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. That's right. It looks like dice, only they are bigger. They
have the theory that these can interest a lot of children because of
the noise they put out here, and they pick them up when they hit the
floor and put them together into sentences and things. Something to
stimulate the interest of children who are not quite as advanced in
their reading.
Mr. BELIN. Are they relatively heavy or light cartons?
Mr. TRULY. They are very light.
Mr. BELIN. The cartons themselves. About how much would a carton of 10
Rolling Readers weigh?
Mr. TRULY. I don't think they would weigh over between five and ten
pounds.
Mr. BELIN. And by 10 Rolling Readers you mean there were 10 sets of the
Rolling Readers in each of these cartons shown on Exhibit 504?
Mr. TRULY. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. At this time we offer in evidence exhibits 490 through 506
inclusive.
Mr. McCLOY. They may be admitted.
(The documents heretofore marked Commission Exhibits Nos. 490 through
506, inclusive, for identification, were received in evidence.)
Mr. McCLOY. Mr. Truly, I think I heard you say when you were describing
the first contact that you had with Oswald that you said, "That is the
last time I saw him until November 16th."
Did I hear you say that?
Mr. TRULY. No, sir; I did not. If I did, it was a mistake. I saw him on
October 16th, the morning he came to work.
Mr. McCLOY. I put down here that was the last time you had seen him
until November 16th.
Mr. TRULY. For the record, if I said that, that is wrong. I meant
October 16th.
The CHAIRMAN. Which was the next morning?
Mr. TRULY. That was the next morning after he was told to come to work.
Mr. DULLES. Do you recall, Mr. Truly, whether you hired any personnel
for work in this particular building, in the School Depository, after
the 15th of October and before the 22d of November?
Mr. TRULY. No, sir; I don't recall hiring anyone else other than Oswald
for that building the same day that I hired Oswald. I believe, if I am
not mistaken, I hired another boy for a temporary job, and put him in
the other warehouse at 1917 North Houston.
Mr. DULLES. At a different warehouse?
Mr. TRULY. At a different warehouse. He was laid off November 15th, I
believe--November 15th, or something like that.
Mr. DULLES. What I was getting at is whether an accomplice could have
gotten in in that way. That is why I was asking the question.
Mr. TRULY. No, sir; I don't recall. Actually, the end of our fall
rush--if it hadn't existed a week or 2 weeks longer, or if we had not
been using some of our regular boys putting down this plywood, we would
not have had any need for Lee Oswald at that time, which is a tragic
thing for me to think about.
Mr. McCLOY. Mr. Truly, while Oswald was in your employ, did you have
any inquiries made of you by any of the United States agencies, such as
FBI, regarding him?
Mr. TRULY. No, sir; nothing ever.
Mr. DULLES. Did Oswald mention to you anything about his trip to Russia
and return from Russia?
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