Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir. And I do recall having a little difficulty in school myself, to make myself clearly understood.
Mr. Dulles. May I ask a question there?
When you went to the Davy Crockett School, was that a school where you lived, or did you live at home and just attend the school during the school hours?
Mr. Oswald. That was a public school in Dallas, and we did not live there. We lived at home.
Mr. Dulles. And your mother then was employed, as I understand it.
Mr. Oswald. To the best of my knowledge—I feel certain she was employed.
Mr. Jenner. Do you recall the nature of her employment there?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I do not.
Mr. Jenner. She was employed full-time during the daytime, home on weekends?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Now, what was happening to Lee when you were living in Dallas—in the sense of who took care of him during the daytime, if anyone? What was done for his comfort?
Mr. Oswald. This I don't remember, sir. I don't remember any housekeeper or any maid that mother had at this time. Something is coming into my mind about a day nursery. I think perhaps——
Mr. Jenner. A day nursery?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir—that Lee was taken to during the day when Mother was working, and brought home with her at night. I believe that is correct.
Mr. Jenner. Would you boys take him to the day nursery and bring him home?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Did you play any part in that at all?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, I do not have any recollection of taking Lee to the day nursery or bringing him back.
Mr. Jenner. Now, would you please indicate how long you remained in the Davy Crockett Elementary School, you and John?
Mr. Oswald. Say for 1 year, sir, 1 school year.
Mr. Jenner. All right.
Now, during this year, did you become acquainted with Mr. Ekdahl?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I would say towards the latter part of that school year.
Mr. Jenner. He could come—he did on occasion come to visit your mother's home?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Would you please indicate whether the contact that you boys had with Mr. Ekdahl about that—that is, he would visit the home occasionally?
Mr. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Did he take you boys out?
Mr. Oswald. I don't recall. I think perhaps on maybe two occasions we did go to the zoo. I don't recall any other occasions.
Mr. Jenner. We now have you towards the latter part of the year—you were now 9 years old. Am I correct about that?
Mr. Oswald. 1944, I would be 10 years old.
Mr. Jenner. Your brother John was 12?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct.
Mr. Jenner. And your brother Lee was then 5?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Did you continue—when did you change—you said you stayed at Davy Crockett Elementary School a year. And then you entered what school?
Mr. Oswald. In the fall of that year we entered Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy, at Port Gibson, Miss. That was the fall of 1945.
Mr. Jenner. You and John?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct.
Mr. Jenner. Now, what was the date that you gave me as to the marriage of your mother and Mr. Ekdahl?
Mr. Oswald. Approximately the early part of 1944. That is what I stated before. And I think now that it would be more correct—after we completed the year at Davy Crockett, I believe they were married shortly after the end of the school year.
Mr. Jenner. That is in June, probably?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; somewhere along that time.
Mr. Jenner. And that would be—June of '44?
Mr. McKenzie. June of '45.
Mr. Jenner. So that following the marriage of your mother and Mr. Ekdahl—what was his full name?
Mr. Oswald. Edwin A. Ekdahl. I believe his middle initial was "A."
Mr. Jenner. And he was employed, as you stated, by a utility company in Dallas at that time?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Now, do you have a recollection or did you come to learn the arrangements, if any, between Mr. Ekdahl and your mother as to the financing of the attendance of yourself and your brother John at Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy?
Mr. Oswald. My mother told us that she was taking care of all the expenses at the Academy.
Mr. Jenner. She told you at this time?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir. This is my recollection.
Mr. Jenner. And that was your understanding of both you and John at that particular time?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. That she was financing your attendance at the military academy?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles. Was she working at that time, or during the period that she was married to Mr. Ekdahl was she a housewife?
Mr. Oswald. I believe after the marriage to Mr. Ekdahl, she was not working.
Mr. Jenner. Did you have a conversation with her, and did you then come to learn, or have you subsequently come to learn as to how she did finance your attendance at the military academy?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I do not. I assume at that particular time that—I did not know the quantity of life insurance that my father had when he passed away. I thought it was perhaps substantial. Perhaps to me at that time, a young age, $4,000 or $5,000 was a lot of money. From the insurance money, from my father's death, she was able to place us in this military school in Mississippi.
Mr. Jenner. Do I recall correctly that you also testified earlier that your mother sold—there was a home in New Orleans which was sold?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner. And possibly some of the proceeds of the sale of that home were still intact?
Mr. Oswald. This would be my opinion, that it was. I do not know if the home was paid for or anything.
Mr. Jenner. This is all speculation?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. McKenzie. Mr. Jenner, if I may interrupt.
Robert, don't speculate, and don't give any conjecture. Tell what you know, and give them the facts as fully as possible. But I am confident that the Commission is not interested in any speculation.
Mr. Jenner. And if you do speculate, tell us so.
Mr. McKenzie. Yes—indicate that you are speculating.
Mr. Dulles. Do we know the amount of insurance on Mr. Oswald's life?
Mr. Jenner. I cannot give you the figure, but it is small.
Mr. Dulles. It is known in the record?
Mr. Jenner. Yes, sir.
Representative Ford. May I ask a question?
Following your mother's marriage to Mr. Ekdahl, did he move in to the residence where you were living, or vice versa, or what were the circumstances?
Mr.