Mr. Stuckey.

Not by name. He only referred to her as "my wife."

Mr. Jenner.

Had he identified her as to her origin here or in Russia?

Mr. Stuckey.

Yes; this was afterward. Naturally when we brought up this business about the Russian residence, he mentioned she was a Russian girl and spoke no English. He said that was the way he wanted it because it gave him an opportunity to keep up his Russian. He wanted to keep his Russian up, and so they spoke nothing but Russian in the home.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he say anything about having any family?

Mr. Stuckey.

He mentioned a wife and child. Now on the first broadcast on Saturday the 17th he mentioned, you will recall, in that brief digest of his background, he said he had been in the Marine Corps and then had left and gone to Texas and had recently arrived in New Orleans with his wife and his child. So in that case he mentioned that he did have a daughter and a wife. I see something I have omitted about the first meeting I had with him on the morning of August 17th.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.

Mr. Stuckey.

At his home.

Mr. Jenner.

Tell us about that.

Mr. Stuckey.

He told me at that time he was working as an assistant to a commercial photographer in New Orleans.

Mr. Jenner.

You made no check on that?

Mr. Stuckey.

No; I didn't check him out.

Mr. Jenner.

You were not then aware of the fact that, the fact was that he was not an assistant to a commercial photographer.

Mr. Stuckey.

No; I was not aware of that.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he tell you where he was working?

Mr. Stuckey.

Mr. Jenner.

You were not aware, therefore, at that time he was at that time an oiler or a greaser at the Reily Coffee Co.

Mr. Stuckey.

Is that correct?

Mr. Jenner.

He was out of work at that time, but he had been.

Mr. Stuckey.

I never could figure out why he referred to the trade of photography. Had he been involved in photography?

Mr. Jenner.

When he was in Dallas prior to his coming to New Orleans in the spring of 1963, he had been an apprentice with a company, Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, a commercial advertising photographing company that produced advertising materials, mats, and photographs, and that sort of thing. He worked in the darkroom. He had very limited experience.

Mr. Stuckey.

That apparently is what he was referring to.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mr. Stuckey.

Here is some additional information if you would like me to bring this out.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes; go ahead.

Mr. Stuckey.

I am going to the conversation after the broadcast of the 21st, this is with Oswald and me at Comeaux's Bar. I asked him at that time how he became interested in Marxism and he said that there are many books on the subject in any public library. I asked him if he, if his family was an influence on him in any way. He says, "No," and he kind of looked a little amused. He said, "No," he says, "They are pretty much typical New Orleans types," and that was about all he said.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he mention his mother?

Mr. Stuckey.

No; he didn't. As a matter of fact, when we referred to his family, all his references were in the plural, and it was my impression that he had a mother and a father, sisters, aunts, uncles and everybody, because the general impression was that there were a number of people in the family. I was surprised to find out that it wasn't true, later.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, he had relatives in New Orleans, the Murret family.

Mr. Stuckey.

I see.

Mr. Jenner.

Mrs. Murret is--Marguerite Oswald, that is his mother--that was her sister.

Mr. Stuckey.

He told me that he had begun to read Marx and Engels at the age of 15, but he said the conclusive thing that made him decide that Marxism