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. Is that a square that you make normally?
Mr. BROOKS. Yes. This is of importance especially in the industrial
office because a lot of times a person working in a factory office
might be required to sub in as perhaps a driver of machinery, and we
always ask--pay attention to this, not because of Texas, but because of
commercial operator's license.
Mr. JENNER. Let me inquire of you a little further on that. Does your
inquiry go beyond asking whether he has a driver's license? That is, do
you go on and ask whether he is able to operate a motor vehicle?
Mr. BROOKS. Yes, sir. Well, not necessarily. I mean, if he doesn't have
a driver's license, he is not supposed to be driving, actually.
Mr. JENNER. But he could get one the next day, couldn't he?
Mr. BROOKS. Yes. Sometimes I have gone further and asked, are you able
to drive a car. I have done this on occasion.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have any recollection of whether you did that on
this occasion?
Mr. BROOKS. No, sir; I might have and I might not have. I wouldn't want
to swear that I did either one.
Mr. JENNER. But your entry does indicate for certain that he did not
have a driver's license, and you made inquiry on that subject?
Mr. BROOKS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. All right, go on. Maybe there is something else that you
have written there to stimulate me to ask you something.
Mr. BROOKS. We have not covered my handwriting. Unfortunately, my
handwriting is pretty easy to see. I write big. Now this--I am on the
back of the card now. Now this Leslie Welding Co. in Dallas, 4 months,
10-62, $1.25 an hour, sheet metal worker, mild ventilators, is in my
handwriting.
Mr. JENNER. Is that something he told you?
Mr. BROOKS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. By the way, was this form E-13, made up in your office or
made up in some other office?
Mr. BROOKS. The original must have been made up in my office. That is
usually the procedure, actually.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall whether you made inquiry of the Fort Worth
office as to whether they had what you call this ATB?
Mr. BROOKS. This is something--oh, you mean, test records?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. BROOKS. No, sir; I didn't, I am sure of this. The other office,
Mrs. Cunningham, might have, but I didn't.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have a Mrs. Louise Latham?
Mr. BROOKS. Yes. She works for the commission. She works in C&S. I am
not too familiar. I believe she is a placement interviewer.
Mr. JENNER. I notice on the bottom below your signature the last two
lines appear the initials RLA. Is that probably Mr. Adams, the RLA?
Mr. BROOKS. It might be and might not be. I am not too familiar with
the person. I know who is over there.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall anything about this young man?
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