Mr. Ford. Well, George De Mohrenschildt has a reputation for being a left-wing enthusiast or something, I don't mean a member of the Communist Party, but he is, I have heard other people say he has expounded the ideals of Marxism and since Lee Oswald was supposedly a Marxist or a Communist they would agree on their political views.
Again, I have never heard George De Mohrenschildt expound on any of these ideas. I have met him socially several times and he is very pleasant, a big, good looking man, but other than their agreement on what is the ideal political system, I can't think of anything else they would have in common.
Mr. Liebeler. Your knowledge of De Mohrenschildt's political views are hearsay?
Mr. Ford. All of it is hearsay.
Mr. Liebeler. How did you learn about Oswald's political views?
Mr. Ford. Also hearsay, from other people.
Mr. Liebeler. Can you tell us who told you about it?
Mr. Ford. I can't remember anybody, any specific statement from anybody, but I have discussed it with people like both my wife and George Bouhe and I don't remember if I discussed it with the Mellers or not but it seems I have heard this from several different people about just about everybody who knew them, the Oswalds, this was one of the things that people were leary about in dealing with him was his reputation for being a Communist.
Mr. Liebeler. Did he have that reputation in the community?
Mr. Ford. Yes, I think he had that reputation of either—not being a member, say, of the Communist Party, but his political ideas were either Marxist or Communist or something he had derived from reading Karl Marx, I suppose.