Mrs. Murret.

around a little bit, and I think Mr. Murret drove them home, and that was it.
When they left, we told them that at anytime when they wanted to come over again to let us know, and Mr. Murret would be glad to come and get them, but Lee said, "No, we don't mind coming on the bus," but then I don't think they came around for a while after that. In the meantime he must have lost his job at the Reily Coffee Co.

Mr. Jenner.

How did you learn that?

Mrs. Murret.

Well, he told me.

Mr. Jenner.

How did he come to tell you that?

Mrs. Murret.

He called me and again he said they just didn't need another person on the job, that they had too many. That seemed to be the only excuse he gave for losing a job.

Mr. Jenner.

That was what he told you?

Mrs. Murret.

Why he had lost his position?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mrs. Murret.

Yes. That's why he said he lost it in Texas. He asked me if he could use my telephone number, because he would be out looking for a job, and if anybody would call, then he could call every afternoon to find out if anyone called, and I could give him the message, so he had his name in at the Louisiana Employment Service.

Mr. Jenner.

The Louisiana Employment Service?

Mrs. Murret.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Is that State?

Mrs. Murret.

State employment, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

All right; go ahead.

Mrs. Murret.

During that time he was getting State employment from Texas, from that job, when he first got here, because he got one of those checks when he was at my house, and then he was collecting State employment while he was off of this job here, when he got out of work, so he was probably collecting both checks at the same time. I don't think he ever found a job even though he supposedly was trying, after that one, I mean. He said he was looking for a darkroom.

Mr. Jenner.

A what?

Mrs. Murret.

A photographer's job, or something like that, so he went down to a place in Metairie, but he had to drive a truck for that job, and he told me he couldn't take the job because he didn't know how to drive.

Mr. Jenner.

He did tell you that?

Mrs. Murret.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

When was that?

Mrs. Murret.

That was when he was out looking for a job.

Mr. Jenner.

He told you he couldn't drive then?

Mrs. Murret.

Yes; he said he couldn't take that job because he would have to drive a truck.

Mr. Jenner.

That would have been in the summer of 1963 now; is that right?

Mrs. Murret.

Oh, yes; while he was here. I don't think he ever found any other job after that here.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you know how long he stayed on this job at the coffee plant?

Mrs. Murret.

No; I don't. There's something else. Before he got this job at the coffee plant, I think he had Mr. Murret loan him $30, or maybe $40, to pay part of his house rent, but after he got that job at the coffee plant, he paid that back to Mr. Murret. I told him, "If you need anything, Lee, ask for it," because sometimes I felt guilty. I thought maybe when people like that need something, we should go ahead and get it for them, but then I told myself, "Well, no, since he is the type of person who is so independent," so I just stood back and waited to see if he could bring himself to come to me for something, because it was apparent that they needed a lot of things, him and Marina, but he never did, except for that loan he made from my husband to pay part of the house rent and the time he asked if we could put him up for a week while he looked for a job, but otherwise it seemed like he didn't want anybody to do anything for him. I did ask him several times if there was anything we could do for them, or get for them, and he would say, "No; we have everything," and then one time I offered him a spread, and he said, "No; we have everything," and