(Testimony of Robert Edward Oswald Lee Resumed)
Mr. Oswald.
I have never stated it before, sir. It was in November--November 20 or 21, 1956.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Off the record
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. Jenner.
The question has been asked of you as to the date of your marriage.
Mr. Oswald.
This was in November 1956, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Had you been courting your present wife prior to that time?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Was your mother acquainted with her?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes sir; she was.
Mr. Jenner.
Did she--did her objections to your marriage, in addition to those you stated--were there any personalities in the sense of her objecting to your fiance?
Mr. Oswald.
None that I recall, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you have any feeling that there was any personality in the sense of objection on her part, or lack of approval of your fiance?
Mr. Oswald.
If I might say, sir, I feel sure there was, and in my mind right now--I can think of really no one that she ever approved of to the extent of my friend, either boys or girls.
Mr. Jenner.
Was that also true of your brother, John Pic? And I will also ask you about Lee Harvey.
Mr. Oswald.
John very seldom, if memory serves me correct, ever brought any of his friends over to the house, to meet mother.
Mr. Jenner.
Presented them to mother, you mean?
Mr. Oswald.
Presented them to mother.
Mr. Jenner.
Was that his choice?
Mr. Oswald.
I would say so now that I believe it would have been his choice.
Mr. Jenner.
He preferred not to?
Mr. Oswald.
This would be my assumption, that he preferred not to.
Mr. Jenner.
Not presenting his friends to your mother?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you answer the same question as to Lee, as to whether he brought his friends to your home?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; I believe he did. He quite frequently played around the house with friends there in the neighborhood.
Mr. Jenner.
They were children, however, in the immediate neighborhood?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
He is five years younger than you.
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir. He would have been 13 in 1952, this period we are talking about.
Mr. Jenner.
We are interested in this matter of the antipathy existing between you and John on the one hand and your mother on the other. Had that gone on for sometime? In order that I don't violate the same thing that I raise with you occasionally, let me take you back to the military school days, or to Bethlehem Orphanage. Did a measure of antipathy exist at that time?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; I don't believe it did.
Mr. Jenner.
When did it really arise in any marked degree?
Mr. Oswald.
I believe after her divorce from Mr. Ekdahl.
Mr. Jenner.
That was in June 1948.
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir. And from the time that we moved to the Young Street address in Fort Worth.
Mr. Jenner.
At or about that time?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you refresh my recollection as to when that was? Was that in 1948?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; it was.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you please indicate how that antipathy or that change was evident? What change of attitude was there, either on the part of you boys, or on her part, or on the part of all of you?
Mr. Oswald.
Perhaps, sir, for the first time in any period, all of us were together. And perhaps, sir--I say perhaps this would be correct--she did not
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