Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Oswald’s Job Loss and Denied Unemployment Claim

On April 6, Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall terminated Oswald because, in his supervisor’s opinion, he could not do the work despite trying, and he did not get along with fellow employees; his bringing a Russian newspaper to work may have contributed. Marina testified he was very upset by the loss. On April 8, Oswald informed the Texas Employment Commission he was seeking work and had been laid off due to lack of work. He filed for unemployment benefits on April 12, but the Commission disapproved the claim four days later due to insufficient wage credits.

Ongoing Marital Strife and Pressure on Marina to Return to Russia

After moving to Neely Street, the Oswalds initially got along well but soon resumed quarreling. Oswald continued preventing Marina from learning English and beating her. Since February, he had been urging her to return to Russia. Marina wrote several letters to the Russian Embassy requesting a visa, but she testified that Oswald forced her to write them and that she never wanted to return.

第二章 With the assistance of Agent in Charge Sorrels of the

Chapter II, “With the assistance of Agent in Charge Sorrels of the [FBI],” continues the Warren Commission’s narrative of Lee Harvey Oswald’s activities following his return from the Soviet Union, focusing on his move to New Orleans in April 1963. The chapter details Oswald’s resettlement with relatives, his brief employment at the Reily Coffee Company, his formation of a one-man Fair Play for Cuba Committee chapter, his arrest during a street confrontation with anti-Castro Cuban exiles, and his subsequent preparations to travel to Mexico City as a stepping stone to Cuba. Throughout the chapter, Agent in Charge John Quigley of the FBI’s New Orleans field office is assisted by Agent in Charge Sorrels (or, more precisely, Special Agents John L. Quigley and others), and the narrative interweaves Oswald’s daily life, his political activities, his marital difficulties, and his evolving plans to reach Cuba.