TESTIMONY OF AMOS LEE EUINS The President's Commission reconvened at 2:15 p.m. The CHAIRMAN. The Commission will come to order. Amos, will you stand up, please, and raise your right hand? Do you solemnly swear the testimony you will give before this Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You may be seated. How old are you? Mr. EUINS. Sixteen. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Chief Justice, should we start by reading the purpose? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. I think you received a copy of this statement. But I just want to say to you that the purpose of today's hearing is to hear the testimony of Arnold Louis Rowland, James Richard Worrell, Robert H. Jackson, and yourself who were in the vicinity of the assassination scene on November 22, 1963. The Commission proposes to ask you facts concerning your knowledge of the assassination of President Kennedy. You understand that? Mr. EUINS. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Mr. SPECTER. Would you tell us your full name for the record, please? Mr. EUINS. Amos Lee Euins. Mr. SPECTER. What is your exact date of birth, Amos? Mr. EUINS. January 10, 1948. Mr. SPECTER. January 10, 1948? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. Mr. SPECTER. And are you a school boy at the present time? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. Mr. SPECTER. What school do you go to? Mr. EUINS. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. SPECTER. What grade are you in at that school? Mr. EUINS. The ninth. Mr. SPECTER. Do you live with your parents, Amos? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. Mr. SPECTER. How is your health generally? Mr. EUINS. I guess it is all right. Mr. SPECTER. How are your eyes? Mr. EUINS. They are all right. Mr. SPECTER. Can you see good at a distance? Mr. EUINS. Yes, I can see good at a distance, but I can't see at real close range. Mr. SPECTER. Are you able to read without glasses? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. Mr. SPECTER. You don't use glasses for any purposes, then? Mr. EUINS. No, sir. Mr. SPECTER. When you say you have trouble at close range, just what do you mean by that? Mr. EUINS. You know, like I put something on real close. Mr. SPECTER. Indicating about 4 or 5 inches from your eyes? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. And then they kind of get dim. But on a long scene, I can see good. Mr. SPECTER. How are your grades in school, Amos? Mr. EUINS. They are all right. Mr. SPECTER. Are they better than average, or what? Mr. EUINS. They are about average. Mr. SPECTER. All right. Going back to November 22, 1963, that is last year, Amos, do you recall what you were doing early on that morning? Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. When I first got up, I went to school. Then about 11:30, well, the teachers called us and told us the ones that wanted to go downtown to see the President come down to the office and get an excuse and they could go. So I went down to the office, and I got an excuse, so I went downtown. Mr. SPECTER. And what time did you leave school? Mr. EUINS. 11:30.