(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
Just stick to this particular occasion. What telephone number--did you record it?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
In what?
Mrs. Paine.
In ink in my telephone book.
Mr. Jenner.
Your telephone and address book?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Have you opened that telephone address book to the page in which you have made that recording?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; I have.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that the page you identified yesterday?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Excuse me, Mr. Chairman, may I examine it for a moment here.
Now, relate for the record the telephone number that Mr. Oswald gave you, the first one he gave you on this particular occasion?
Mrs. Paine.
The number was WH 2-1985.
Mr. Jenner.
And that is at the bottom of the page written in ink.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that in your handwriting?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; it is.
Mr. Jenner.
What exchange is "WH" in Dallas?
Mrs. Paine.
I don't know. I did not know. I know now, maybe I know, Whitehall, something. I know now what it is, but I didn't know then.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he on that occasion say anything about where the apartment or room was?
Mrs. Paine.
No; he did not.
Mr. Jenner.
He did not give you an address?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Didn't locate it in any area in Dallas?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
All he gave you was the telephone number?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he say anything that would indicate to you that you are other than free to call him and ask for him by his surname you knew him by?
Mrs. Paine.
No; he did not make such a limitation.
Mr. Jenner.
I take it from your testimony that the number was given to you, at least the discussion was, so that you could call him in connection with the oncoming event of the birth of his child?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Am I correct about this?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, you have mentioned a second number that Mr. Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald, gave you. Did you receive that second number subsequent to the birth of Rachel or prior to that time?
Mrs. Paine.
Also prior to the birth of Rachel.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, relate for the Commission the circumstances under which you received a second number?
Mrs. Paine.
He gave me a second number, I suppose by phone, but I don't recall.
Mr. Jenner.
When?
Mrs. Paine.
It was certainly before the birth of the baby because again it was so that I could reach him if she went to the hospital.
Mr. Jenner.
He called you or related this to you in your home?
Mrs. Paine.
What?
Mr. Jenner.
He either called you by telephone or he was present in your home and gave you the second number?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Which recollection serves you best, that he called or that he gave it to you in your home?
Mrs. Paine.
I don't recall.
Mr. Jenner.
What did he say?
Mrs. Paine.
He said he moved to different rooms, was paying a dollar a
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