Mrs. Hall.

day. That is the only thing. And maybe they had trouble because of this and little things, like I said about the peppers and so on.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever see or hear of Marina making fun of Oswald in front of other people?

Mrs. Hall.

Who?

Mr. Liebeler.

Marina making fun of Lee?

Mrs. Hall.

Oh, yes; she would do it.

Mr. Liebeler.

Can you think of any specific examples?

Mrs. Hall.

She always was complaining about him. He was not a man. He is afraid. I don't know, not complete, I guess, or something like that. Not complete man.

Mr. Liebeler.

This may not seem to be too important, but we are not just curious, it might have a bearing on the Commission's determination of what kind of man Oswald was and what kind of person he was.
Did Marina make fun of Oswald's sexual inability in front of other people, or was it a more general thing?

Mrs. Hall.

Generally. I never heard sexual nothing; no. Only when I asked her about this, she told me. And that was, we don't talk any more about this. I didn't hear it. Maybe somebody else did. I didn't.

Mr. Liebeler.

You had the feeling, I gather from what you said, that if there were difficulties in the Oswald marriage, they were not entirely Lee Oswald's fault? It also would be some of the fault of Marina?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is your opinion?

Mrs. Hall.

I think that she is stubborn, real stubborn, and she would pick up something little and go on and have an argument for nothing.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever hear them argue about politics?

Mrs. Hall.

No, sir; I never did discuss politics because I saw the Marx books and everything on his table, and I never did even go to a conversation with him. But sometimes I would ask her, "How is life in Russia?"
And well, she would tell me that nothing, in what you go to the restaurant and they don't have food, and things like that and he would get mad at her. "That is not true. They have everything." And so on. And she would tell, I guess, the truth, and he wouldn't like that.

Mr. Liebeler.

Oswald sometimes expressed a more favorable view of life in Russia than Marina did?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Was that a common thing for them to argue about?

Mrs. Hall.

Well, they didn't argue, but when I was asking questions, she would tell the truth, and he would say, "No; that is not true in Russia. It is better" something. Not all the people think----

Mr. Liebeler.

You mentioned these books that you saw in Oswald's apartment. Do you remember any specific names of these books or magazines that you saw?

Mrs. Hall.

No; I don't, but I know some of them belonged to the downtown library, Fort Worth Library.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember whether these books related to particular subject matter? Were they books about Marxism and that sort of thing?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

You do remember that?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes; I remember one of the books was real thick and black, I think. I don't remember any names.

Mr. Liebeler.

You don't remember the specific names of any of the books?

Mrs. Hall.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you speak Russian, Mrs. Hall?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever talk to Lee Oswald in Russian?

Mrs. Hall.

All the time.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you form an opinion of his ability to use the Russian language?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What was that?