Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) — John Shaqi
Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. That is the punchboard outfit I told you about, Chicago
Cardboard was a punchboard outfit and Paul Fisher, I covered Chicago
territory for him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you worked for the punchboard company where did you
travel?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Wisconsin.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about the Parliament Sales Corp., do you remember
working for them?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I sold television sets for them only in Chicago.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about the Enterprise Contract Consultants, do you
remember working for them?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t even know who they are.
Mr. GRIFFIN. They were located on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. That is the same thing, must be.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Same thing?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I think it was the same outfit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Just changed the name?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Could be. You never can tell about those outfits. Oh,
they had to change their name, I believe, because they were using the
word “Paramount.”
Mr. GRIFFIN. Parliament.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. And they changed it to Parliament to make it sound like
Paramount because Paramount wouldn’t let them use their name.
What is this Enterprise deal?
Mr. GRIFFIN. I don’t know, that is why I am asking you.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t recall, either. How long did I work there?
Mr. GRIFFIN. About 6 months.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. What did they make?
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is what I am asking.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Were they located on Milwaukee Avenue?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Then it must be the same outfit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who were the people who ran it?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. One fellow was a nice guy and I still see him
occasionally in Chicago, Oscar Fishbein, he is president of the firm, I
believe, and I still believe he is still in business.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about the G.T. & I.T. Drake Co.?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. That was in 1950.
Mr. GRIFFIN. 1952.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. 1952. I bought a suburban carryall from a friend of
mine by the name of Harry King.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Carryall or carryout?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Carryall. It is called a suburban carryall. It is a car
that is designed to carry all, with glass all around it, and it looked
like a small truck where the doors opened up in back like this so you
could load and unload easily. I saw an ad in the paper, this Drake
outfit, the restaurant outfit, $100 a week, and $100 a week in 1952,
gentlemen, is a lot of money.
So, here is how it worked. I delivered, unloaded, and loaded food items
for, they paid me $60 a week and $40 for the car expense that was $100
a week. It was a hard job but I took it because it paid well. That was
it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember working for Miracle Enterprises?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Miracle?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember them?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Never heard of them.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would it have been another name for Parliament Sales?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. It could have been. What address?
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you do after you worked for the Drake Co., who
did you work for?
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