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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 133« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Helen P. Cunningham)

Mrs. Cunningham.
the entry there let me-go back--"NR" that he called the employer on the 16th and recorded the "NR," or whether there was a conversation between him and Oswald on 16th, from where he got the information he was working--I do not know whether he ever worked at Trans-Texas from this.
Mr. Jenner.
Does this complete the entries under that section of the form?
Mrs. Cunningham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, give me your impression of Lee Harvey Oswald, as you recall him, doing your best to transport yourself back to the time that you had contact with him.
Mrs. Cunningham.
Self-contained, able, perhaps not giving any more information than he was asked for, entirely presentable as far as grooming and appearance was concerned; there was nothing at all that I recall that was argumentative in my contacts with him. The general appearance was of, and what these records indicate to me, was of a young applicant with capability, not any sound or extensive work experience, the longest period of the training and experience was in .the Marine Corps----
Mr. Jenner.
And a limited education?
Mrs. Cunningham.
A limited education, but he had done something about it before he came to me or he wouldn't have a high school equivalency certificate, if he did have. At least, I had no reason to question that he did not have, after I got the test results from the Fort Worth office.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Cunningham, would you tell me, please, your education qualifications for the work you are doing and your experience qualifications and what brought you into this field?
Mrs. Cunningham.
I have a master's degree from the University of Missouri, which was granted in 1938. It is a B.S. in educational and vocational guidance.
Mr. Jenner.
You have a master's--and you have a B.S.--did you say?
Mrs. Cunningham.
I have the B.S. and the master's subsequent to it and I have a B.S. in education from Southeast Missouri College in 1928, which you see comes before this master's work.
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mrs. Cunningham.
I have taken some subsequent courses at night,/ classes as I could at a variety of universities, St. Louis University, Washington University, in St. Louis, at SMU--a summer subsequent to the master's at the University of Minnesota.
Mr. Jenner.
All in what areas?
Mrs. Cunningham.
The B.S. was education.
Mr. Jenner.
That was in 1928?
Mrs. Cunningham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
And at Southeast Missouri, did you say?
Mrs. Cunningham.
Yes; Cape Girardeau. And my under graduate majors are math and science, I guess I've got one in English, too, that I picked up.
Mr. Jenner.
You graduated from college, then what did you do--there's 10 years there I wanted to cover.
Mrs. Cunningham.
I taught school and went to school some summers, I did some social work during the depression days in the Southeast Missouri area.
Mr. Jenner.
I remember them--I was practicing law then.
Mrs. Cunningham.
You should have been down where they have good land and poor people, down in the Boot Heel of Missouri.
Mr. Jenner.
In the Wood River country?
Mrs. Cunningham.
In the Boot. Heel of Missouri where the Mississippi and Ohio come together.
Mr. Jenner.
I was down in the area where the Mississippi and Ohio come together forming the tip of Illinois---down at Little Egypt.
Mrs. Cunningham.
In Cairo?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes, in Cairo.
Mrs. Cunningham.
And part of the time I was a housewife. In 1938 I went to Jefferson City where my husband was employed--this was Jefferson City, Mo.
Mr. Jenner.
That is the State capital?
Mrs. Cunningham.
Yes. I was with the Missouri Employment Commission and I Worked in the central office there and he was a teacher in the public
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