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.