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. We are investigating as you notice in those papers all the
possible pertinent facts and circumstances surrounding that horrible
event, to see if we can enlighten the citizenry of the country and at
least get all of the facts recorded, and in the main, as a matter of
fact, get rid of a lot of rumors that keep cropping up here and there,
and since Lee Oswald was employed by your company, we would like to
make some inquiries of your company, if we may.
Mr. STOVALL. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Are you a native of Dallas, Texas?
Mr. STOVALL. Dallas; yes.
Mr. JENNER. How old are you, by the way?
Mr. STOVALL. Forty-three.
Mr. JENNER. And is this your company--is it a corporation or a
partnership?
Mr. STOVALL. It is a corporation.
Mr. JENNER. Are you the principal shareholder?
Mr. STOVALL. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you organize the company?
Mr. STOVALL. No; this is the second generation of the company. The
original founders disposed of their holdings about 3-1/2 years ago.
Mr. JENNER. Disposed of them to you and your family?
Mr. STOVALL. And several of our employees.
Mr. JENNER. And you have been with the company how long?
Mr. STOVALL. Twenty-five years.
Mr. JENNER. That has been, I gather then, considering your age--your
entire business career has been spent with Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall?
Mr. STOVALL. Well, except while I was in the Navy and I worked summers
while I was going to college.
Mr. JENNER. Where did you attend the university, by the way?
Mr. STOVALL. I went to Texas Tech and SMU. I attended SMU at night and
worked in the day.
Mr. JENNER. What does your company do?
Mr. STOVALL. We are in the typographic services. We serve advertising
agencies, advertising departments, and the graphic arts industry as a
middle supplier for type services. We also produce newspaper mats for
duplication throughout the United States.
Mr. JENNER. Do you do any work for any federal agency?
Mr. STOVALL. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Is it secret or confidential work or classified work of any
kind?
Mr. STOVALL. On occasion we do. Most of it is not, but we do on
occasion. We are cleared through the Navy Bureau Materiel here,
although I believe it now has been incorporated under the Department of
Defense as a single unit.
Mr. JENNER. Without disclosing any secrets in that connection or
classifications, what is the nature of that work?
Mr. STOVALL. Generally speaking, the nature of the work is charting
and mapping, and actually all we do is set words, letters, and
figures. We have no correlation of what they refer to.
Mr. JENNER. It's charting of coastal areas, sea bottoms, and some land
areas or what?
Mr. STOVALL. Yes; and some foreign areas, too.
Mr. JENNER. That is, other than continental United States?
Mr. STOVALL. Yes; right.
Mr. JENNER. Was any of this work done in the department or area to
which Lee Oswald had access while he was employed by your company?
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