Senator Russell. That's right—that's exactly right, but yet now you say that he was his prime target.
I want to know what Connally had done to Lee since he got back from Russia that would cause him to change his mind, to shoot him?* **
*Mrs. Oswald. I do not know, but there is a possibility that Lee became hateful of Connally because the matter of this dishonorable discharge was dragging so long.
Senator Russell. Yes; but Connally had left the Navy, where he had anything to do with the discharge, before he got the pamphlet about his being a candidate for Governor?** *
**Mrs. Oswald. I am not sure when that particular thing happened, whether Mr. Connally was the Secretary of the Navy or what he was doing.
Senator Russell. Well, it's a matter of common knowledge that he ran for Governor after he resigned as Secretary of the Navy.
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know.
Senator Russell. Did you not know that when Mr. Connally was running for Governor of Texas, he was no longer Secretary of the Navy and had nothing to do with the Marine Corps?*
*Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I knew—I knew that he was not the Secretary of the Navy any more because Lee told me that Connally stated in the letter to Lee that he was no longer Secretary of Navy and hence he couldn't do anything for him, and that Connally referred the petition to the proper authorities.
Senator Russell. Mrs. Oswald, didn't Lee read about government a great deal? Didn't Lee read about civic affairs and about government a great deal?*