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. EBERHARDT. Well, he said that he--he called me by my middle
name--he said, “It is hard to realize that a complete nothing, a zero
like that, could kill a man like President Kennedy was.” He said that,
“It is hard to understand how a complete nothing,” that is what he
referred to him as, “a complete nothing could have done this,” and then
he left, and then I didn’t notice where he went.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do you remember anything else that was said in these
5 or 10 minutes that he was in there?
Mr. EBERHARDT. No; he just asked me how I was doing, how my wife and
children are, which he always did any time he seen anybody.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Now----
Mr. EBERHARDT. I was trying to recall about this lapel deal and give
it a lot of thought, and I can’t remember visually what he had on his
lapel, but I do remember him taking his notebook and hitting his lapel,
and he said, “I am here as a reporter,” and he took the notebook and
hit like that. He had something on his coat, but I can’t visualize now
what it was. I did not get one of his kosher sandwiches, either.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You didn’t. Did he show them to you?
Mr. EBERHARDT. No; I never did ask the man anything about them.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is it because of his statement about the kosher sandwiches
that you place the time as between 6 and 7 p.m.?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Well, I had already eaten. That is why I placed the time
around there in the evening.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, could it have been as late as 10:30 or 11?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Oh, no; no. See, we get off at 11.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know if there were Israeli newspaper or Yiddish----
Mr. EBERHARDT. There was a bunch of them running around there talking
that unknown tongue. I don’t know what they were saying. There were
some orientals; there was some French; there were several dialects
running around there that I didn’t know what they were talking about.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, you saw Jack at a later time, also, didn’t you?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, could it have been at this later time that Jack told
you about the kosher sandwiches?
Mr. EBERHARDT. I didn’t speak to him at the later time. That is the
only time I spoke to him. I just seen him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know, after Ruby killed Oswald, there were a number
of rumors that circulated as to how he got into the basement, and one
of the rumors was that he got in by the use of a press badge? Now, one
thing we are interested in here is tracing how these rumors might have
gotten started. You recall your actions after the assassination is that
you might have described this particular episode that you just told us
about now about being an Israeli interpreter. Do you recall that you
mentioned that to anybody within the 24 hours after Ruby killed Oswald?
Mr. EBERHARDT. No; I didn’t. The first one I talked to about it was
when the FBI agents asked me about it.
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