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. BARGAS. That's approximately right.
Mr. JENNER. It was in 1962?
Mr. BARGAS. I believe it was.
Mr. JENNER. And it was in July sometime?
Mr. BARGAS. Sometime in July.
Mr. JENNER. Along about the middle of July? Is that correct?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes; somewhere around in there.
Mr. JENNER. In response to this message that had been transmitted to
the Texas State Employment Agency, somebody by the name of Lee Oswald
came to your place of business, to the factory, and you had made it
clear through your secretary, who called on your behalf, that you were
seeking somebody who was going to start at the bottom, to be trained,
that if he had some sheet metal experience that would be fine?
Mr. BARGAS. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. But, whoever this employee or prospective employee would
be, would start at a low rate and it would be contemplated that he
would be trained?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Now, Lee Oswald came on the scene--do you recall your
meeting with him?
Mr. BARGAS. No--not very distinctly--no.
Mr. JENNER. Do you relatively frequently have occasion to seek new
employees?
Mr. BARGAS. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. This was not out of the ordinary?
Mr. BARGAS. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. It was just in the regular course of business?
Mr. BARGAS. Right.
Mr. JENNER. And neither the nature of the employment, nor the man
himself in either respect--was there anything unusual or particular
about it?
Mr. BARGAS. No--none whatever.
Mr. JENNER. And tell us about that meeting, to the extent you can
recall it.
Mr. BARGAS. Well, it's pretty hard because I meet so many people that's
come in and out.
Mr. JENNER. I appreciate that--it may be important to us, Mr. Bargas,
that your recollection is exactly what it is, that this employment was
just the usual, ordinary sort of thing and that he didn't impress you
greatly--don't you be embarrassed at all--all we want to find out from
you is what your personal recollection is and what you remember, that's
all.
It may be just as important to us that you remember very little,
because it was not extraordinary, as your remembering something
particular about it. Give us what you now recall took place.
Mr. BARGAS. Well, the only thing that I remember taking place was him
coming into the plant.
Mr. JENNER. And he came to see you--or he was directed to you?
Mr. BARGAS. He was directed to me, and he came in and I gave him an
application to fill out and we talked and I gave him instructions of
what I expected of the men when he came to be employed there.
Mr. JENNER. Would you tell us as best you can now recall that
conversation--what you told him--what did you expect, what did you say
to him that you expected?
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