Mr. Liebeler. Did you ever make the acquaintance of the mother?
Mr. Gregory. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler. Would you tell us about that?
Mr. Gregory. Yes. As I mentioned earlier, I teach Russian once a week at the library. We started a new series of lessons on November 12, 1963, and in my class there was a lady by the name of Marguerite Oswald. Frankly, I never connected her with Lee Oswald. Oswald was just a name to me, and I did not learn about it until the day of the assassination. Or the next day, the next day, that she was his mother.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Mrs. Oswald call you on the telephone at any time after the assassination?
Mr. Gregory. Yes. She called me——
Mr. Liebeler. Tell us about it?
Mr. Gregory. Sunday morning, November 24, about 7 o'clock in the morning, from Dallas.
Representative Ford. This is the mother called?
Mr. Gregory. The mother. Sunday morning about 7 o'clock in the morning, and she said, I still remember, she said, "Mr. Gregory, I need your help. The reporters, the news media were badgering me." I think that is the word she used. She said, "I wonder if some of your friends or you could provide a place for me to hide from them." And it sounded like she was crying on the telephone, although I think that woman is not taken to crying.