(Testimony of Buell Wesley Frazier)
Mr. Ball.
Did he say where?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; he didn't. He just said he had an apartment over in Dallas.
Mr. Ball.
Had you known his wife before that? Had you ever met his wife, Marina Oswald?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I never had.
Mr. Ball.
Had you heard that a Russian girl was staying there in the neighborhood?
Mr. Frazier.
Well, I say about this time I met him, you know, I knew that at the time then but I didn't think anything about it because, you know, the people travel from one country to the next all the time.
Mr. Ball.
Did you know Mrs. Paine, Ruth Paine?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I didn't until all this had happened because I will be frank with you, people around there, I say, they just don't make friends very easy. I say you can have somebody living three doors from you and you can live a couple of years and you still might not know the name.
Mr. Ball.
And you had never met Mrs. Ruth Paine before the day you met Lee Oswald?
Mr. Frazier.
No.
Mr. Ball.
What kind of work did Lee do, what kind of work was assigned to him?
Mr. Frazier.
He filled orders like I do and several other men.
Mr. Ball.
How many order fillers were there employed at that time?
Mr. Frazier.
Oh, I would say roughly around five, six at that time. Because about the time we was real busy, the busy season. I come there, you know, and they was going pretty good when I went to work there and I say we were still going pretty good when he come to work there.
We had a lot of work to do and usually when we have a lot of work to do we have more order fillers.
Mr. Ball.
Did he ride home with you in your car on weekends?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; he did.
Mr. Ball.
On Friday nights.
Mr. Frazier.
Right.
Mr. Ball.
From that time until November 22, did he ride home with you every weekend?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; he did every weekend but one.
Mr. Ball.
Do you remember that date?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I don't.
Mr. Ball.
In the statement you made I believe you said it was the 16th and 17th of November. I am just reminding you of that. Does it refresh your memory any?
Mr. Frazier.
I remember one weekend, I say, right now I can't recall because just to be frank with you I couldn't tell you roughly; I say I might have at that time but I say it slipped my mind but the thing is I do know he rode home with me every weekend up to that but one.
Mr. Ball.
And why did--did he tell you why he wasn't going to ride home that weekend?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, he did. He said he was working on his driving license and he was going to go take a driving test.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever ask him afterward if he had taken his driver's test?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I never did. I assumed that he had taken it and passed it what part of the test he was taking. Most men do, I say, they usually work at it, study at it good enough so they don't flunk out.
Representative Ford.
Do you have to get a learner's permit in Texas before you can get a driver's permit?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I say, you don't. Just two steps to it. I say, first no matter what age you are; say, when you have to be at least 14 is about the youngest you can get it in Texas and then you have to take a DE, Driver's Education, if you are going to school but otherwise, the age is 16 and you just go around to the driving license bureau there, they have an office in most any
Mr. Frazier.
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