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. I would say for the nature of the work and the time he was
there, the work that he did was a bit above average. I wasn't on that
floor constantly. The boy, from all reports to me, and what I have seen
kept working and talked little to anybody else. He just kept moving.
And he did a good day's work.
Mr. BELIN. What was his pay?
Mr. TRULY. $1.25 an hour.
Mr. BELIN. 5-day week?
Mr. TRULY. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did he miss many days of work?
Mr. TRULY. We had no record of him missing any days.
Mr. BELIN. By the way, was your company open on Armistice Day, November
11th, or not? If you know.
Mr. TRULY. We usually are closed on that day.
Now, I just cannot remember whether we were closed that day or not.
Mr. BELIN. I hand you what has been marked Commission Exhibit No. 496,
which appears to be a photostatic copy of a document, and I ask you to
state if you know what that is.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 496 for
identification.)
Mr. TRULY. This is a copy of the application blank that Oswald filled
out. I am not familiar with his handwriting, because he didn't do
anything that we have records of. All the work that he ever did was put
his number or something.
Mr. BELIN. Well, my first question is this: Is this particular form a
form of your company?
Mr. TRULY. That is one form; yes. We changed it a little bit, and this
might have been just one that I pulled out. I can't recall whether it
is the one we use now or the one we did use.
Mr. BELIN. Well, was this a form that you were using at about the time
he came for employment?
Mr. TRULY. Yes.
(At this point, Representative Ford entered the hearing room.)
Mr. BELIN. Did you see him fill this out? Was it in your office or not?
Mr. TRULY. Yes. He was sitting opposite me, and he filled it out on my
desk.
Mr. BELIN. He filled this Exhibit 496 out on your desk?
Mr. TRULY. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. At this time we offer in evidence Exhibit 496.
495 as yet has not been offered. And I don't know if 494 has been
offered or not.
But, in the event it has not, we offer that in evidence.
Mr. McCLOY. It may be admitted.
(The documents heretofore marked for identification as Commission
Exhibits Nos. 494, 495, and 496 were received in evidence.)
Mr. BELIN. Mr. Truly, are there any other observations you can give
about Lee Harvey Oswald as an employee during the month of October
1963, or during the month of November, prior to November 22, 1963?
Mr. TRULY. Nothing that I can recall.
I would speak to him in the morning when I would come through, and I
would say, "Good morning, Lee," and he would say, "Good morning, sir."
I would ask him how he was. Occasionally I would ask about his baby,
and he would usually smile a big smile when I asked him how his new
baby was. And that was just about the extent of my conversation that I
can remember with the boy.
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