A fictitious sponsoring organization was invented out of whole cloth.[C6-474] The name chosen for the supposed organization was The American Fact-Finding Committee.[C6-475] This was “Solely a name,” Weissman testified; “* * * As a matter of fact, when I went to place the ad, I could not remember the name * * * I had to refer to a piece of paper for the name.”[C6-476] Weissman’s own name was used on the ad in part to counter charges of anti-Semitism which had been leveled against conservative groups in Dallas.[C6-477] Weissman conceived the idea of using a black border,[C6-478] and testified he intended it to serve the function of stimulating reader attention.[C6-479] Before accepting the advertisement, the Dallas Morning News apparently submitted it to its attorneys for their opinion as to whether its publication might subject them to liability.[C6-480] Weissman testified that the advertisement drew 50 or 60 mailed responses.[C6-481] He took them from the post office box early on Sunday morning, November 24.[C6-482] He said that those postmarked before the attack on President Kennedy were “favorable” in tone;[C6-483] those of later postmark were violently unfavorable, nasty, and threatening;[C6-484] and, according to a report from Schmidt, those postmarked some weeks later were again of favorable tone.[C6-485] The four promoters of the ad deny that they had any knowledge of or familiarity with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to November 22, or Jack Ruby prior to November 24.[C6-486] Each has provided a statement of his role in connection with the placement of the November 22 advertisement and other matters, and investigation has revealed no deception. The Commission has found no evidence that any of these persons was connected with Oswald or Ruby, or was linked to a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy.