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. GRIFFIN. How about the South Oak Cliff State Bank?
Mr. SENATOR. If he did I didn’t know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But you only heard of one?
Mr. SENATOR. I heard of the Merchants.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever hear him discuss what was done with the
receipts from the Vegas Club?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever hear Eva Grant mention that?
Mr. SENATOR. No; but I will tell you what I assumed. I assumed the
money was paid, what money was taken in, I assumed that the employees
were paid off, the band was paid off, the gas and electric and the rent
would come out of that. This is what I assumed, or whatever incidentals
there might be. Now, the disposal otherwise I don’t know.
Mr. HUBERT. Then the fact is that you don’t really know how the funds
at the Vegas were handled?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Or what part Jack got of it?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Now let’s move to the period of the week of the
assassination of the President Can you tell us first of all where you
were when you heard of the assassination?
Mr. SENATOR. I was in a bar having a liquid lunch. I was uptown. I was
in a bar and had a couple of beers for lunch instead of eating lunch,
and some chap walked in, who I don’t know, and he drove up with his car
and he had the radio on, and as he walked in he said, “The President
was shot.” And I hollered “You’re kidding.” He says, “No; I am not
kidding.” So we got outside, and this is all going on on this car radio
we listened to.
Mr. HUBERT. That was in downtown Dallas?
Mr. SENATOR. No; I was uptown.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you seen the Presidential parade?
Mr. SENATOR. No; I didn’t see it at all.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know whether Jack planned to see the parade?
Mr. SENATOR. No; I didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he comment about the President’s visit?
Mr. SENATOR. You see, let me jump a little ahead of that. That morning,
you see, of course, which is a working day for me, I am up much earlier
than he is, and he was sleeping when I left that morning.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see him the night before?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; the night before.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you discussed the visit of the President, his coming
the next day?
Mr. SENATOR. We talked about that. We talked about the President was
coming in, you know.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the nature of his comment concerning this?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember what he said.
Mr. HUBERT. I don’t mean the words, but the ideas.
Mr. SENATOR. Well, we were happy that he was coming.
Mr. HUBERT. Jack was too?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; coming into Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Jack tell you why he felt happy about it?
Mr. SENATOR. No: I just don’t remember if he did relate that or not,
but we thought it was a great honor for him to come to Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he think his coming would help business in Dallas
generally, and his business in particular?
Mr. SENATOR. No; there was no comment on that.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he state whether or not he was going to try to see the
parade?
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