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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 119« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
is activated by what I am about to ask you as to whether you might call that to the attention of the FBI?
Mrs. Paine.
Oh, I am sure they knew.
Mr. Jenner.
How are you sure they knew?
Mrs. Paine.
Because mail stopped coming on the spot, nothing came after the assassination, I was certain it was still coming to some place.
Mr. Jenner.
But this was almost instantaneously after you heard a broadcast that a photograph of him had been found in which he had been holding up the Militant.
But you immediately went to see if he had that mail and there was a copy of the Militant and you threw it away?
Mrs. Paine.
Why not?
Mr. Jenner.
Well, it occurred to me you might have called the FBI's attention to the fact that it had come to the house. But you didn't in any event?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I didn't.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you report it to the FBI in any of these interviews you had subsequently with them, or did they ask? It is two questions, if you will answer both.
Mrs. Paine.
If so, it was quite recently.
Mr. Jenner.
When did the other papers begin to arrive? Did I interrupt you before you had a chance to complete your answer to my question?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
The papers different from the Worker and the Militant, when did they begin to arrive at your home?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, they began to arrive, I would say, some time after October 4th. That is, of course, my judgment. That is a rationalization.
Mr. Jenner.
These magazines and newspapers you have recounted first appeared at your home after Lee Oswald came to Dallas and became employed or came to Dallas to live at your house and to seek employment?
Mrs. Paine.
He came to Dallas, he lived in Dallas, but he used my house.
Mr. Jenner.
He came to your house?
Mrs. Paine.
As a residence, mailing address. Never asked to and I never complained but I noticed, of course, that he was using it as a mailing address.
Mr. Jenner.
Up to that time and even though Marina was living with you nothing of that nature came to your home?
Mrs. Paine.
What?
Mr. Jenner.
Prior to the time that Lee arrived at your home on or about or on the 4th of October 1963, none of these newspapers or periodicals had come to your home, is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Was he a reader of the local newspaper?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
You were a subscriber to what?
Mrs. Paine.
To the Irving newspaper and the Sunday Dallas Morning News.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he read both of those?
Mrs. Paine.
He was very interested in seeing the Sunday paper edition especially. He read both, to the best of my recollection.
Mr. Jenner.
He also read the daily papers?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, he wasn't there daily.
Mr. Jenner.
When he was there he read it?
Mrs. Paine.
The Irving paper didn't come out on Saturday, so it was only the Sunday papers.
Mr. Jenner.
But there were occasions when you had issues, the Friday issue around or Thursday issue around your home?
Mrs. Paine.
I don't recall his being interested in back issues.
Mr. Jenner.
Are there any letters and communications between you and Marina or between you and Lee Oswald to which you have not called my attention?
Mrs. Paine.
There never were any letters of any sort between me and Lee Oswald except unless you could include this English portion to which I have already called your attention in a letter to Marina.
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
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