Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CURRY. I didn't do anything at the time. I was at the hospital, and
I remained at the hospital until some of the Secret Service asked me
to prepare two cars that we were informed that President Kennedy had
expired and we were requested to furnish two cars for President Johnson
and some of his staff to return to Love Field.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you do that?
Mr. CURRY. Yes; I did.
Mr. RANKIN. What else--what did you do after that?
Mr. CURRY. After the planes departed from Love Field, I was there for
the inauguration of the President, and then we left the plane, and
Judge Sarah Hughes and myself, and I remained at Love for some, I guess
perhaps an hour.
Mr. RANKIN. By inauguration, you mean the swearing in of the President?
Mr. CURRY. That is right, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. On the plane?
Mr. CURRY. On the plane; yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And then you left Love Field?
Mr. CURRY. I talked to Mayor Cabell and his wife for a little while and
after the plane left Love Field then I left Love Field.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you go with Judge Hughes or she go with you?
Mr. CURRY. No; she was in her own car.
Mr. RANKIN. I see.
Mr. CURRY. And I returned to the city hall.
Mr. DULLES. Did I understand correctly, how long were you at Love Field
after the plane of the President left?
Mr. CURRY. As I recall it was approximately an hour.
Mr. DULLES. That is what I thought.
Mr. CURRY. We waited there until the casket bearing the President, and
then the cars bearing Mrs. Kennedy arrived, and it was, I would judge
an hour perhaps.
Mr. RANKIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. CURRY. I returned to my office at city hall.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you do anything about Lee Harvey Oswald at that time?
Mr. CURRY. No. As I went into the city hall it was overrun with the
news media.
Mr. RANKIN. What did you do about that?
Mr. CURRY. I didn't do anything. They were jammed into the north hall
of the third floor, which are the offices of the criminal investigation
division. The television trucks, there were several of them around the
city hall. I went into my administrative offices, I saw cables coming
through the administrative assistant office and through the deputy
chief of traffic through his office, and running through the hall
they had a live TV set up on the third floor, and it was a bedlam of
confusion.
Mr. RANKIN. Did anyone of the police department give them permission to
do this?
Mr. CURRY. I noticed--well, I don't know who gave them permission
because I wasn't there. When I returned they were up there.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you inquire about whether permission had been given?
Mr. CURRY. No; I didn't. We had in the past had always permitted free
movement of the press around the city hall but we had never been faced
with anything like this before where we had national and international
news media descending upon us in this manner.
Mr. RANKIN. Could you describe to the Commission the difference this
time as compared with the ordinary case that you have handled?
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