Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir, and generally whether or not I had the right to start my own life in the manner that I wanted to.
Mr. Jenner. Were you unhappy with the manner and fashion of life that you had led up to that moment?
Mr. Oswald. Not in the manner or fashion, sir. I objected quite strongly to the apparent efforts of our mother to control me completely in all respects.
Mr. Jenner. Did that condition or relationship exist with respect to your brother, John Pic?
Mr. Oswald. I would say generally it would, sir.
Mr. Jenner. It did rather than it would?
Mr. Oswald. That it did, yes, sir—thank you.
Mr. Jenner. And was that a factor in his enlisting in the Coast Guard?
Mr. Oswald. It is not to my knowledge that it was.
Mr. Jenner. I take it you and John, then, had had, if I may use my own expression, difficulties in your relationships with your mother, particularly with reference to what you gentlemen thought as you reached age 18, as the right to be independent and lead your own lives?