Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. WULF. Of 1955, yes. It is sketchy. I really cannot say for sure. I
could probably get it from the Astronomy Club's records, but----
Mr. LIEBELER. The occasion of your first meeting was that he came to
join the Astronomy Association----
Mr. WULF. That is correct.
Mr. LIEBELER. With McBride. Did become closely acquainted with McBride
and become a friend of his after that?
Mr. WULF. Oh, yes. I still, up until about 9 months ago kept in contact
with him, and I still know of his whereabouts, and when he comes to the
city I still see him.
Mr. LIEBELER. McBride at that time was working at Pfisterer's Dental
Laboratory? Is that right?
Mr. WULF. Yes, sir. I believe he was a delivery boy or a runner. I
don't know the exact title of his position.
Mr. LIEBELER. Have you ever spoken with McBride about Lee Oswald?
Mr. WULF. Only at the time that--two occasions or possibly three--I
think it was two occasions that I met Oswald, and I got some of
Oswald's beliefs, and I told--McBride had always told me that he
wanted to get into the military service as a career, especially rocket
engineering and rocketry--like we all were nuts on rocketry at the
time--and I told him, I said, "This boy Oswald, if you associated with
him, could be construed as a security risk, and especially if you want
to get into a job position where the information you know could be of a
security nature or of a type that could be of a security risk nature."
Mr. LIEBELER. You told that to McBride some time back in 1955? Is that
correct?
Mr. WULF. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. What led you to make that statement to McBride?
Mr. WULF. I made that statement to McBride after my second meeting
with Oswald when we got into a discussion--I being a history major
and always been interested in history, some way or another we got
around to communism. I think Oswald brought it up, because he was
reading some of my books in my library, and he started expounding
the Communist doctrine and saying that he was highly interested in
communism, that communism was the only way of life for the worker, et
cetera, and then came out with the statement that he was looking for
a Communist cell in town to join but he couldn't find any. He was a
little dismayed at this, and he said that he couldn't find any that
would show any interest in him as a Communist, and subsequently, after
this conversation, my father came in and we were kind of arguing back
and forth about the situation, and my father came in the room, heard
what we were arguing on communism, and that this boy was loud-mouthed,
boisterous, and my father asked him to leave the house and politely put
him out of the house, and that is the last I have seen or spoken with
Oswald.
Mr. LIEBELER. Now you indicated that your argument was rather loud and
boisterous?
Mr. WULF. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Oswald generally impress you as a loud or boisterous
person?
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