Also present were J. Lee Rankin, general counsel; Norman Redlich, assistant counsel; Dr. Alfred Goldberg, historian; Waggoner Carr, attorney general of Texas, and Charles Murray, observers. TESTIMONY OF HENRY WADE Senator COOPER. Will you raise your hand? Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give this Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. WADE. I do. Senator COOPER. You are informed about the purposes of this investigation. Mr. WADE. I know it, generally. Senator COOPER. Do you desire a lawyer? Mr. WADE. No, sir. Senator COOPER. Thank you very much. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Wade, we are going to ask you generally about the time of Mr. Oswald's, Lee Harvey Oswald's, arrest, what you had to do in connection with the entire matter, and the press being there at the jail, and the scene and seeing what happened there, and the various things in regard to Mr. Dean and other witnesses in connection with the matter. Will you state your name? Mr. WADE. Henry Wade. Mr. RANKIN. Where do you live? Mr. WADE. I am district attorney, or criminal district attorney of Dallas, Tex.; my home is in Dallas. Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us briefly your qualifications for your position and profession? Mr. WADE. Well, I am a graduate of the University of Texas Law School, 1938, with highest honors. I was county attorney at Rock Wall, Tex., another county for 1 year. I resigned on December 4, 1939, and became a special agent of the FBI. As a special agent of the FBI--I was there until August of 1943, these were rough months--when I resigned and became an apprentice seaman in the Navy. Later I became a lieutenant, junior grade, served in the Pacific 2 years, about 2 years. Then after the war I got out of the Navy on the 6th of February 1946, ran for district attorney in Dallas and was not elected at that time. I hadn't ever lived in Dallas prior to that. You see there was another county. I was assistant district attorney and then was Federal prosecutor from January 1, 1947, up until December 1949, when I resigned and ran for district attorney. I was elected district attorney in 1950 and have been criminal district attorney of Dallas County since January 1, 1951. Mr. RANKIN. Have you handled many of the prosecutions of that county since that time? Mr. WADE. Well, my office or I have handled all of them since that time. I have had quite a bit of experience myself. I have a staff of 41 lawyers and, of course, I don't try all the cases but I have tried quite a few, I would say 40, 50 anyhow since I have been district attorney. Mr. RANKIN. Do you have any particular policy about which cases you would try generally?