Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BRENNAN. Not at all. But you sure going to be confused on my jobs,
sir.
Mr. BELIN. Because you have gone from one job to another?
Mr. BRENNAN. Well, I worked under the union constitution for the last
20 years, and I have worked for many a contractor.
Mr. BELIN. You mean you just work on contract, and when you are through
with that particular construction job, the union would send you to
another construction job?
Mr. BRENNAN. Yes. Usually a contractor wants me to go to the State of
Washington, like I did in California, or he wants me to go to Utah or
somewhere like that.
Mr. DULLES. I don't think we need all that detail.
Mr. BELIN. In other words, you have been a steamfitter.
Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, sir.
With the exception of the possibility of 2 years I was in business in
California, private business.
Mr. McCLOY. Are you a member of a church?
Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, sir.
Mr. McCLOY. What church are you a member of?
Mr. BRENNAN. Baptist.
Mr. McCLOY. You testified you were a Bible reader.
Mr. BRENNAN. Well, I don't read it as much as I should.
Mr. McCLOY. When you do, you have to wear glasses?
Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. Any other questions?
Mr. BELIN. There have been two or three other questions that have come
up here, sir.
One question--when we visited on Friday in Dallas, what is the fact as
to whether or not I told you what to say or you yourself just told me
what you wanted to tell me?
Mr. BRENNAN. I told you--you did not instruct me what to say at all. I
told you in the best words I could to explain exactly my movements and
what happened.
Representative FORD. And here today you have testified freely on your
own?
Mr. BRENNAN. Right, I have.
Mr. DULLES. Anything you would like to add?
Mr. BELIN. One other question, sir.
For the record, would you repeat what I would say would be a full
statement of the reasons which caused you to state in your December
interview to the FBI that you had always been convinced that the man
you saw in the lineup was the man you saw firing the rifle, whereas on
November 22d you declined to give positive identification. Could you
give all of the reasons, please?
Mr. BRENNAN. Well, as I previously have said, I had saw the man in
the window and I had saw him on television. He looked much younger on
television than he did from my picture of him in the window--not much
younger, but a few years younger--say 5 years younger.
And then I felt that my family could be in danger, and I, myself, might
be in danger. And since they already had the man for murder, that
he wasn't going to be set free to escape and get out of the country
immediately, and I could very easily sooner than the FBI or the Secret
Service wanted me, my testimony in, I could very easily get in touch
with them, if they didn't get in touch with me, and to see that the man
didn't get loose.
Representative FORD. When you got home, about 3 o'clock, on November
22d, that is when you did get home----
Mr. BRENNAN. Yes.
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