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. PALMER. Jack was impulsive and he would make an instant enemy as
quickly as he would win him back as a friend, and it was not difficult
to find a girl who had had a slight altercation with him who would sign
an affidavit indicating that Jack had demanded that she associate with
the customers in the capacity of a B-drinker only.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Does AGVA have such affidavits, or did they have such
affidavits?
Mr. PALMER. They do not at the present time. I have.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you have those with you?
Mr. PALMER. I don’t have them with me. I can get them for you within
the hour.
Mr. GRIFFIN. If you would, I would appreciate that very much. Do you
remember right now some of the names of the people who swore out
affidavits against him?
Mr. PALMER. I collected only three, because that was sufficient proof.
However, in conversation with all of them, they indicated that this was
the truth, but they were hesitant to put it in writing. Little Lynn,
I believe, was one of the girls. I don’t know her full name. I would
have to look it up in the AGVA files. There was an exotic girl from New
Orleans.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Jada?
Mr. PALMER. Jada.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were there any other rules that Jack was violating?
Mr. PALMER. Not knowingly. He was hesitant in his payment of welfare
to AGVA for his personnel. He was not the only one. This is a common
shortcoming of most club owners.
His affiliation with the Vegas Club, was an affiliation he should not
have been affiliated with, since the club was theoretically in his
sister’s name, and I had been given to believe that his operation here
was separate. It could be a point of contention with AGVA.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why shouldn’t he have been associated with the Vegas Club,
under your rules?
Mr. PALMER. Well, our rules are that an owner who cannot subscribe
but only partially to our union, if his business is all entertainment
business, then he must have been either entirely AGVA, or not at all.
I am quite sure this was why the Vegas was presented as being in his
sister’s name.
Mr. GRIFFIN. From your experience with Jack, were you able to form any
impression of the extent of employee turnover that he had?
Mr. PALMER. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did his turnover compare to that of other employers in
the business?
Mr. PALMER. Well, it was great, the rate of turnover, until he would
eventually hire an entertainer who was either capable of standing the
pace that he set in his club, or until he hired someone who wanted to
settle down in Dallas and was willing to work for a little less and
perhaps a little more frequently per night.
Another of Jack’s possible infringements on AGVA rules and regulations,
and it was never clarified in AGVA, was his continuous show policy.
This made his finding a new master of ceremonies, whenever it was
necessary, virtually impossible, because there are few emcees who can
go on and on all evening.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did AGVA have a policy against continuous shows?
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