(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
have heard about them otherwise. The Russ.-Amer. Citizenship Club, 2730 Snyder Avenue.
Mrs. Paine.
I have never heard of the organization, and I am not certain where such a street might be.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, I am not, either. I am just reading all of the entry there is in the diary.
Mrs. Paine.
And I am to simply say whether it rings any bell?
Mr. Jenner.
That is right. Russ. Language School, 1212 Spruce.
Mrs. Paine.
I know the Spruce Street is in Philadelphia, but, otherwise, that rings no bell.
Mr. Jenner.
Russian Lan., and then Trn.--216 South 20th.
Mrs. Paine.
I don't know.
Mr. Jenner.
I assume that means Russian language-----
Mrs. Paine.
Training?
Mr. Jenner.
Trn.
Mrs. Paine.
Probably. It is not familiar to me.
Mr. Jenner.
Next, Russ. Groth. Hos. Organ.
Mrs. Paine.
Could it be hospitality?
Mr. Jenner.
It might be. I will read it in full. Russ. Groth.-Hosp. Organ, 1733 Spring.
Mrs. Paine.
This organization is not familiar to me.
May I say each street appears in Philadelphia. In other words, Snyder, I recall as being in Philadelphia, and Spring is.
Mr. Jenner.
This is Spruce.
Mrs. Paine.
Spruce was the first one I recall. The last you mentioned was Spring; is that right?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes. None of those entries awakens anything in your mind in any respect?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
During these weekends in the fall period, when Marina was living with you, I take it your husband visited at your home?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he visit on other than weekends?
Mrs. Paine.
Occasionally. It seems to me he often came on Tuesday evening. And then he came on Friday, and sometimes on Sunday afternoon, as I have testified.
Mr. Jenner.
He would visit Friday evening and then return to his quarters. And he would visit reasonably often on Sunday and return to his quarters?
Mrs. Paine.
Every now and then on Sunday, I would say. And then sometimes during the week on a Tuesday or Wednesday.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Paine, if you had become aware prior to November 22 of the fact, if it be a fact, that there was a rifle in the blanket wrapped package on the floor of your garage, what do you think now you would have done?
Mrs. Paine.
I can say certainly I would not have wanted it there.
And that my pacifist feelings would have entered into my consideration of the subject. I cannot say certainly what I would have done, of course. And, as I have described myself and my beliefs, I like to consider the situation that I am in and react according to that situation, rather than to have doctrine or rigid belief.
I can certainly say this. I would have asked that it be entirely out of reach of children or out of sight of children.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, when the FBI agent interviewed you on November 1, had you known of the existence of the rifle on the floor of the garage, what is your present thought as to what you might have done with respect to advising the FBI of its existence?
Mrs. Paine.
I would seriously doubt that I would have considered it of significance to the FBI. I know that a great many people in Texas go deer hunting. As one of the FBI agents said to me after the assassination, he surmised that every other house in the street had a rifle, a deer rifle.
I would have simply considered this was offensive to me, but of no consequence or interest to them.
Mr. Jenner.
You see what I am getting at. Would the existence of your
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