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. JOHNSON. Not that I recall; nobody that would be close to him, I
would say. Maybe some of his friends, but offhand, I don’t remember.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But not Ralph Paul or George Senator or Tammi True?
Mr. JOHNSON. No; I don’t remember seeing any of those.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack Ruby attempt to promote any records for you?
Mr. JOHNSON. He had talked about it. He never did promote any records
for me. He talked about it, what he could do, but he never did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why did it never get beyond the talking stage?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, because he never did do anything about it. He just
talked about it, and he said that was from some friends he knew over
the country that he felt would do a favor for him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack have a master of ceremonies at the Vegas Club?
Mr. JOHNSON. You mean when we had shows, or nightly?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Nightly.
Mr. JOHNSON. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When he had shows?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he have shows every Saturday night?
Mr. JOHNSON. No; the shows were Friday night.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he have them every Friday night?
Mr. JOHNSON. For a while; yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he have a professional master of ceremonies, or did he
do his own master of ceremonies?
Mr. JOHNSON. Occasionally he would, and sometimes he would have others.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you ever aware of any restrictions that Jack put on
as to the kind of jokes that the master of ceremonies could tell?
Mr. JOHNSON. You mean did he limit them?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; that you know of?
Mr. JOHNSON. I am sure--well, they never got, you know, where the
average person wouldn’t accept them, but sometimes they got a little
rough, because they were all adults and I guess they felt they could go
OK.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you find Jack Ruby an easy man or difficult man to
work for?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, for the average person, I don’t guess too many
people could have worked for him, but I knew personally that Jack liked
me and his sister liked me. But we would get into arguments, but it
wouldn’t last long, and they were very good to me, as far as that is
concerned.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack show you kindnesses?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; he showed everyone kindness. As far as I am
concerned, he was a very fine friend. He was a hot-tempered fellow.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What sort of kindnesses?
Mr. JOHNSON. Oh, if I ever needed any good word or something or someone
he knew, he would never mind, he liked me, I know, personally. He liked
me, but he was just, I say, high-tempered person. And you might run
into him one time and he might be one way, and the next time he might
be upset, but he would never leave until he would shake your hand if
you had had an argument with him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You mean on a nightly basis if you had had an argument
that night, you would still walk out having shaken hands on that? Is
that what you mean?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
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