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. PULLMAN. Just being a general hostess and seating people and
trying to be of service to whoever came in--that was all; and I used
to come up there evenings and spend a couple of hours and we got real
close--real friendly. And I watched the way he operated and I knew his
personality very quickly--he was very hot tempered and I was there
one night when he personally threw someone out because he had said
something derogatory about Kennedy.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When was that?
Mr. PULLMAN. It was during the time my wife worked there and I also
found in talking to him that he couldn’t take anybody who was going to
talk against Kennedy or the administration or the Government. Later I
learned from other people that he felt the same way about Roosevelt.
Mr. GRIFFIN. On this one instance, what specifically was said on the
occasion when he threw somebody out?
Mr. PULLMAN. It was about--the MC was making some remark about Barry
Goldwater and some other things like that, and someone made some
derogatory remarks about Kennedy--I don’t remember the exact words--and
he didn’t like what he said about Kennedy.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did the person use profanity?
Mr. PULLMAN. No profanity--just the fact that he didn’t have
respect--he didn’t respect the President. That was one of the
incidents. Then, there was an incident pretty close to the time--it was
in November and we had a Texas Product Show and, of course, I hadn’t
seen him in some time up until that particular time and he called
me--he had come up with this twistboard and I was showing a bunch of
inventions that I had at this Texas Product Show that I had on display
there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where was the Texas Product Show set up?
Mr. PULLMAN. At the Exhibit Hall out on Stemmons Expressway.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that out at the Trade Mart?
Mr. PULLMAN. No; but it’s pretty close--about a block up from the Trade
Mart.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What month was this?
Mr. PULLMAN. That was in November--the early part of November--I think
it was the first week in November, and that’s when he contacted me.
It seemed very coincidental--I hadn’t heard from him in months and he
called me and he told me he had this twistboard and he needed some idea
as to how to merchandise it or what to do with it, and he was always
running into various things. He had this English razor blade that he
was even trying to sell some of them in his club.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Wilkenson blades?
Mr. PULLMAN. Wilkenson blades; and when he called me about the
twistboard, I had just been ready to go in to show him all my new
ideas--products--at the show, and he thought it might be a good idea to
tie the two together and that’s how I got closely associated with him
for a week.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did he do with his twistboard at the Texas Product
Show?
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