Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, if I asked you a similar line of questions with
respect to the union question would your answer be the same?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir; It certainly would.
Mr. JENNER. You never expressed any dislike of unions. You never
expressed to him, or in his presence, or members of your family, views
that unions were exploited?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
By the way, had there been any discussion in the course of your youth,
as you boys grew up, expressions in your family of any of these
attitudes that he is expressing in his letter of November 8 and his
letter of November 26?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir. To my knowledge there was never any type of
discussion that would reflect any of the statements or questions that
he wrote in his letter of November 26, 1959.
Mr. JENNER. Would you say to the extent there were discussions among
you, and your family life, that the contrary was expressed?
Mr. OSWALD. I do not recall any discussions, sir, but if there was any
discussion it would have been to the contrary.
Mr. JENNER. Your family was always a typical, loyal American family?
Mr. OSWALD. That is correct, sir.
Mr. JENNER. That is, loyal to the Government of the United States and
you thought well of it?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. When I say, you, I mean all of the members of your family
as far as you knew?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Proceed with your recollection of your response.
Mr. OSWALD. I refer to his statement in the letter of November 26 on
the second page, "I can still see Japan and the Philippines and their
puppet governments. More important, I can see the Americans in uniform,
men who were there because they were drafted or because they were
adventurers or unemployed in civilian life."
I referred to my own volunteering in the United States Marine Corps at
that time, and I felt that nothing he pointed out there applied to my
case, and I felt quite a few other men felt as I did, as to the reasons
behind their joining the United States service.
Mr. JENNER. Had you expressed any dissatisfaction to him with your tour
in the Marines, or was that subject discussed in family councils or
visits on his part to Fort Worth?
Mr. McKENZIE. May I for just a moment?
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. OSWALD. Would you repeat the question, I believe I had it; I want
to be sure of it.
(The question was read.)
Mr. OSWALD. I do not believe that at any time we discussed it. We might
have mentioned my tour in the United States Marine Corps. He was very
proud of my service record and it would so indicate that I conducted
myself in the best tradition of the United States Marine Corps; not
that I was any lily white, but I was never in any serious trouble and I
progressed in rank in keeping with the period that I was in the United
States Marine Corps.
Mr. JENNER. Had that thought been expressed, or at least that flavor
left, with the members of your family?