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. What were they made out of?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe it was a 1½-inch pressed board.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That would be wood of some sort.
Mr. CRAFARD. Pressed wood.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that a fiberboard?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. It is not a plastic though?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe these boards were made out of sort of a plastic
glue in the press board. Then underneath that would be a ball-bearing
disk, sort of a twist setup with a small piece of masonite attached to
the bottom of that. The board would twist on the ball bearings.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And would you lie on the floor on this thing?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; you would stand on it and twist.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who designed this item?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t know who originally designed the item.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you get the impression that Jack had designed it
himself?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t really know, sir. I never got any idea of who had
designed it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now the brochure, did it have a picture of the twist board
on it?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes; I believe so. I am not positive of that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That concludes page 7, doesn’t it.
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The front part of page 7.
Now turning to the back of page 7, there are some entries in pencil,
are those all in your handwriting?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now what is the first entry?
Mr. CRAFARD. Ed McMulmore it looks like. It is probably spelled wrong.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember that name?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir. I don’t.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And then there is two telephone numbers written after that.
Mr. CRAFARD. There is the word “Johnnie call Detroit.”
Mr. GRIFFIN. But there are two telephone numbers.
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And then the note “Johnnie call Detroit Helene.” What does
that have to do with—?
Mr. CRAFARD. Johnnie was the first name of one of the MC’s Jack had
working for him. I don’t recall the last name. He got a call to call
Detroit, to call Helene in Detroit. Apparently he had the number
because that is all I got. I was told to have him call Helene in
Detroit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know who Helene was?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir. I thought it was possibly his wife.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Then there are three blank lines.
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And a number written upside down. What number is that?
Mr. CRAFARD. That is RI 6-6807.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recognize that number?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; I don’t. I don’t believe that is my handwriting. It
doesn’t appear to be. For one thing for the fact that it is wrote with
the page turned upside down, for one thing, and the numbers aren’t
shaped like any numbers are shaped.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is it possible, referring to the top of the page, that
this entry which looks like Ed McMulmore is really Ed Mc, and then
Mulmore?
Mr. CRAFARD. It could be; yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would that mean anything to you reading it that way?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
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