The testimony of Philip Eugene Vinson was taken at 2 p.m., on April 1, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Wesley J. Liebeler, assistant counsel of the President's Commission. Mr. LIEBELER. Would you rise and I will administer the oath. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. VINSON. I do. Mr. LIEBELER. My name is Wesley J. Liebeler. I am a member of the legal staff of the President's Commission To Investigate the Assassination of President Kennedy. I have been authorized to take the testimony of witnesses by the Commission pursuant to authority granted to it by Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, and Joint Resolution of Congress No. 137. The Commission's rules require that a witness be given 3 days' notice prior to the time that he can be required to testify. I don't think you have been given 3 days' notice, but you are entitled to waive that notice if you want to. I assume that as long as you are here, you are perfectly willing to waive it and go ahead. Mr. VINSON. That's right. Mr. LIEBELER. I want to give you now a copy of the Executive order that I just mentioned, plus the Resolution of Congress No. 137, and the rules of procedure, which rules have been adopted to govern the taking of testimony from witnesses. You may keep those documents and refer to them as you wish. The Commission understands that you were a classmate of Lee Harvey Oswald in the second grade? Mr. VINSON. Yes. Mr. LIEBELER. While that may not seem to have too much relationship to the events of last November, one of the purposes of the Commission is to try to determine, assuming Oswald's guilt, his motive. In that area it might be that the kind of person he was when he was in the second grade or younger than that, throughout his youth, may have some relevance. Mr. LIEBELER. Before we get into the details of that, however, I would like you to state your full name. Mr. VINSON. Philip Eugene Vinson. Mr. LIEBELER. Where do you live, Mr. Vinson? Mr. VINSON. 4325 Baell Street, Fort Worth, Tex. Mr. LIEBELER. You are presently employed as a reporter for a Fort Worth newspaper, is that correct? Mr. VINSON. That's right. Mr. LIEBELER. Which newspaper? Mr. VINSON. The Fort Worth Star Telegram. Mr. LIEBELER. How long have you been employed by them? Mr. VINSON. Since July 15, 1963. Mr. LIEBELER. What kind of work have you been doing for them? Mr. VINSON. Reporter. Mr. LIEBELER. Do you have any particular specialty, or just a general reporter; what kind of work are you actually doing? Mr. VINSON. We have a bureau in Arlington, Tex., which specializes in covering suburban news in the community between Dallas and Fort Worth, and we have two reporters assigned to this bureau, and I am one of the two reporters in this bureau at this time.