(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
This was a subsequent occasion?
Mrs. Paine.
This was a subsequent occasion. But when the lesson was done he gradually let me turn the car into the driveway. This is harder and I was glad to do. it and he was glad to be relieved of that requirement.
Representative Boggs.
Mr. Chairman, I don't want to interrupt this line of inquiry, but I have to go to a meeting at the Speaker's office and I can't be back this afternoon, and I wonder if I might ask Mrs. Paine several questions?
Mr. Mccloy.
By all means.
Representative Boggs.
Not particularly in this line. Where did you first meet Marina. I know you told us.
Mr. Mccloy.
She testified to that yesterday.
Representative Boggs.
Tell me briefly.
Mrs. Paine.
At a party of people at the end of February 1963.
Representative Boggs.
How long was it thereafter that she moved into your home for the first time?
Mrs. Paine.
She first came on the 24th of April.
Representative Boggs.
And she lived there for 2 weeks?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Representative Boggs.
And her husband lived here her husband was with her?
Mrs. Paine.
No. He had already gone on to New Orleans.
Representative Boggs.
When did she return to your home?
Mrs. Paine.
She came with me from New Orleans, leaving there the 23d of September and arriving in Irving the 24th of September.
Representative Boggs.
And she lived with you in Irving from the 24th of September until the 23d?
Mrs. Paine.
The morning of the 23d.
Representative Boggs.
Of November?
Mrs. Paine.
She left the morning of the 23d, she left expecting to come back.
Representative Boggs.
During that period of time did Lee Oswald live there?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Representative Boggs.
He visited there on weekends?
Mrs. Paine.
He visited there on weekends.
Representative Boggs.
How well did you know Lee Oswald?
Mrs. Paine.
Insufficiently well.
Representative Boggs.
What do you mean by that?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, I regret, of course, very deeply that I didn't perceive him as a violent man.
Representative Boggs.
You saw no evidence of violence in him at any time?
Mrs. Paine.
No, I didn't. He argued with his wife but he never struck her. I never heard from her of any violence from him.
Representative Boggs.
Did he ever express any hostility toward anyone while he was talking with you?
Mrs. Paine.
Not of a violent or
Representative Boggs.
Did he ever express any political opinions to you?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes, he called himself a Marxist. He said that on the occasion after Stevenson had been in town in relation to the United Nations Day.
Mr. Jenner.
Adlai Stevenson?
Mrs. Paine.
Adlai Stevenson, and Lee had been to a meeting of the National Indignation Committee held another night that week, and he was at our home the following Friday night and commented that he didn't like General Walker. This is the only thing I heard from him on the subject.
Representative Boggs.
Did he ever express any violence toward General Walker?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Representative Boggs.
Did he ever discuss President Kennedy with you?
Mrs. Paine.
He never mentioned Kennedy at all.
Representative Boggs.
Did you see the rifle that he had in the room in your home?
Mrs. Paine.
In the garage, no.
Representative Boggs.
In the garage, you never saw one?
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