Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. Very good salary; pleasant conditions. But
eventually fought with the vice president.
Mr. JENNER. What?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Eventually I got into some personal trouble with
the vice president, and this time was not kicked out but through mutual
agreement it was decided between Warren Smith, who was my president,
and a close friend, that I should resign and also----
Mr. JENNER. When did you leave that position?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Some time in 1946.
Mr. JENNER. I interrupted you. You were going to add something.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Some time in 1946. And also I wanted to come back
to the States to renew my citizenship paper application, because I
would lose my citizenship papers by staying in Venezuela too long, you
see.
It was an American company all right, but I think it was incorporated
in Venezuela.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have to have a passport to get to that position in
Venezuela?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; well, I think I still have my Polish
passport. But I had a reentry permit to the States.
Mr. JENNER. So you returned to the United States in 1946?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Then what did you do?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, I arrived back through New York, but stayed
a very short time, and went to Texas again.
Mr. JENNER. What town?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. To Houston. To look for a job. I did not want to
be in a tropical part of the United States, in a hot part. I was trying
to find a job somewhere in the northern part of the United States.
And then I heard that there is a job available as an assistant to the
chairman of the Rangely Field Engineering Committee.
Mr. JENNER. At Rangely, Colo.?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And what was the field engineer's name? He is now dead, is
he not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; Joe Zorichak.
Mr. JENNER. There was an assistant. What was his name? There were two
of you assisting the chairman?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't remember the other assistant's name. I
was the only one in the office. Later on--we were part of the group
of all the oil companies operating there. But we were the only ones
actually working for the committee. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. I will find it here in a moment.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. You see, this committee was a consulting
organization set up by, I think, 8 or 10 oil companies operating in
Rangely Field, which is the largest field in Colorado, in the Rocky
Mountains. It still is.
Mr. JENNER. Does the name James Gibson sound familiar to you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; Gibson--James Gibson; yes. But he was not
in our outfit. He was an engineer for Standard Oil of California. But
he worked very close to us. In other words, he was an employee of the
Standard Oil of California.
Mr. JENNER. Does the name J. M. Bunce sound familiar to you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Who is he?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. He was a representative of a pumping outfit from
California who sold oil well pumps.
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