Mr. PIC. To the best of my recollection, sir, when he mentioned to
me that he had written to get it changed, Governor Connally was the
Secretary of the Navy. He did mention the name Connally.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have any feeling or get the impression that he
was bitter toward Governor Connally as a person? He was not, then, of
course----
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Secretary of the Navy.
Mr. PIC. No, sir; just the fact that the man had the job and he was the
man he had written it to.
Mr. JENNER. Was anything said about Fair Play for Cuba Committee on
this occasion?
Mr. PIC. There was no discussion about Cuba. I think this was right
after the Cuban crisis, and I think we may have talked about the
mobilization a little bit.
Mr. JENNER. Did he express any views on that subject?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; he didn't.
Mr. JENNER. Was President Kennedy discussed at anytime?
Mr. PIC. I don't recollect, sir.
He struck me on that meeting as really only having two purposes: One,
to straighten out the dishonorable discharge and the other one to pay
back the Government the money it had lent him to come back to the
United States.
Mr. JENNER. You were interested--Charlie Murret was a dentist and
a graduate of Louisiana State University. Joyce Murret married an
athletic coach and lives in Beaumont, Tex.?
Mr. PIC. Right.
Mr. JENNER. Gene Murret you have mentioned. He is a seminarian at
Mobile, Ala. Boogie Murret works for Squibb & Co. He is a graduate of
Loyola of New Orleans.
Mr. PIC. Someone mentioned, I don't know if it was Vada or my brother,
Robert----
Mr. JENNER. On this Thanksgiving Day occasion?
Mr. PIC. Yes; after they had left, that Marina's uncle, brother, some
relation, was an officer in the Russian Army. She had stated she had a
relative in the Soviet armed forces.
Mr. JENNER. It was your impression that either Vada had or Robert had?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Some of the witnesses have testified that Lee was quick
to anger as a boy. Do you remember anything about that? What is your
impression about that?
Mr. PIC. I don't remember, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Was he a considerate young man?
Mr. PIC. I think towards Robert and myself he was, sir. Towards other
people, no.
Mr. JENNER. Was his attitude towards other people different from that
which he had toward you and Robert?
Mr. PIC. Yes; I believe so.
Mr. JENNER. In what respect--what did you notice about him in that
regard?
Mr. PIC. He would rather play with us than play with other children,
and he always wanted to go with us wherever we went. Whenever we had
a birthday or Christmas he would never forget us. I think he was very
considerate towards Robert and myself.
Mr. JENNER. From time to time we have been off the record and had some
discussions in discussing documents and other things. Do you recall
anything we discussed off the record that you think is pertinent here
that I have failed to place on the record?
Mr. PIC. I don't remember what has been off the record, sir.
Mr. JENNER. I will put it this way then: Is there anything you would
like to add at the moment now that I am about to finish questioning you
that you think you would like to have on the record?