Mr. De Mohrenschildt. One year difference—in 1953 and 1954.
Mr. Jenner. Your son was born in 1953 and your daughter in 1954?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. I think you were about to tell me some differences arose, you thought, between Mr. Hooker's wife and your wife.
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. And did that have an effect on your partnership?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Yes; it was more or less, I would say, a social problem and personal dislike. Ed is very much devoted to his wife. He told me one day, "We cannot continue this partnership in such unpleasant circumstances, and I think we should break our partnership and sell out what we have." We had some oil properties and we sold it out and divided the proceeds.
Oh, yes—also, Ed was dissatisfied that I moved away from the oilfield—another reason we broke our partnership. Because I was staying in the oilfields before that all the time. But now I moved to Dallas, and I could not be right in the center of the oil activity, according to him. It turned out to be that this actually was much better for the oil business, to be in Dallas than to be in Abilene.
Mr. Jenner. Why is that?
Mr. De Mohrenschildt. Well, because we are more or less in the center of things than just in a small hick town, you see.