Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BALL. What--where is the employment agency and what is its name
when you first applied for a job?
Mr. FRAZIER. Well, I went to several but, see, this one got me this job
the main one was Massey, the employment agency, and it is over there on
Shady Grove Road.
Mr. BALL. In Dallas?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; in Irving.
Mr. BALL. How do you spell that name, the name of the employment agency?
Mr. FRAZIER. Massey?
Mr. BALL. Yes.
Mr. FRAZIER. I believe it is M-a-s-s-e-y.
Mr. BALL. And it was a woman at the employment agency that called you
and told you to go to see the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, right.
Mr. BALL. And you went to see Mr. Truly and after an interview he gave
you a job?
Mr. FRAZIER. Correct.
Mr. BALL. Then you started work there about what date in September?
Mr. FRAZIER. It was the 13th. I say that was the same day I went for
an interview. I went early enough that morning that he told me to come
back after lunch.
Mr. BALL. And you are still working there?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. When Mr. Truly hired you did he tell you it would be a
full-time job or just a temporary job?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; he told me that he was looking for somebody full
time and I told him, well, that is what I wanted, and so he said that
would be just fine.
Mr. BALL. How much did he start to pay you?
Mr. FRAZIER. He started me off with a dollar and a quarter an hour.
Mr. BALL. That is for an eight-hour day?
Mr. FRAZIER. Right. Five days a week.
Mr. BALL. Did you commute back and forth from your sister's home in
Irving?
Mr. FRAZIER. Over there to the Texas School Books?
Mr. BALL. To the Texas School Book Depository.
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. From the first day?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. And you still do?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Do you own a car?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Your own car?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. You had it, did you, when you started to work?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Still have it?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. And you have been since September driving that car from your
sister's home in Irving over to the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. FRAZIER. Correct.
Mr. BALL. Go there in the morning?
Mr. FRAZIER. Right.
Mr. BALL. What time do you get to work?
Mr. FRAZIER. I get there around 8 o'clock.
Mr. BALL. When do you quit?
Mr. FRAZIER. I quit at 4:45.
Mr. BALL. Then you drive home?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. How long for lunch?
Mr. FRAZIER. 45 minutes.
Mr. BALL. Do all the employees have the same lunch hour?
Mr. FRAZIER. Now, the ones who work down there filling book orders
around where I work now, so we all work the same hours. Some people
work up there in the offices, I hear that they come in a little bit
later. Now, I don't know for sure but I see primarily the ones who does
the same type of work I do, we all start the same time and work the
same time.
Mr. BALL. Those are the people who fill the orders?
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