Mrs. Oswald. That is right. I have those letters laminated, and I didn't give a list, and if it was taken I don't know what became of the letter.
Mr. Rankin. Mr. Liebeler said he had seen references to the letter.
Mrs. Oswald. References. And I am sure it was probably one of the letters I had sold, as I told you.
Yes, sir, you are correct there.
Now, there is another thing that we have skipped.
While in Dallas 2 weeks ago I had a press conference, and I called Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall Inc., 522 Browder, in Dallas.
Now, this is a printing shop, where Lee worked.
Now, this is another thing.
Mr. Rankin. That was the photoengraving place that you talked about, wasn't it, in your testimony?
Mrs. Oswald. Photoengraving place. I talked to Mr. Stovall. Now, Lee was employed there, he informs me, from October 12th to April 6th, and I asked him about the young couple coming to the house, if he was the father of the girl, or if he knew of a couple who had a Russian—the girl had a Russian father, the grandfather, as I testified.
Mr. Rankin. What did he say about that?
Mrs. Oswald. No, sir, he said, no. And he didn't know about that. He said—this is the part—that Lee had worked at a place prior to his place. That is not so, and I can prove it. I was on an OB case for Mrs. Rosenthal. We will have to get a 1962 calendar. October 12th, or thereabouts, is when I was released from this OB case. And this was the Sunday that I asked to get off an hour or two, and went to Lee's house, and saw this couple.
Mr. Rankin. October 12th was a Friday.
Mrs. Oswald. Was a Friday. All right.
Now, so, let's see where I am.
This woman would not give me the information, of her last check to me. I tried and tried, and told her how important it was. It was a Friday. So then it would have to be, then, Mr. Rankin, the week before—the Sunday of the week before then.
Mr. Rankin. That would be October 7, 1962.
Mrs. Oswald. I am still going to try to investigate this thoroughly, because it is very important.
He claimed that Lee worked another place first.
Now, do you know if Lee——
The Chairman. Let's don't—we will go into those things.
Mrs. Oswald. But if you don't know, Chief Justice Warren, how will you go into it?
The Chairman. Please don't turn this into examining the Commission. We will go into those things very thoroughly.
Just go ahead with your story.
Mrs. Oswald. Well, this is a lie, and I want to know about this lie.
The Chairman. All right, you have told us.
Mrs. Oswald. I have not finished, sir.
The Chairman. Well, you may go ahead and tell what you want. But don't question the Commission. That is the only thing I am asking you.
Mrs. Oswald. Well, I don't know about questioning.
Mr. Doyle. I think if you compose yourself, if you would, and just go ahead and give the Commission all the information you have.
Mrs. Oswald.. Well, that is what I think I am doing. If I am doing it a wrong way, you will have to understand. I am a layman. I am the mother of this accused boy. I understand that is what the Commission is for, to get all information possible to come to a conclusion.
And if I have found out that my date of employment is the date that Lee was employed in Dallas, and this man said he worked some place before, I think that is very important information.
The Chairman. We will check on that.
Go right ahead with your own story.
Mrs. Oswald. Maybe I should apologize for taking up so much of the Commission's time, sir.
Mr. Doyle. Go right ahead with the business, and when you give the Commission the facts, then the Commission will take on from there in their own judgment.
Mr. Rankin.. Mr. Doyle, while she is taking a moment, I will hand you a photostatic copy of this tape recording of an interview with Mrs. Marguerite Oswald—it purports to be that—recorded on November 25, 1963, an interview by J. M. Howard.
Mr. Doyle.. Thank you.
Mrs. Oswald. Now, one thing we have not covered was Lee's discharge.
The Chairman. May I interrupt just a minute?
Is that the document we were talking about just a little while ago, a copy of which was to be given to Mrs. Oswald?
Mr. Rankin. That is right, that is the one requested.
The Chairman. And the one you were speaking of——
Mr. Rankin. As a 28-page document.
The Chairman. Yes—all right.
Now, you may continue, Mrs. Oswald.
Mrs. Oswald. Thank you very much.
This is Lee's questionable, dishonorable discharge, where I come in.
The first envelope was addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald, airmail. And Lee was in Russia, as we know. We have the proof. And you have all of the copies of this, I am sure.
The Chairman. Yes.
Mrs. Oswald. And this you do not have. You have a copy now, but you do not have the story, Mr. Rankin.
It states that the discharge by reason of unfitness, recommendation for discharge, reason of unfitness.
Well. I wrote to the U.S. Marine Corps—now, where is the copy of my letter?
I talked to a commandant at the Marine Corps and read this to him. And he advised me how to write to the Marine Corps, the official of the Marine Corps. And that is a copy of the letter.
I asked—well, he will get me the letter, I am sure.
So then I will read the answer to my letter.
Is that satisfactory?
Mr. Rankin. Yes. Mr. Liebeler is going to get the copy that he has.
Now, can you tell the Commission when you first learned about this matter?
Mrs. Oswald. It would be on the envelope, sir. The envelope is mailed, Glenview, April 29, Illinois. But, as you see, it had gone to a lot of addresses, because I had moved around quite a bit. So we would have to say I got it some time later than the original.
Mr. Rankin. Now, does this involve the question of the undesirable discharge?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, sir; it does.
Mr. Rankin. And did you ever write to Secretary Connally about that, later Governor Connally?
Mrs. Oswald. No, sir, I never did write to him.
Mr. Rankin. All right. Will you tell us what happened?
Mrs. Oswald. I wrote a letter, and was told how to write the letter.
And this is the answer to the letter.
I won't read it all, because you have a copy. But I have a few points to make here.
Mr. Rankin. Do you recall who told you that—the name of the man?
Mrs. Oswald. It was the Marine Base in Fort Worth, Tex., one of the captains there.
Mr. Rankin. Thank you.
Mrs. Oswald. Told me who to write to.
Mr. Rankin. You don't remember the name?
Mrs. Oswald. No, sir; I do not.
Mr. Rankin. All right.
Mrs.