Mrs. Oswald.

a little while ago when we were out there, watching the airplanes because it was a couple of weeks ago that this happened. Just sort of a guess of mine.

Mr. Dulles.

How did he pack the gun or conceal the gun when he went out on the bus toward Love Field?

Mrs. Oswald.

Are you talking about the gun or the rifle?

Mr. Dulles.

I am talking about the rifle.

Mrs. Oswald.

He used to wrap it up in his overcoat, raincoat.

Mr. Rankin.

So that the record will be clear on this, Mr. McKenzie, the prior testimony did not purport to indicate that Mrs. Oswald thought he was practicing right on Love Field where the airplanes were landing or anything like that. It was that he took that bus and took the rifle and came back with the rifle and that the bus went to Love Field and the investigation has shown that there is at least one place in that immediate neighborhood where there is gun practice carried on.

Mr. Dulles.

Is there testimony, Mr. Rankin, as to more than one should we get that from the witness?

Mr. Rankin.

She testified right now she only knew of this one although she knew of his cleaning his guns a number of times. She just testified to that. Do you want more than that?

Mr. Dulles.

I thought the record was a little fuzzy. Maybe you should clarify it.

Mr. Mckenzie.

I think you should ask the question.

Mr. Rankin.

Will you tell us, Mrs. Oswald, how you thought your husband might have been practicing in the area near Love Field or how you concluded that he might have been practicing with the rifle in the area near Love Field.

Mrs. Oswald.

Only because that is the bus, only because that is where the bus goes. He never told me where.

Mr. Rankin.

And you don't know whether he was practicing at a place near Love Field or some place between where he got on the bus near your home and Love Field; is that right?

Mrs. Oswald.

No; I don't know, even now I don't know where it is.
Senator COOPER. Can I just ask a question? Do you know how many times he took the rifle from your home?

Mrs. Oswald.

Well----

Mr. Dulles.

You are speaking of Neely Street.

Mrs. Oswald.

I only saw----
Senator COOPER. When you were living on Neely Street--strike that. You have told about his taking the rifle from the house on Neely Street and then later cleaning the rifle. Do you know how many times that occurred?

Mrs. Oswald.

I saw him take the rifle only once when we were living on Neely Street but he cleaned the rifle perhaps three or four times, perhaps three times--three times.
Senator COOPER. Did he ever tell you that he was practicing with a rifle?

Mrs. Oswald.

Only after I saw him take the gun that one time.
Senator COOPER. Did you ask him if he had been practicing with the rifle?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes, I asked him.
Senator COOPER. What did he say?

Mrs. Oswald.

He said yes.
Senator COOPER. Did he ever give any reason why he was practicing with the rifle to you?

Mrs. Oswald.

He didn't give me a reason. He just said that for a man it is an interesting thing to have a rifle. I considered this some kind of a sport for him. I didn't think he was planning to employ it. I didn't take it seriously.
(At this point, Senator Cooper left the heating room.)

Mr. Rankin.

At the time of the Nixon incident did you know who Mr. Nixon was?

Mrs. Oswald.

I didn't know what position he held. I thought he was Vice President.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you ever check to see whether Mr. Nixon was in fact in Dallas anytime around that date?

Mrs. Oswald.

No.