Mr. Liebeler.

Did your wife tell you anything more about what happened at that time?

Mr. Paine.

You will have to jog my memory if you have any specific questions. I don't recall.

Mr. Liebeler.

That is the best of your recollection now that you have given us?

Mr. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

How much would you say that the package that you saw in your garage weighed?

Mr. Paine.

I reported earlier to the FBI 7 or 8 pounds. I never at the time thought of the weight of it as I was moving it around.

Mr. Liebeler.

In your previous discussions or conversations with the FBI did you ever tell them in word or substance that if there had been a rifle in the package that was located in your garage that you did not think it could have a telescopic sight mounted on it?

Mr. Paine.

I don't recall having said that. I don't believe I would have known that.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you recall any discussions of that sort with the FBI at all. Did they ask you about that?

Mr. Paine.

Yes, I think they asked me coming out to find out when and where and how the sight may have been put on but I never felt the package in the center. I always grabbed it at these two ends.

Mr. Liebeler.

To the best of your recollection you never told the FBI that you didn't think the package contained a rifle with a telescopic sight?

Mr. Paine.

That is correct.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever observe or hear prior to the assassination that Lee Oswald had been practicing with a rifle?

Mr. Paine.

No, I didn't know prior to the assassination, we didn't know he had a rifle. I had supposed from my conversation with him back on Neely Street that he would like to have a rifle but I didn't gather that he did.

Mr. Liebeler.

Aside from whether or not you knew that he had a rifle, did you ever hear or observe him practicing with a rifle?

Mr. Paine.

No, I did not.

Mr. Liebeler.

Are you familiar with the, Sport's Dome Rifle Range in Grand Prairie, Tex?

Mr. Paine.

I think I know about where it is. No, I don't even know where it is. I know the race track is there.

Mr. Liebeler.

Have you ever been there?

Mr. Paine.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you know that Oswald received mail at your house from Irving, Tex?

Mr. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you know what kind of mail he received?

Mr. Paine.

I suppose he used it as the mailing address for most of his mail until he would receive, get a permanent address, so he received the Daily Worker there, or The Worker, and also, I didn't see it come, I don't generally see the mail that arrives there. Most of my mail would arrive at that address even though I was living somewhere else because I also didn't feel permanent in my other addresses, so Ruth would collect the mail and separated mine into a separate pile. I didn't see the Militant arrive. I did see various Russian magazines, Agitateur, maybe a very large one. A very large one and the Daily Worker, The Worker.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever discuss these publications with Oswald?

Mr. Paine.

Yes, we talked with regard to the Daily Worker. He said that, he told me, that you could tell what they wanted you to do, they, a word I dislike, what they wanted you to do by reading between the lines, reading the thing and doing a little reading between the lines. He then gave me an issue to look and see. I wanted to see if I could read between the lines and see what they wanted you to do.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you read the particular issue that he referred to?

Mr. Paine.

I tried to. I don't think I had very much patience to go through it.