Senator Russell. You always had plenty to eat and the children had plenty to wear?
Mrs. Oswald. Not really.
We were never hungry, but we didn't have much. We were never too hungry, but we never had any plentitude. We never had too much, and I wanted—I always wanted this and that, but that was not available.
Senator Russell. But he never made a great deal of money, did he?*
*Mrs. Oswald. I marvel now how we managed to live on what he earned at that time in comparison with what I have now. We spent $12 or $15 a week at that time.
We spent $12 or $15 a week at that time—you know, we can live—that was for milk and so on.
Senator Russell. He didn't spent any money on himself, did he, he wasn't extravagant in his own habits? He didn't spend his money on clothes or whisky or women or things of that kind, did he?
Mrs. Oswald. Oh, no. He told—somebody told about Jack Ruby—he went to his nightclub, he never did go to nightclub.
Senator Russell. Well, I mean just extravagance in his own habits—he was frugal in his own eating habits, he didn't eat much when he was away from home, did he?
Mrs. Oswald. No.