Now, in 1950 I was of course still sending support to my son, and through withholding I was able to claim him as a dependent, but I knew he was getting up in age, 17, 18 years, and I made inquiry whether he was still going to school, or was working, because the Treasury Department called me in and said I made a claim for my son when he had filed a tax return himself and in fact claiming his mother as a dependent, so I got in trouble with the Treasury Department over that, because I didn't know he was working.
Mr. Jenner. Did you learn in 1950 eventually that your boy was in the Coast Guard?
Mr. Pic. Finally I did; yes. She sent me a picture of John, and to me it looked like he was in the Navy, but I guess it was the Coast Guard. So anyway after they told me he was working, I went to see my attorney and explained it to him that the boy had reached the age where he was self-supporting, and inasmuch as I had remarried and she had remarried, it wasn't necessary that I send her any more money, so I wrote her a letter and told her that I had no further legal obligation as far as the law was concerned, so I advised her that that would be the last check I would be sending her, and I heard no more from her.
Mr. Jenner. Have you seen your son John?
Mr. Pic. No, sir; only on the picture; and that was just up to about the 1-year age, that I actually seen him.
Mr. Jenner. You did see him when he was about a year old?
Mr. Pic. Yes; up to about a year old.
Mr. Jenner. But from that time on to the present day, you have never seen him?
Mr. Pic. No, I have never seen my boy since that time.
Mr. Jenner. When was the last time you saw Marguerite?