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. TRULY. Well, I assume that all of our boys, all of our order
fillers have worked at some time or other, because when the boys finish
up the stocks they are working, the orders they are filling, if there
is anything left, regardless of publisher, they go fill it.
But Scott, Foresman was one of our publishers that I would say would be
easiest for a new man to learn how to fill.
And we have a lot of those orders.
You can give a new man those orders, once he understands a little about
the alphabetical arrangement, the location of the stock, and he can go
ahead and fill orders, and you won't have to keep showing him things.
They are easier to fill.
Usually the boys that fill a lot of the other orders are the boys that
have had more experience overall, they have been there some time, and
they will know the general location of all the stock, and it is just
easier for an experienced man to fill some other orders.
Mr. BELIN. When they fill the orders, they go and get the books, and
bring them down to your wrapping and mailing section?
Mr. TRULY. That is right. And they are checked to see that they are
in correct quantities and titles and called for on the order, or the
invoice.
Then they are weighed up on parcel post scales, if they go by parcel
post, or they are processed over on the floor if they are big enough
for freight.
Mr. BELIN. And, as I understand it, they would first look to see if the
title would be on the first floor in your bins, and then only if it
wasn't on the first floor would they go up to some of the upper floors
with your reserve stock, is that correct?
Mr. TRULY. That is right.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else you can think of with regard to the particular
nature of the type of work that Lee Harvey Oswald did when he was
working for your company?
Mr. TRULY. Nothing--except that we have occasionally--we would check
the number of orders that each boy filled per day, to see if he is
doing a day's work. And each invoice which is the billing of the order,
has a little section for a checker's number. And the order filler's
number. Our checker periodically would count at the end of the day the
number of orders that each order filler filled that day.
We could tell at that time whether some of them were doing much more
work than others.
And we also kept a list of mistakes that he catches a boy making, such
as filling the wrong quantity of books, or the wrong title. We didn't
do that every day, because it is a top heavy thing, and if we have to
keep a check on your boys all the time, it is not worthwhile.
Mr. BELIN. What did you find generally--would you classify Lee Harvey
Oswald as an average employee--above average, or below average employee?
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