. She always--I remember once when we lived
on Eighth Avenue, I believe was the place, the people named McLean
living next to us, of course he was an attorney and everything, and
they had some money, and my mother----
Mr. JENNER. What town was this?
Mr. PIC. This was Fort Worth, sir. My mother remarked to me once that
Mrs. McLean had said she went and played the slot machines and lost
$100 in it, and she raved and ranted about this for half an hour or an
hour about how this woman could go and waste $100 and what she could do
with it and everything. She resented the fact this woman lost her own
money.
Mr. JENNER. I haven't found a single letter yet, Sergeant, in which
your mother fails to mention the subject of money.
Mr. PIC. You may find a Christmas card, "Love, Mother," sir.
Mr. JENNER. A letter?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; I don't think you will. These are only part of
them. I threw out a whole bunch a couple of years ago. They were all
basically the same.
Mr. JENNER. Was your mother loving and affectionate toward you boys?
Mr. PIC. I would say for myself, sir, I wasn't to her.
Mr. JENNER. What is that?
Mr. PIC. I was not toward her.
Mr. JENNER. Why?
Mr. PIC. I had no motherly love feeling toward her. Like I say, I think
I first became resentful to her when she informed me I would not return
to the military school and from then my hostilities toward her grew.
Mr. JENNER. Well, up to that point, what had been your feeling toward
your mother?
Mr. PIC. We had never been in a very affectionate family, sir.
Mr. JENNER. That is affectionate with respect to the boys toward your
mother?
Mr. PIC. That is right, sir; kissing her, and things like this. It
is my own opinion that she is out right now to make as much money as
she can on her relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald. That is the only
thing--I don't really believe she really believes he is innocent. I
think she is out to make money than if she has to say he is guilty. I
think she is a phony in the whole deal.
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