Mrs. Grant. “That lousy Communist”—I’m referring to, and I mean, I assumed this myself.
Mr. Burleson. And you said it in Jack’s presence?
Mrs. Grant. That’s right. “Don’t worry, that some lousy Communist will get him before anybody else does.”
Mr. Burleson. The Communist will get him before anybody else?
Mrs. Grant. That’s just what I said and I did not see it in this report—I don’t think I saw it. I did say it because I already talked to four or five people on the phone and I’m going to tell you why I said that—everyone on television and it seems it was Curry, which is our chief of police—says he’s someone that’s come out with three draft cards, he has been in Cuba and he defected to Russia and I think my mind is like 40 million other grownups, decided that he was a Communist sent here for this kind of a thing and the people that I knew that I speak to on the phone at that time or had been friends with all felt the same way or talked about it in that way. He couldn’t help but think that. It’s because what television has presented to the public, and then this thing in the paper and this was only Friday evening, and I have made that remark—I made it not only to him, to Pauline Hall, and to Madeline Blainey and to Emma and to Leo and whoever called I kept talking about that and made that remark, and I made it not only to him but to these others, and I kept talking about it because I was imbedded with that in my mind from television. They kept talking about it—they indicated he had three draft cards, he went to Russia and they threw him out and they planted him here and he went to Cuba and he had money and he was going to hire a plane.
Mr. Burleson. Okay—anything else you want to go into this to clarify this?
Mrs. Grant. Jack has always been a fighter for the Jews. Any—in the Army, if they look back, he didn’t mind—if you fought and if you cussed and they said words like sheeny or kike or Jew—he belted it out to them. I know my brother Jack. He told me of different incidents. One of the things that he loved about this President—he didn’t care what you were, you were a human being and Jack felt that this was one time in history that Jews are getting the break. He put in great Jewish men in office, they were fit to hold the office, and, of course, we are not Catholics and we never discuss religion in that effect, but my brother had such a great admiration for this man. It’s unbelievable.
Mr. Hubert. Did Jack ever tell you why he shot Oswald?
Mrs. Grant. The truth is this—here recently with his head out—he said he did it for Jackie and the kids, but I think he’s just looking for a reason.
Mr. Hubert. No; I’m talking about the first few days?