Mr. Ball.

Would you stand and take the oath?

Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give before the Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Will you state your name, please?

Mrs. Roberts.

Mrs. Earlene Roberts.

Mr. Ball.

And what is your address?

Mrs. Roberts.

5000 Tremont, now.

Mr. Ball.

You used to live at 1026 North Beckley, didn't you?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes; I did.
Mr. BALL Tell me something about yourself, Mrs. Roberts, where you were born and where you have lived?

Mrs. Roberts.

I was born in Nashville, Tenn., and my mother and father moved to Tyler, Tex., and I was raised there and married a Dallas man.

Mr. Ball.

Did you go to school in Tyler?

Mrs. Roberts.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Ball.

How far through school did you go?

Mrs. Roberts.

To my sorrows, I got married in the ninth grade.

Mr. Ball.

You did--you got married in the ninth grade?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Did you get married in Dallas or in Tyler?

Mrs. Roberts.

In Tyler.

Mr. Ball.

Did you have some children?

Mrs. Roberts.

No; to my sorrows--I couldn't.

Mr. Ball.

What did you do in Tyler then--until you came to Dallas?

Mrs. Roberts.

I was a PBX operator at the Hotel Blackstone. That's where I met my husband.

Mr. Ball.

How long have you lived here?

Mrs. Roberts.

Since 1938.

Mr. Ball.

What kind of work have you done?

Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, until he passed away---I didn't work for I didn't have to. He made me a good living, but since that time I have been---well, just, I guess you would call it practical nursing or housekeeping and now I am with an elderly couple---he has cancer---the same kind that Sam Rayburn had and he's taken with leukemia.

Mr. Ball.

That's at the address you have just given us?

Mrs. Roberts.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Ball.

Now, you know Mrs. Johnson, don't you?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes; I knew her very muchly so.

Mr. Ball.

How long did you work for her?

Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, this last time I was there around 13 months--that was the third time I had went back.

Mr. Ball.

When did you start working for her?

Mrs. Roberts.

I started working for her in 1949 the first time.

Mr. Ball.

You did?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

And you worked for her three times altogether?

Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes; I got sick the first time---I'm a diabetic and wasn't able to do the work and one day she called me again and wanted to know if I would do it .and I went back and stayed again and I went in a coma and had to leave, and the reason why I left this time, she cut me down so low and the work was too heavy--I wasn't able to do the work.

Mr. Ball.

You mean she cut you down on your money?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Oh, yes; and I can't pay my doctor bill and buy my medicine at that price.

Mr. Ball.

You mean, she didn't pay you enough--that's the reason you quit?

Mrs. ROBERTS. That's the reason why I quit--the work was too heavy and I wasn't able to do it and not enough pay.
Mr. BALL. And you were working there in October and November of last fall--- 1963?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes; to my sorrows.