Mr. Liebeler. You were sort of suspicious of Oswald because he had been in the Soviet Union for a while?
Mrs. Meller. We could not understand why he stayed there and come back.
Mr. Liebeler. Did it seem strange to you that he was able to leave the Soviet Union and bring Marina back to the United States with him?
Mrs. Meller. When somebody asked, he told them they—they let—they go to American Embassy and they let him go. It seem like it was supposed to be in order if they give him even money and American Embassy let him go. I thought it must be in order. I never heard of anything in my lifetime, anything like that happen. I don't recall any case like this one having so much sorrow and trouble. It was in Fort Worth then, I do not recall. We will go in more there later. We find out that Lee Harvey lost his job. I think by the last time we saw Lee Harvey Marina mentioned he is temporary there and may lose his job pretty soon.
Mr. Liebeler. This was his job in Fort Worth?
Mrs. Meller. Yes; and I said "Well, if you can't find a job in Fort Worth, come to Dallas and look around." Then one day we heard he was looking for a job in Dallas.
Mr. Liebeler. Let me go back to the time that Oswald lived in Fort Worth. You said that you and Mr. Bouhe had given groceries to the Oswalds and helped them in other ways. Would you tell me approximately, and take your time to think about it, how much groceries and what other things were given to the Oswalds during that period by friends?
Mrs. Meller. It was pretty good. I would give her old dresses. I asked three friends to give me something old, old dresses for her, about 10 to 15 dresses, probably. We bought some underwear, probably two, three pairs.
Mr. Liebeler. For Marina?
Mrs. Meller. For Marina, strictly for Marina. When we met her we had sorrow for Marina for not speaking word of English; just for sake of woman with baby. Seems her husband will not care for her about anything. We never saw he will be really——