Mr. Jenner. These are not fights that you would regard as other than boys getting into?
Mr. Pic. That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. That is, it wasn't because he was unduly belligerent?
Mr. Pic. No, sir.
Mr. Jenner. All right. Go ahead.
Mr. Pic. He got in his usual trouble around the neighborhood as far as getting in people's yards, probably, and letting the dog go astray, normal healthy boy.
I think as he became older, prior to me entering the service, he became slightly cocky and belligerent toward his mother. He never showed any of this toward Robert or myself. I am afraid it probably rubbed off of Robert and myself and it affected Lee, because we didn't really take much stock into what she was saying. I don't think we were as cocky, as belligerent as he was. There was——
Mr. Jenner. Do you think that was a defensive mechanism, on his part?
Mr. Pic. Yes, sir; I think so.
Mr. Jenner. Did your mother ever say anything around your home about that employers were overreaching her, and employers overreached poor working people or anything along those lines?