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. SENATOR. I only worked for them out of there. In other words, the
only time that I ever went there is when they had sales meetings, when
they called the people in for sales meetings.
Mr. HUBERT. Where were you living then?
Mr. SENATOR. In Miami.
Mr. HUBERT. That same residence?
Mr. SENATOR. Northwest Fourth Terrace?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What was your area, sales area?
Mr. SENATOR. Florida.
Mr. HUBERT. Just Florida?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You sold women’s apparel?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Wholesale?
Mr. SENATOR. Wholesalers. They were manufacturers.
Mr. HUBERT. I notice from these records, too, that apparently during
the years 1951, 1952, and 1953, your employer seems to alternate
between Smoler Bros., Inc., and Hartley’s, whose address is given as
144 East Flagler in Miami.
Mr. SENATOR. Hartley’s is a large—it almost looks like a department
store but it is not. It is a large specialty shop.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you working for both?
Mr. SENATOR. The only time I worked for Hartley’s was, I think it
was either one or two seasons. I don’t remember which. Just for the
Christmas holidays only.
Mr. HUBERT. When you did work for Hartley’s, did you leave Smoler’s?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, no.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, Smoler’s continued right on?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. In other words, I would probably say maybe a week or
something like that before the Christmas holidays I worked in there. I
would say approximately like that. Approximately a week or something
like that.
Mr. HUBERT. These records also indicate that actually you worked for
Smoler’s out of Chicago, wherever you actually lived or whatever your
territory might have been, until 1958; is that correct?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. Smoler’s is the one who forced me to Texas.
Mr. HUBERT. Tell us about that.
Mr. SENATOR. There were two men they were releasing in Dallas, Tex.,
and it happened to be I was in Atlanta, Ga., and it happened to be on a
Friday, I recall this very distinctly. My boss called me and I couldn’t
imagine what he was calling me for. He said, “George, we are releasing
a couple of men and we want you to go to Dallas.” And I didn’t want to
go. But he said, “You are going.” So I wound up in Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. When was that? I know you said is was a Friday, but do you
remember the year, the month?
Mr. SENATOR. No. Oh, wait; yes. It was 10 years ago.
Mr. HUBERT. 1954?
Mr. SENATOR. Because I have been there—come next month, it will be 10
years I have been there.
Mr. HUBERT. So the telephone conversation on Friday would have been in
May of 1954, on a Friday?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Actually, May 15, I think you said.
Mr. SENATOR. No; I think I arrived in Dallas, I think it was May 15.
Mr. HUBERT. Did your wife go with you?
Mr. SENATOR. No; she wouldn’t go.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you been living together up to that time?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Was that the cause of your separation?
Mr. SENATOR. I believe that is.
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