Mr. Jenner.

Now, do you have a recollection or did you come to learn the arrangements, if any, between Mr. Ekdahl and your mother as to the financing of the attendance of yourself and your brother John at Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy?

Mr. Oswald.

My mother told us that she was taking care of all the expenses at the Academy.

Mr. Jenner.

She told you at this time?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir. This is my recollection.

Mr. Jenner.

And that was your understanding of both you and John at that particular time?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

That she was financing your attendance at the military academy?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Was she working at that time, or during the period that she' was married to Mr. Ekdahl was she a housewife?

Mr. Oswald.

I believe after the marriage to Mr. Ekdahl, she was not working.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you have a conversation with her, and did you then come to learn, or have you subsequently come to learn as to how she did finance your attendance at the military academy?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; I do not. I assume at that particular time that--I did not know the quantity of life insurance that my father had when he passed away. I thought it was perhaps substantial. Perhaps to me at that time,a young age, $4,000 or $5,000 was a lot of money. From the insurance money, from my father's death, she was able to place us in this military school in Mississippi.

Mr. Jenner.

Do I recall correctly that you also testified earlier that your mother sold--there was a home in New Orleans which was sold?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

And possibly some of the proceeds of the sale of that home were still intact?

Mr. Oswald.

This would be my opinion, that it was. I do not know if the home was paid for or anything.

Mr. Jenner.

This is all speculation?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Mckenzie.

Mr. Jennet, if I may interrupt.
Robert, don't speculate, and don't give any conjecture. Tell what you know, and give them the facts as fully as possible. But I am confident that the Cornmission is not interested in any speculation.

Mr. Jenner.

And if you do speculate, tell us so.

Mr. Mckenzie.

Yes--indicate that you are speculating.

Mr. Dulles.

Do we know the amount of insurance on Mr. Oswald's life?

Mr. Jenner.

I cannot give you the figure, but it is small.

Mr. Dulles.

It is known in the record?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes, sir.

Representative Ford.

May I ask a question?
Following your mother's marriage to Mr. Ekdahl, did he move in to the residence where you were living, or vice versa, or what were the circumstances?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir. He did move into the home on Victor Street, following the marriage.

Mr. Dulles.

You were living, though, in the military academy. Was that a school where you lived?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

You lived there?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Day and night?

Mr. Oswald.

During the period that we went to the military school, we stayed there day and night, through the 9 months of the school year.

Mr. Jenner.

What was the distance from Dallas--in general--to the military school?

Mr. Mckenzie.

It is approximately 600 or 700 miles.

Mr. Oswald.

It was 30 miles south of Vicksburg, Miss.

Mr. Jenner.

Quite a distance?