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Shortly after his return, Oswald severed relations with his mother, and saw little of his
brother, Robert. Oswald worked for a time as a sheet metal worker, but soon quit. He
also worked at a “commercial advertising photography firm” in Dallas, but the
Commission failed to point out the firm had classified military and intelligence contracts
– odd employment for the reputed Soviet sympathizer. His employer would tell the
Commission that Oswald “was not an efficient worker,” he did not get along with his
colleagues, and he had the troubling habit of reading Russian language material at
work. 75 Eventually, Oswald was fired on April 6, 1963.
Central to the Commission’s case against Oswald was his propensity for violence,
including an alleged attempt to kill right-wing activist, retired Major General Edwin A.
Walker and a threat to kill former Vice President Richard Nixon. The Commission based
much of its conclusions on these incidents on Marina’s testimony. If Oswald had lived to
stand trial, of course, Marina would not have had to testify against her husband. Some
critics of the Warren report have noted that Marina had a personal interest in cooperating
with the Commission or, more nefariously, telling the Commissioners what they wanted
to hear so she could stay in the United States. After Oswald returned home after
allegedly firing the shot at Walker, Marina confronted her husband with a note indicating
his intentions, and she claimed that she wrangled from him a promise “never to repeat
such a performance.” 76 According to Marina, Oswald defended his actions by saying
Walker was like Adolf Hitler, and killing him would ultimately save many lives. Despite
75 WC Report, 403.
76 WC Report, 405.
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