(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mrs. Paine.
I never saw that rifle at all until the police showed it to me in the station on the 22d of November.
Representative Boggs.
Were you at home when the FBI interviewed Marina and Lee?
Mrs. Paine.
The FBI never interviewed Marina and me; I was waiting to hear your question.
Representative Boggs.
At your home?
Mrs. Paine.
The FBI never interviewed Marina and Lee at my home. The FBI was there one afternoon and talked to Marina through me; they never saw Lee Oswald in my home. I told them he would be there on a weekend.
Representative Boggs.
Did you ever discuss politics with Marina?
Mrs. Paine.
As close as we would come, I would say, would be what I have mentioned about Madam Nhu; she was interested in what the family would do. She also said to me that she thought Khrushchev was a rather coarse, country person. She said that she admired Mrs. Kennedy a great deal, and liked, this is all before, liked President Kennedy very much.
Mr. Jenner.
This was all before November 22?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Representative Boggs.
Were you aware of the fact that Lee returned to your home the night before the assassination?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Representative Boggs.
Were you curious about that in view of the fact that he seldom came except on weekends?
Mrs. Paine.
It was the first time he had come without asking permission to come. He came after he and his wife had quarreled, and Marina and I said to one another, we took this to be as close as he could come to an apology, and an effort to make up.
Representative Boggs.
That was the reason you thought he had come?
Mrs. Paine.
But I didn't inquire of him.
Representative Boggs.
You did not know that the next morning when he left he had a rifle?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Representative Boggs.
Did you see him when he left that morning?
Mrs. Paine.
No, I didn't.
Representative Boggs.
Have you been active in politics yourself?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I vote. And I am a member of the League of Women Voters, that is the extent of my activity.
Representative Boggs.
Do you belong to any other political organizations?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Have you ever belonged?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Representative Boggs.
Are you, I don't know quite how to state this question, are you a practicing Quaker?
Mrs. Paine.
I am. I am also a pacifist.
Representative Boggs.
You are a pacifist?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Representative Boggs.
You are not a Marxist?
Mrs. Paine.
No; they don't go together, in fact. You can't believe violent overthrow and be a pacifist.
Mr. Dulles.
Did you know Norman Thomas quite well?
Mrs. Paine.
When I was 8 I went to a rally of Norman Thomas in New York City. That was my only contact.
Representative Boggs.
Is your feeling towards Marina, shall I say in the Quaker spirit of friendship and hospitality, was that the main objective, plus the intellectual?
Mrs. Paine.
I was interested in the language.
Representative Boggs.
Intellectual stimulation of the language.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. I found that while living with her, I could say that this day, at least added something to what I knew, what I--I learned a few more words.
Representative Boggs.
You never formed any opinion about Lee Oswald as a person?
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