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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 434« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine)

Mrs. Paine.
I met Mr. Glover at a group gathered to sing madrigals together. These are old English songs where each part has a melody and it was for the enjoyment of reading the music and in harmony, and we often had coffee after ward and would talk.
Mr. Jenner.
This included your husband, however, did it not?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes indeed.
Mr. Jenner.
You had a common interest in this?
Mrs. Paine.
Madrigal singing?
Mr. Jenner.
Madrigal singing?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. And went together.
Mr. Jenner.
Proceed.
Mrs. Paine.
And then Everett knew that I was interested in learning Russian well enough to teach it, and since this gathering was to include some people who spoke Russian, he invited me and he invited Michael also to attend. Michael caught a bad cold and wasn't able to go. I went.
Mr. Jenner.
Excuse me, could 1 interrupt you a moment here. Though your husband was living in his own quarters, the relations between you, however, were not so disruptive but what you were friendly, and you were attending these singing groups?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right. I saw him perhaps once or twice a week for dinner at my house, and we went out to rather more movies than some of my married friends.
Mr. Jenner.
There was reasonable cordiality?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Yes. I don't wish to pry into your private life.
Mrs. Paine.
If it is pertinent, go ahead.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Paine, there is some necessity. We might touch a little on your private life if you will forgive me for doing it. Mr. Glover, is he a single person?
Mrs. Paine.
He was at the time of the party. He has been divorced from his wife. He is now remarried.
Mr. Jenner.
Now I interrupted you at the point at which you were relating that Mr. Glover had raised with you, I assume this was a telephone call, that he was going to have some guests. He knew of your interest in the study and the learning of the Russian language and its use?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Do I correctly summarize it up to the moment?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
You have an entry in your calendar as I recall on this subject. There is a question mark.
Mrs. Paine.
I recall it says "Everett?"
Mr. Jenner.
May I hand the witness the document?
Mr. Mccloy.
You may.
Mr. Jenner.
This will be the Commission Exhibit No. 401. Gentlemen for the purpose of identification of the exhibit, it is Mrs. Paine's calendar which she used in part as a diary and part to record prospective appointments and she surrendered it to the FBI. This is not merely a photostat, it is a picture taken with a camera of that calendar.
(Commission Exhibit No. 401 was marked for identification.)
Mr. Jenner.
May I ask you a question or two about it Mrs. Paine. Did you not go through each of the pages of that calendar with me this morning?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes, I did.
Mr. Jenner.
And I asked you, did I not, whether it was all in your handwriting?
Mrs. Paine.
You did.
Mr. Jenner.
Except for the identification on the front, the officer who received it from you--he made a notation of the date of receipt--it is all in your handwriting?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
And is in the same condition now, isn't it, as it was when you surrendered it?
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