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
Our department heads are experienced, and they do operate with a great
deal of freedom, but not without control and not without consultation
with the central office or manager’s office.
Mr. HUBERT. Now turning to the second page in the last paragraph,
eight lines from the bottom of the page, there is a reference to an
individual in the report who quotes you as saying he was a yellow-sheet
journalist. I think you wanted to comment on that?
Mr. CRULL. I think that phrase should be stricken, because it is not
my phrase. I don’t recall it, and it is not one I would use normally.
I think someone has attempted to portray what I thought of the
individual, has injected his phrase.
Mr. HUBERT. I guess to get the story complete, since you wish to delete
the specific phrase, it might be a good idea for you to tell us what
was your impression of him, in your own words.
Mr. CRULL. The publisher of this local newspaper is careless with
facts, and is inclined toward the sensational. And quite frankly, says
he does it deliberately in order to sell newspapers.
Mr. HUBERT. I notice that a little further down in this same paragraph
there is a statement attributed to you by virtue of the fact that it in
direct quotes says as follows: “I can’t sell newspapers by telling the
truth.” Which according to this report, the FBI says you stated with
regard to that interview.
Mr. CRULL. That is accurate.
Mr. HUBERT. Now I see no other marks indicating that you wish to
comment upon any other part of Exhibit No. 1, so is it a fact then,
that other than the corrections that have been made, it is your opinion
that Exhibit No. 1 represents a true and faithful record of the
interview?
Mr. CRULL. With the exceptions, I think it is accurate.
Mr. HUBERT. Now while we were on the subject of this statement which
had appeared in the Oak Cliff Tribune with reference to the pressure
being brought upon Chief Curry in regard to his relationship with the
press, I would like for you, if you wish, to comment upon what role you
played with reference to the matter of control of the press and the
whole situation involving the press?
Mr. CRULL. I need some explanation. Over what period of time?
Mr. HUBERT. I am talking about the period of time from November the
22d, after the President was shot, until the 24th or 25th of November.
Mr. CRULL. After the President was shot, for quite some time I was
at the control station at the site of the luncheon. When I finally
returned to the city hall, I believed I reached there before the chief
did--I went to my own office, and I can’t say how long, later went
across to the police department, which is in an adjoining building.
Mr. HUBERT. But there is a corridor?
Mr. CRULL. Yes; at that time the press had almost taken over. These
were the visiting press. Our local press had been pushed off to one
side, and the visitors who had made the trip here with the press, plus
the television people, had flooded the third-floor corridors.
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