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. HUBERT. Mr. Senator, we are now continuing the deposition which we
began this morning. I am sure you understand and I want the record to
show that this deposition is being continued under the same authority
and under the same conditions as it began this morning, and also that
you are under the same oath. Now there are a few more general areas
that I would like to talk to you about concerning the character of Jack
Ruby and the type of man he was. Let me direct your attention to the
political beliefs and thinking of Jack Ruby, and ask you what comment
you have to make about that.
Mr. SENATOR. None whatsoever on his beliefs on political issues.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you mean by that that you don’t know?
Mr. SENATOR. Break down when you say political issues.
Mr. HUBERT. I mean do you know anything about what his thinking was
from what he told you concerning his beliefs about politics in general?
Mr. SENATOR. No; he was not of the nature, he never went into anything
of that nature.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever hear him discuss international politics?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he seem to show any interest in international affairs
as they were developing?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. I mean would he be the type of person that would read the
newspapers at all? Did he read newspapers at all?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, sure; he read newspapers religiously every day.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he read all of them, I mean every part of it?
Mr. SENATOR. I will tell you, when you ask me that, I tell you where
his reading is. On the toilet bowl. That is where all his reading is—is
on the toilet bowl. It may sound funny, but it is true.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you give us any idea from what you know, of what his
reaction to international events was, such as, for instance, the Cuban
crisis in 1962?
Mr. SENATOR. He never discussed these.
Mr. HUBERT. You are familiar with what I am talking about? I think it
was in the fall of 1962 when we discovered that Cuba had some possible
atomic weapons over there, a subject of national interest.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; I have read that.
Mr. HUBERT. And the Berlin crisis of the year before?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. That is the sort of thing I mean. Did he comment about that?
Mr. SENATOR. No; he didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it your thought that he just had no interest in that
sort of thing at all?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, if he did or not, he never discussed it too much.
He would read a paper. He would read his ad. He reads these—of course,
I am certain he reads all parts of the paper, but especially the
entertainment part, he was very anxious in reading.
Mr. HUBERT. Normally when two people share space such as you do, and
are in each other’s company and have any conversation at all, the
conversation normally relates to the topics of the day, as it were, as
reflected by newspapers and other news media.
I wonder if you can throw any light on what his attitude was or his
interest was towards topics of the day of international import.
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