(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Representative Ford.
When it had some cord around it, did the way it was tied pull it in or distort the shape?
Mrs. Paine.
No; it didn't distort the shape.
Representative Ford.
About the same shape even with the cord?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Dulles.
The cords weren't pulled tight?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
They were relatively loosley tied?
Mrs. Paine.
I recall this definite shape.
Mr. Jenner.
To hold the blanket in that form rather than to hold the contents of the package firm, is that your impression?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Mccloy.
Are you going to ask about the husband's testimony in connection with the moving of the package?
Mr. Jenner.
I did not intend to.
Mr. Mccloy.
I was not present but your husband testified he had moved the blanket from time to time but had not opened it. Did he ever refer to it? Did he ever speak to you about having had to move it while he was--
Mrs. Paine.
Not until after the assassination.
Mr. Mccloy.
Not until after the assassination but before the assassination he had not complained about its being there or any difficulty in moving it?
Mrs. Paine.
No; he did not mention it, and I was not present when he moved it.
Representative Ford.
Was he the person who used these various woodworking pieces of equipment?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Representative Ford.
Did he work in the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, he had--he made the workbench, and he had worked in the garage when he lived at the home and it has since been somewhat filled up.
Representative Ford.
But during the time that you and Marina came back he didn't work in the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
He did still cut occasionally something on the saws. Indeed, did, too. I like to make children's blocks. I am trying to think when I last, if it is pertinent, when I used the saw.
Mr. Mccloy.
Did you use the saw while the blanket was on floor?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; I believe so.
Mr. Mccloy.
You had to step over the blanket to do that?
Mrs. Paine.
Or around it.
Mr. Mccloy.
Or around it. But in the course of your use of the saw you never had the necessity or the occasion to readjust the blanket or move it in any way?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Dulles.
Did we get the three locations here? I only see two.
Mr. Jenner.
There were only two?
Mrs. Paine.
Two that I recall.
Mr. Dulles.
Only two.
Representative Ford.
She made a mistake in the first drawing of the second one.
Mrs. Paine.
I touched it by mistake.
Representative Ford.
I think that ought to be clarified on the record.
Mr. Jenner.
On the right-hand side of Commission Exhibit 429 there is an X or an arrow above which is written the words "on floor". That is the first location point at which you saw the package?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
On the left-hand side, the lower half of the photograph there is a double X.
Mrs. Paine.
Which I could not put in enough to give the proportion.
Mr. Jenner.
You mean in the photograph?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that where you saw the package for the second time?
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