Mr. JENNER. It appears now that at least during or sometime in 1946, she lived in Covington, La., at 600 West 24th Street, and at 311 Vermont Street in Covington. Now, your recollection of that is that this was in the summer of 1946; is that right?
Mr. JENNER. And she brought her three boys together with her there; is that right?
Mr. JENNER. At this time, her husband Ekdahl had not joined her, had he?
Mrs. MURRET. Not that I know of. I assume he was out on his business, you know, while they were spending the summer over there. He came in periodically every 2 weeks, or every week, or whatever it was; I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. It was your impression that he was a research man for what company?
Mrs. MURRET. He did research for Texas Electric, and she told me his salary was over $1,000 a month.
Mr. JENNER. Which is a substantial amount of money; right?
Mrs. MURRET. Oh, I imagine so, but sometimes you can get along on $250 better than $1,000.
Mr. JENNER. That's right. Now, let me delve into that a little bit. If it was $1,000 a month, she at that time regarded it as a very substantial income; is that right?
Mr. JENNER. And you people as well would regard that as a substantial income; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir; we would think we were millionaires if we had that much money, but still I think we always did a lot with our money. Our main reason was for our family. That's why my husband wanted to educate his children. That was his main reason, because he knew how tough it is in the outside world, so he wanted them at least to have that much. Of course, these are children who liked to go to school and who liked to study. You take this girl out there, she is studying all the time.
Mr. JENNER. You mean your daughter who is outside waiting for you now?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir; she is still studying, and Gene he is still studying. Like I said before, we all worked together to see that everybody got his chance. John was a top athlete in school, and then he went to St. Louis U.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; he was one of the few boys that ever got a scholarship to St. Louis U. for basketball, but he only went there for about a year, and they wanted him to play at Loyola, and they kept after him when he came here on a visit, so he left St. Louis and went to Loyola.