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. JENNER. Does Burton-Dixie Co. awaken or refresh your recollection
in this connection?
Mr. ADAMS. Only to the extent that they are one of the employers with
whom I have dealt.
Mr. JENNER. Yes?
Mr. ADAMS. And, in making these referrals, I have found in my short
time with the Commission that it is not too wise to be bound entirely
by the employer's stated requirements. I can best explain this by
saying that as recently as yesterday I referred a young man on an order
which I had had for a week and on which I had made prior referrals of
individuals who, in my opinion, were at least as well-qualified and
certainly made a better appearance and yet this last individual was
the man who was hired. So, when I first determined this, I decided
that I would not certainly make wholesale referrals without regard to
the employer's requirements, but on the other hand, in any case where
I thought the individual was such that the employer might see in him
something that I did not see, I wouldn't take a chance. I would refer
him if I felt he met any or many of the employer's basic requirements.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall any incidents of any others in the agency who
sought to assist Oswald, of which you have any knowledge?
Mr. ADAMS. Yes, sir; subsequent to these incidents, I am aware that
other people in the Commission had talked to Mr. Oswald prior to
November 22d.
Mr. JENNER. But what you have stated is the extent of your contact with
him?
Mr. ADAMS. Yes, sir; to the best of my knowledge.
Mr. JENNER. I take it, and am I correct, that he was not employed or
hired by the Solid State Electronics Co. of Texas on your reference?
Mr. ADAMS. To the best of my knowledge he was not hired on any of the
jobs to which I referred him.
Mr. JENNER. And does the name Trans-Texas stimulate your recollection
as to any possible reference?
Mr. ADAMS. Yes, sir; about--in late October or early November,
Trans-Texas Airways called Mr. Roy----
Mr. JENNER. Who is Mr. Roy?
Mr. ADAMS. He is not the station manager, he is the--I really don't
know what his title is, but anyway, he deals with the people who are
more concerned with servicing the aircraft than with passengers.
Anyway, he advised me that the company was contemplating expansion and
he would need possibly as many as 12 or 14 ramp agents and--as they are
called by the airline industry--we call them baggage, cargo handlers,
and he gave me qualifications, minimum qualifications, to send out
those who met the qualifications.
Mr. JENNER. Was Lee Harvey Oswald one of those you sent out?
Mr. ADAMS. If the record indicates, he was.
Mr. JENNER. But here again you have no recollection beyond what the
record shows?
Mr. ADAMS. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have any recollection as to salary, for example, as
compared with that that you mentioned--you mentioned some kind of a
figure, with respect to Solid State Electronics Co?
Mr. ADAMS. I think that the going rate of Trans-Texas then was $210 a
month plus overtime.
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