Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. PAUL. Well, I wouldn’t come until late anyway.
Mr. HUBERT. You would come late and stay until it closed?
Mr. PAUL. And then go for coffee or something to eat.
Mr. HUBERT. And in other than those days you would get in touch by
telephone?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the purpose—just friendship?
Mr. PAUL. That’s all—and, he had trouble with the Weinsteins and he
always asked for advice. That’s why he used to call me all the time.
Mr. HUBERT. The telephone records, as you know, show quite a number of
calls between you.
Mr. PAUL. They don’t?
Mr. HUBERT. They do, and I was wondering just what those calls were
about.
Mr. PAUL. Well, every day he would find something else he would like to
do—he would think of doing, or the union didn’t do right by him, the
AGVA, or the girls didn’t do right—that’s why he called me almost every
day.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean he would call you if he had trouble with the
girls?
Mr. PAUL. If he had trouble with any of the girls, he would call me.
Mr. HUBERT. If he had trouble with the one—with the Weinsteins, he
would call you?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; and the AGVA people—you see, they’ve got a board of
directors and each one takes a part, and if this one doesn’t do
right—that was almost consistently—he called on that.
Mr. HUBERT. When did you first hear that the President had been shot?
Mr. PAUL. On Friday—I was working. It was the lunch hour, you know, and
lunch hour is our busiest hour. I’m always there on the lunch hour, and
my landlord’s son called me on the telephone and told me the President
was shot—they got it on the radio, and so I turned on the radio and
then we all listened, everybody in the place naturally, because there
was some excitement—people hollered and cried all over the place, and
then everybody was listening to the radio to see what the result would
be, and at 2 o’clock I went home, or a little after 2—generally I
stayed until 2 o’clock on Friday. A little after 2—and when I got home
Jack called me and he said, “Did you hear what happened?” I said, “Yes;
I heard it on the air.” He says, “Isn’t that a terrible thing?” I said,
“Yes; Jack.” He said, “I made up my mind. I’m going to close it down.”
I said, “Well, I can’t close down, I’ve got an eating place.”
Mr. HUBERT. And did he suggest to you that you should close down your
place?
Mr. PAUL. That’s what he said, “Ain’t you going to close?” I said, “No;
I’ve got an eating place.” I says, “You can do whatever you want.”
Mr. HUBERT. Did he discuss with you whether he should close down?
Mr. PAUL. No; he didn’t discuss it. He told me he was going to close
down.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he tell you for how long?
Mr. PAUL. Three days.
Mr. HUBERT. That was at 2 o’clock?
Mr. PAUL. Friday at 2—Friday night and Saturday night and Sunday night.
Mr. HUBERT. He was going to close up?
Mr. PAUL. Friday night and Saturday and Sunday nights.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he tell you why he had chosen those 3 nights?
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