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. Wait now, we went down to the post area. This sort of
slips away from me when the time gets by on the ad. We must have
discussed it or seen it at the house. I just remember now, but I think
we probably did. We must have seen it. So anyhow we went up to the post
office.
Mr. HUBERT. When you say “the ad”——
Mr. SENATOR. The paper ad.
Mr. HUBERT. The Bernard Weissman ad?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; the Bernard Weissman ad.
Mr. HUBERT. So you now think, and let me get it straight, you
previously stated that you weren’t sure?
Mr. SENATOR. I wasn’t sure.
Mr. HUBERT. That Ruby had noticed the Bernard Weissman ad after he had
wakened you at the house, and you were dressing, and before you left,
but you think now you must have?
Mr. SENATOR. We must have because we went to the post office.
Mr. HUBERT. When he did see the ad, was there a comment about that?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; he wanted to know why on this.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, there were two things he wanted to know why
on.
Mr. SENATOR. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. Why the Earl Warren poster and why the Bernard Weissman ad?
Mr. SENATOR. Right; yes.
Mr. HUBERT. So then he had you take Polaroid pictures of the poster
concerning Chief Justice Warren, and then you went to the post office.
Mr. SENATOR. We went to the post office.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the purpose of going there, and in connection with
what?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, that was in connection—going to the post office was
in connection with the paper ad now.
Mr. HUBERT. How was it connected to the paper ad?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, there was a post office box on this ad. I just don’t
recall the number of the post office box. But he wanted to see if there
was such a box.
Mr. HUBERT. So did you go into the post office with him?
Mr. SENATOR. We went into the post office. We saw a box with that
number on it. There was a lot of mail in there.
Now, of course, who it belonged to—we don’t know if it belonged to him
or not, but he did press the night buzzer. There was a little hole
there where you get the night clerk, and he asked the night clerk who—I
think it was 1762 or something like that. I just don’t remember the
number.
He asked him who it is. The night man says, “I can’t give you any
information. Any information you want there is only one man can give it
to you and that is the postmaster of Dallas.”
Mr. HUBERT. Did Ruby make a reply to that?
Mr. SENATOR. Not to my knowledge. You mean to him?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes; to the clerk. Did he say anything more?
Mr. SENATOR. No; if I am not mistaken, I think he said “How do you get
to the postmaster” or something of that nature. I am not sure now.
Mr. HUBERT. Was he annoyed with the clerk?
Mr. SENATOR. No; he wasn’t annoyed with the clerk, but he was deeply
annoyed with the ad, with both ads.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he indicate to you how checking the box at the post
office would assist him in whatever he had in mind?
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