I state to you now that the general nature of the Commission’s inquiry is to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of Lee Harvey Oswald. In particular as to you, Mr. Phenix, the nature of the inquiry today is to determine all the facts you know about the death of Oswald and any other pertinent facts you may know about the general inquiry and the activities of Jack Ruby. Mr. Phenix, I think you appeared here as a result of a written request addressed to you by Mr. J. Lee Rankin, who is the General Counsel of the President’s Commission. Mr. PHENIX. Yes. Mr. HUBERT. And I ask you now, you received that written request more than 3 days ago? Mr. PHENIX. Yes. Mr. HUBERT. Will you rise and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. PHENIX. I do. Mr. HUBERT. Will you please state your name? Mr. PHENIX. George R. Phenix. Mr. HUBERT. And your age? Mr. PHENIX. Twenty-five. Mr. HUBERT. Where do you live? Mr. PHENIX. 2550 Klondike. Mr. HUBERT. What is your occupation? Mr. PHENIX. I am a reporter--cameraman. Mr. HUBERT. What station? Mr. PHENIX. KRLD. Mr. HUBERT. That’s a Dallas station? Mr. PHENIX. Right. Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been so employed? Mr. PHENIX. Since the middle of October. Mr. HUBERT. What was your occupation prior to that time? Mr. PHENIX. Reporter for the magazine Texas Municipal League, an organization of Texas towns and city of the magazine--Austin. Mr. HUBERT. Are you a college graduate? Mr. PHENIX. No; doggone it--no. I lack three courses. I have been in college for a long time. Mr. HUBERT. Where did you study? Mr. PHENIX. Texas Tech and Texas University--journalism and advertising. Mr. HUBERT. Were you on duty with KRLD on November 24, 1963? Mr. PHENIX. Yes, sir. Mr. HUBERT. What function were you performing on that day with reference to your occupation? Mr. PHENIX. My assignment was to cover Oswald as they brought him out from the police department, cover him, and just to get film on it. Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you were to operate a film camera and you had nothing to do with the television part of it at all? Mr. PHENIX. None at all. Mr. HUBERT. Did KRLD have television machines down there? Mr. PHENIX. Right--we had a live camera set up there. Mr. HUBERT. But your operation was not in connection with that? Mr. PHENIX. No--there are really two distinct operations--they are a production crew, the same crew that handles a TV show in the studio, and I don’t even know how to operate their cameras. Mr. HUBERT. What you were operating was a hand camera, is that correct? Mr. PHENIX. Well, it’s a little larger than a hand camera but generally it is operated on a battery pack.