Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RANKIN. And you recognize the stationery, I suppose?
Mr. DOBBS. Yes; that appears to be on our letterhead.
Mr. RANKIN. When you made a search of the files, you did not find any
letter like Dobbs' No. 13?
Mr. DOBBS. No; I did not.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you have any information as to whether or not such a
letter was sent?
Mr. DOBBS. No, no. I would assume, in view of the fact that it does
appear to be an official party letterhead, that the letter would have
been sent, but we would not have kept a file copy of it.
Mr. RANKIN. I see. And you do recognize the signature?
Mr. DOBBS. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you kindly initial that, please.
Mr. DOBBS. (Witness complies.)
Mr. RANKIN. Do you have any recollection of any other correspondence or
communications of any kind?
Mr. DOBBS. No; I do not, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. With Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. DOBBS. I do not.
Mr. RANKIN. You will note that Dobbs' No. 13 refers to a communication
from Lee Harvey Oswald of March 24, presumably 1963. Do you recall ever
having seen that?
Mr. DOBBS. No; I do not, and obviously it was not in our files or we
would have included it in the material we turned over to you.
Mr. RANKIN. While you are making further search for this last item,
would you kindly make another search to see if you do have any copy of
Dobbs' No. 13 and also the letter from Lee Harvey Oswald of March 24?
Mr. DOBBS. That's referred to here?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mr. DOBBS. Yes. We will make a recheck.
Mr. RANKIN. We should also like that clipping that is referred to as
being enclosed with Mr. Oswald's letter, if you find it.
Mr. DOBBS. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. I was not quite clear, Mr. Dobbs, about your response in
regard to that. Is that the type of letter you would not expect to have
a copy of in the files?
Mr. DOBBS. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Because it is a general form that is followed? Is that the
reason?
Mr. DOBBS. Yes. The reason--I can explain to you, however, our basic
procedure in matters of this kind. We receive quite a few inquiries,
and we have more or less an established policy of reply along the
lines I have indicated to you, so we do not keep an accumulation of
the--all the letters received and all the replies sent. As I told
you, our office work is done essentially by volunteer help. We are a
small organization with meager resources, and we have to adjust our
proceedings accordingly.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you have any knowledge of any collaboration, association
or combination of any of the people in the Socialist Workers Party,
Pioneer Publishers, or The Militant, with Lee Harvey Oswald and his
action in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy?
Mr. DOBBS. None whatever. So far as I know, nobody in any of the
categories mentioned by you ever knew anything about him other than the
written material that we have made available to you.
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