Mr. JENNER. And that is--Holmes is a department store?
Mr. PIC. In New Orleans.
Mr. JENNER. Who was Ethel Nunncy?
Mr. PIC. She was a friend of my mother's, sir, that I had known of
since I was a small--I was a baby.
Mr. JENNER. Sir, this Exchange Alley--did they have to live under these
conditions?
Mr. PIC. All I know is that they lived there. She thought they did.
Mr. JENNER. Exhibit No. 31-B which is a letter from your mother to you
postmarked at Fort Worth, June 3, 1950, reading "Dear John, your sense
of responsibility seems nil" or null.
Mr. PIC. Nil, null.
Mr. JENNER. N-u-l-l. "Remember it was you insisted I buy the car as you
planned to work at Consolidated. Well I have been in a jam financially
ever since you left." What is the next word?