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Finally, it should be observed, that on the Commission's constrution of the kind of person Oswald was, his actions seem to make no sense. Indeed, where he has acted, one should have 8 expected inaction. Why did Oswald, if he was a pro Marxist and leftist loner go out of his way to associate with left-wing groups before killing the President? He had associations with the Communist Party, Fair Play for Cuba, Socialist Labor Party, American Civil Liberties Union, and a person (Michael Paine) with some associations with the Socialist Workers Party . His family also lived with a Quaker. If he had any sympathy toward the left, he was doing it no favor by openly associating himself with such groups, before murdering the President. Such action would have been incredible- the exact opposite would be expected. The only reasonable interpreation is that Oswald wittingly or unwittingly was setting up the left for some agency which had predesignated him as the lone patsy in the Kennedy killing. Whereever we should expect action to solve the mystery of the President's murder, we find inaction. And where we should expect inaction, we find action. In noting this pattern, it is significant to keep in mind the fact that, according to the New York Times, -November 27, 1963: "Dallas authorities announced that they were turning over all evidence to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This means that there was a lack of action, where thene should have beén action to solve the assassination, and that this inaction was at the federal level. The federall authorities assumed a monopoly over the evidence. . -47- 47 .

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