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. Do you recall his making any comment to the effect that
this tragedy would hurt the convention business of Dallas?
Mr. SENATOR. If he said it I just don’t remember.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he make any comment to you that you recall or heard to
the effect that the tragedy and the hurting of the convention business
would hurt his own Carousel and Vegas business?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember.
Mr. HUBERT. He did not comment upon that at all?
Mr. SENATOR. If he did, I just don’t remember. I really don’t.
Mr. HUBERT. What was his general condition on Saturday morning during
the hour or 2 hours that you had occasion to observe him as opposed to
the condition that you have already described on Friday night?
Mr. SENATOR. He still had that hurt feeling within him of what
happened, and apparently this had never left his mind.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he talk about the poster and the pictures he had
obtained of it, or the Bernard Weissman ad?
Mr. SENATOR. He was now referring to the tragedy of the President, and
of the family, what would happen to the family.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, on Saturday morning the events of earlier
that morning, that is his agitation over the poster and his agitation
over the advertisement seemed to have passed away?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t know if it did or not.
Mr. HUBERT. But he didn’t comment on it?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember him commenting on it.
Mr. HUBERT. And his attitude at least was different in that regard than
what it was the night before?
Mr. SENATOR. What he thought I still don’t know about that.
Mr. HUBERT. You have given us a description of what his reaction was to
the poster and to the ad.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; now what happened——
Mr. HUBERT. That Friday night. All I am trying to do is get a
comparison of his attitude in those areas between the two times. Do you
see what I mean? I gather from what you tell me, let me see if I can
rephrase it, that on Saturday morning the stress, if it could be called
that, or the most important aspect of his reaction that you observed
was his feeling of sorrow as to the President’s family.
Mr. SENATOR. Saturday morning?
Mr. HUBERT. Saturday morning.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; which was working on him pretty good.
Mr. HUBERT. Now you say that it was working on him pretty good,
and that is a mental impression that must have been created by the
happening of events or by statements being made. How was it working on
him pretty good? What did he say or do to convey to you that it was
working on him pretty good?
Mr. SENATOR. He kept on repeating these things, numerous times he
repeated that.
Mr. HUBERT. Was that extraordinary for him?
Mr. SENATOR. I would think it would be. To me it would be.
Mr. HUBERT. And what else was he doing that indicated to you——
Mr. SENATOR. And I had seen him cry, because I guess who hasn’t you
know.
Mr. HUBERT. And what else?
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