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. And the Commission, as you know, from these papers enclosed
is investigating the tragedy of the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy, and many people have had some contact with various
circumstances and incidents involving persons who may or could have
been involved in turn in that assassination, and we have information
that you had some contact with a man known as Lee Harvey Oswald, and
we would like to inquire of you about that contact. You live in Fort
Worth--how long have you resided in Fort Worth?
Mr. BARGAS. I have lived in Fort Worth all my life.
Mr. JENNER. All of your life?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You are a native Texan?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And born and reared in Texas?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And did you, during his lifetime, come to know a man by
the name of Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. BARGAS. I only knew him when he went to work for Louv-R-Pak Weather
Co.
Mr. JENNER. But you did have a contact--you came to know him?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes; I did.
Mr. JENNER. At some contact you came to know him, whatever the case
might be?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. How long have you been employed by Leslie Welding Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. I been employed with them ever since 1962.
Mr. JENNER. And does that include the year 1962?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. By whom were you employed during the year prior thereto?
Mr. BARGAS. Louv-R-Pak.
Mr. JENNER. L-o-u-v-R-P-a-k [spelling]. I take it, then, that somewhere
along the line a company known as Louv-R-Pak merged into or associated
with Leslie Welding Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. And you, as an employee of Louv-R-Pak then became
automatically an employee of Leslie Welding Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Is Louv-R-Pak a division of the Leslie Welding Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And tell us, at least in general, what is the business of
Leslie Welding Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. Leslie Welding Co. manufactures louvers and ventilators for
attics, houses--commercial and residential.
Mr. JENNER. What was the business of Louv-R-Pak?
Mr. BARGAS. Louv-R-Pak is the same line.
Mr. JENNER. It was the same line?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. I use the present tense when I refer to Leslie Welding Co.,
that is, what is its business--was that that you have described its
business in 1962?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And thereafter as well, to the present time?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Now, tell me, if you will, your particular connection with
first--Louv-R-Pak and then Leslie Welding Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. Well, I was at Louv-R-Pak just a regular employee, and
then in Leslie Welding, after it was purchased by Leslie Welding
Co.--Louv-R-Pak was--then, after a short time I became foreman down
there.
Mr. JENNER. Foreman in the Louv-R-Pak division of the Leslie Welding
Co.?
Mr. BARGAS. Right, sir.
Mr. JENNER. What kind of work was under your supervision and direction
as a foreman?
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