Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
The CHAIRMAN. I wonder, Mrs. Oswald--before we get into any details of
this kind, let's settle this situation as to whether the Commission
will say to you now that it will subpena anyone you ask.
I must say to you that you cannot put that burden on the Commission.
The Commission will have to exercise its own discretion as to who it
subpenas and when.
Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Chief Justice, may I say something? I was wondering
if whether or not what Mrs. Oswald is addressing respectfully to the
Commission is her confidence that if in the course of her own testimony
and the actual facts that she is producing, she expresses confidence
that if those facts recommend the subpena of additional witnesses, or
the recall of others, she expresses her confidence that that would be
done, if the facts she outlines so require.
The CHAIRMAN. She may be very sure of that, as I tried to tell her.
But the only thing--I would not want Mrs. Oswald to leave here and say,
"I gave the Commission a list of witnesses and they did not call all of
them."
Now, that is a matter that will have to be in the province of the
Commission, and not in the province of a witness.
And I say that without any combative--not in a combative spirit.
Because, as your counsel states, I think we are not far apart on it,
Mrs. Oswald.
Mrs. OSWALD. No. And I appreciate the fact----
The CHAIRMAN. But fairness will have to judge our actions. And we
propose to be fair.
Mrs. OSWALD. Now, I guess I am a very stubborn person. I am a very
aggressive person, as you know by now.
I would like--this would be just 2 minutes, and it would bring a point,
and then I would be through, if I may.
The CHAIRMAN. Very well.
Mrs. OSWALD. Senator Towner has dates here, and the main part of the
article is that he had received a letter from the State Department.
Now, I would like--I have information from the State Department, I have
documents from the State Department which is contrary to the dates and
contrary to Senator Tower's public statement.
And I would like to have the letter that he has from the State
Department, and the name of the man that wrote it, because it is
contrary to what I have.
He could have been, to use an American slang, shooting his mouth off,
because he said if he went to Russia let him stay there, I would not
help him--is what he said.
But then again he may have this very important letter from this man in
the State Department, which is incorrect, from what I have.
Now, he claims--and if you would like to read that--and that is what I
was trying to bring out.
The CHAIRMAN. I think you will have to leave that to the wisdom of the
Commission and its sense of fair play, and what is necessary, all facts
considered.
Mrs. OSWALD. Well, I have had my say, gentlemen, and I will most
graciously continue.
However. I am not too happy that I will not have counsel for my son,
because I believe my son would also be entitled to counsel.
The CHAIRMAN. Very well, you may continue.
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