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
As I worked throughout the day, it seemed fairly apparent to me that
there was no school in operation there, I don’t think. That is strictly
an opinion.
Mr. Ruby did run an amateur night, and from what information I think I
absorbed there, it appeared that these girls must have, part of them
practiced in some of his amateur and semiregularly at his place, and it
didn’t appear to be a school.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was he running an amateur night at the time you were
taking these photographs?
Mr. BEERS. I was not familiar with the club prior to that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But at the time you took these photographs, did you have
the understanding that he had run an amateur night?
Mr. BEERS. I got that impression; yes, sir, that he had some amateur
nights there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. During the period of November 22, 23, and 24, were you
aware of newspaper people who were operating in the Dallas area on the
freelance basis?
Mr. BEERS. You say was I aware that there were some operating on a
freelance basis?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; were you aware of any such people?
Mr. BEERS. Not particularly.
I ran into one photographer who was a local man, who I understand was
freelancing and had received an assignment from Paris Match, a French
magazine, and to the best of my knowledge, I don’t recall--I am sure
there were some here, but I don’t recall meeting any that I absolutely
knew were on a freelance basis.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What I am interested in finding out is if there is any
practice that a freelance person follows in hooking up with a network,
or somebody who can pay him, whether he makes a commitment in advance
to work, or whether he is just down there for shooting pictures or
trying to gather information and selling it as he gets it?
Are you familiar enough with what the practice generally is for
freelance people in a situation, developing news situations such as we
had in this period, to be able to state how a freelance photographer or
newspapermen would operate?
Mr. BEERS. In instances such as occurred there, as the assassination
of the President, there are some photographers in Dallas who operate
on a freelance basis, and also some of them, the same people possibly
operate on a stringer basis. This is someone who is known in the
area by a news agency or a particular magazine or newspaper, and if
something occurred in that area, the people by whom he is known, could
possibly contact him and tell him to cover this story, either by
himself, or until some of their people could arrive on the scene.
I am sure there were some such people operating there. I don’t know
just exactly who it might be.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I will ask you one final question. Has anything come
to your attention having to do with either Jack Ruby or with the
assassination of President Kennedy, or anything else that you might
think would be of importance to the Commission that you think you
should make available to us?
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