Mr. Martin.

Yes.

Mr. Redlich.

What was your reason for doing it?

Mr. Martin.

To--well, the money she had collected was considerable, and most people in their life don't accumulate that much money in their entire lifetime.
What we were trying to do for her was to build enough of a enough capital to furnish her from the interest a steady income. And by keeping the figure down figured it would increase.

Mr. Redlich.

I don't want to put words in your mouth. Could you be a little more specific about your reason?

Mr. Martin.

Well, so people would keep contributing to her cause.

Mr. Redlich.

And she was in accord with this policy of keeping the public amount at a low figure so that people would contribute to her cause?

Mr. Martin.

Yes.

Mr. Redlich.

I would like to revert to a point that you made this morning to clear up the record. You said hat you left your job at the Six Flags Inn Motel because of your obligations to Marina Oswald. Did you leave the job voluntarily or were you fired?

Mr. Martin.

I left voluntarily. I actually left on the 15th of December, and I had a week's vacation coming, they gave me that which paid me to the 1st of January.

Mr. Redlich.

When you met Mrs. Oswald in late November and in your conversations with her at that time, did she discuss with you the fact of her husband's trip to Mexico?

Mr. Martin.

No.

Mr. Redlich.

Are you now--

Mr. Martin.

She did at a later date, sometime in January before she went to the Commission.

Mr. Redlich.

When did you first learn of Lee Oswald's trip to Mexico?

Mr. Martin.

I guess it was from newspaper accounts.

Mr. Redlich.

When you read it in the newspapers did you ask Marina about?

Mr. Martin.

No.

Mr. Redlich.

What prompted you to discuss with Marina in January the question of her knowledge about it?

Mr. Martin.

Let's see she told me when the FBI was questioning her one day, she told me that they had information that he had attempted suicide, and that particular day she didn't want to see the FBI at all, and she was a little bit unhappy with them and I just asked her what else did she learn.

Mr. Redlich.

Who else was present at this conversation?

Mr. Martin.

I don't think anybody.

Mr. Redlich.

Just you and Mrs. Oswald?

Mr. Dulles.

Who was this who had attempted suicide, I didn't catch that?

Mr. Martin.

Lee Harvey Oswald.

Mr. Dulles.

At what time?

Mr. Martin.

That was in Russia sometime before, I think before he met her.

Mr. Dulles.

And she said she had heard this from the FBI or the FBI had asked her about it?

Mr. Martin.

The FBI had read, I think, in his manuscript that he had attempted suicide.

Mr. Dulles.

And they asked her about it?

Mr. Martin.

She didn't know that. Yes. And at that time I asked her if she learned anything else, and she said no, but that they still didn't know that she knew that he had gone to Mexico, and at that time we were talking about the Commission, that general area of time, and I mentioned to be sure to tell the truth to the Commission.

Mr. Redlich.

Did you ask her why she had not revealed knowledge of her trip--of her knowledge of Lee Oswald's trip to Mexico?

Mr. Martin.

I can't recall exactly whether I did or not.

Mr. Redlich.

Did you ask her?

Mr. Martin.

I have a recollection but I have no idea what was said.