Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRIFFIN. The photographs that you took up there in the window and
on the sixth floor would not at that time have shown the rifle on the
sack or the pop bottle, or the chicken?
Mr. BEERS. No, sir. That was shown outside the building.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see. Do you still have copies of the photographs?
Mr. BEERS. I do not have copies of the photographs. The negatives are
in custody of the managing editor, Mr. Jack Krueger, managing editor of
the Dallas News.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know what the newspaper policy is going to be with
respect to retention of those negatives?
Mr. BEERS. We planned to keep them in our permanent file. Not with the
ordinary run of the mill day-to-day negatives, but they are filed in
and will be filed for how long, I do not know, in the managing editor’s
office.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I take it from what you have said then, there is perhaps a
general file of negatives or photos that were taken on the day of this
assassination and the 2 days thereafter, which are going to be kept in
a separate spot in your building?
Mr. BEERS. To the best of my knowledge; yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know, for our information, and I don’t know whether
we are interested in this or not, do you know if the newspaper has any
policy with respect to making those available, if it should turn out
the Commission would like to see them?
Mr. BEERS. We have made available everything that we have been
requested to so far; yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Fine. Is my understanding correct, that what you have in
that file is negatives and not developed photographs, or do you have
both?
Mr. BEERS. Primarily negatives. It is possible there are some
photographs that are filed either in our biographical file in the
managing editor’s department, which we consider to be second prints.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Are these negatives such as they could be easily examined
to determine whether they might be of use to us without having to
develop them or print them?
Mr. BEERS. That would depend upon whoever examined them; their ability
to read negatives.
I am sure, I, or whoever made the pictures, would be glad to sit down
and go over and explain to you what is in the negatives and what they
show.
Mr. GRIFFIN. After you left the School Book Depository on the 22d,
where did you go next?
Mr. BEERS. I returned to the office and turned out my afternoon work.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did you remain there?
Mr. BEERS. Until approximately 7. Maybe 8 o’clock that night.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have occasion to perform any more work for the
newspaper that day?
Mr. BEERS. No, sir; we had pretty well closed up for the day by then. I
believe this was the day--I am not sure--that--no; I am sorry. This was
November the 24th that I was thinking about--referring to.
Mr. GRIFFIN. On the 22d, were there any photographers from your
newspaper at the police department?
Mr. BEERS. On November the 22d?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; the day that the President was shot?
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