Mr. Jenner. Now, your brother John at this point entered the Coast Guard?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. You were attending—you were then 15. You were now attending high school, I assume.
Mr. Oswald. Junior high school.
Mr. Jenner. In Fort Worth?
Mr. Oswald. Fort Worth, W. C. Stripling Junior High School.
Mr. Dulles. What was the name of that?
Mr. Oswald. W. C. Stripling Junior High School.
Mr. Jenner. Did your brother John attend high school?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. What high school did he attend?
Mr. Oswald. We went for awhile—to get this thing in sequence, before he went into the Coast Guard he attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, I believe, for one-half year, and then he transferred to Paschal High School in Fort Worth.
Mr. Jenner. Had you attended either of those high schools?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; Arlington Heights High School.
Mr. Jenner. I think I might go back a little bit. I will return to the firearms.
But to maintain the sequence, when you and your brother John came to Benbrook, Tex., after you completed your schooling at the military school, I assume you attended school in Benbrook, Tex.
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; we did not, because we were just there during the summer months. And we moved prior to the school year of 19——
Mr. Jenner. '48?
Mr. Oswald. '48—we moved to the address on Ewing Street.
Mr. Jenner. All right. And each of you then enrolled in Arlington?
Mr. Oswald. I was in the ninth grade, which was junior high school in Texas. I enrolled in W. C. Stripling.
Mr. Jenner. First?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir. And John Edward enrolled in Arlington Heights High School.
Mr. Jenner. W. C. Stripling High School was a junior high school?
Mr. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. And Arlington Heights High School was senior high school?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; the last 3 years.
Mr. Jenner. And, at this time, your brother Lee was enrolled in——
Mr. Oswald. West Ridglea Elementary School.
Mr. Jenner. So at this point each of you was attending a different school?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner. And Lee was 9 years old.
You continued at Arlington Heights Junior High School for how long?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir—W. C. Stripling Junior High School. For 1 year, the ninth grade.
If I may, sir, perhaps correct something—I don't know for sure which way it was. When I said Lee attended West Ridglea Elementary School, I think perhaps the first year he attended Arlington Heights Elementary School, because I don't believe the West Ridglea Elementary School was completed at that time.
Mr. Jenner. We might take you in sequence so that at least I don't get confused.
You spent a year at W.C. Stripling High School?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. So we now have—we are now into '49-'50, is that correct?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. And after a year at W.C. Stripling High School, you enrolled where?
Mr. Oswald. At Arlington Heights High School.
Mr. Jenner. And that would be in the fall of 1949?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. And you attended Arlington Heights High School how long?
Mr. Oswald. I attended my sophomore year. In my sophomore year I started——
Mr. Jenner. Would that be 1951, the end of your sophomore year?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; 1950 would be the end of the school year. That summer there I started a job with an A&P Supermarket there in Fort Worth.
I might say along this period mother seemed to be having difficulty keeping a job or making enough money and so forth to raise us. I stayed out of school that next year and worked for A&P.
Mr. Jenner. Out of school 1950–51?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Did your brother remain in school—John?
Mr. Oswald. John at this time was in the Coast Guard.
Mr. Jenner. Already in the Coast Guard?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. All right. And you worked at the A&P during this period?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Did you contribute your earnings to your mother?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. They were probably not a great amount at this age. Do you recall what they were, per week?
Mr. Oswald. Perhaps my starting salary was somewhere around $48 a week, or something like that. I believe by the end of the year I had become a checker, and perhaps it was $65 or $70 a week.
Mr. Jenner. What proportion of that did you contribute to the sustaining of the family?
Mr. Oswald. I would say practically all of it, but what I needed for expenses, a little spending money.
Mr. Jenner. Do you know whether your brother John made an allotment of any kind to your mother or sent her any money?
Mr. Oswald. To my knowledge, he did not.
Mr. Jenner. Was there any illness or disability of any kind that contributed to your mother's difficulty in obtaining positions during this period?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; she was not disabled. I don't recall any particular length of illness that she had at this time that would not allow her to work.
Mr. Jenner. What was the reason, if you recall, she was having difficulty in obtaining work, or was there any particular reason?
Mr. Oswald. None that I recall, sir.
