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. Yeah, he calls him up and says, “Larry, get up, get
dressed,” something of that nature, “and get that Polaroid with the
flashbulbs and meet me downstairs. I’ll be right downtown.”
Mr. HUBERT. That was after he told you to get dressed?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; after he told me first.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he at that time comment upon or notice the Weissman
ad that you had been reading the night before, the big ad that you
commented upon, “Why, Mr. President,” I think it was called?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember he noticed it there or he noticed it
after the incident. Now, if he seen it before I just don’t remember,
but I know after we got through this incident, which I will relate to
you, we were looking at this ad.
Mr. HUBERT. And that was at the house?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, no; this was—I saw it myself originally.
Mr. HUBERT. In the newspapers?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You had the newspaper on your bed. You had gone to sleep
reading?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. I probably threw it on the floor. I think I threw it
on the floor before I went to bed.
Mr. HUBERT. In any case you have no recollection that you discussed the
ad prior to leaving the house?
Mr. SENATOR. I just don’t remember if I did or not, but I do know that
we did look at that ad that night at another place.
Mr. HUBERT. We will get to that. What happened next then?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, I got dressed, went downstairs, got in the car. I
got dressed. We went downtown. We picked up Larry. He drove over to
where this billboard was.
Mr. HUBERT. Had he told you where it was beforehand?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; he told me it was on the corner of Hall and the
expressway.
Mr. HUBERT. Which expressway?
Mr. SENATOR. North Central Expressway. I had an indication because I
sort of knew the location of the area. I know where Hall Street is and
I know where the expressway is.
Mr. HUBERT. Go ahead. Just pick up as to what happened.
Mr. SENATOR. So we went downtown and picked up Larry. From there we
drove over to where this billboard was, and he had the kid take three
Polaroid shots of this billboard. Now, what his intentions were with
these I don’t know.
Mr. HUBERT. He didn’t express any?
Mr. SENATOR. No; he didn’t say what he was going to do with them but he
wanted three shots.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ask him or did anyone else ask him why he wanted to
take pictures of this?
Mr. SENATOR. No; all he said to me, “I can’t understand why they want
to impeach Earl Warren.” He said, “This must be the work of the John
Birch Society or the Communist Party.” And he wanted to know why.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he say how taking a picture would help him to find out?
Mr. SENATOR. No; he didn’t. He didn’t say how that would help him to
find out. So from there we went down to the post office.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Larry go with you?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. To the post office, I mean.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do at the post office?
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