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. I can’t think of the name. There is somebody down
there, yes, but I don’t know who he is. I wasn’t concerned, I was only
interested in Jack. If Jack wanted to promote it I was going to try to
find him some other fellows to help with selling it. I never got any
chance.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How many days a week do you work?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I am on the road 240 days a year when I am working
right, you know, when I get started right, before November 1963.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You work Monday through Friday or Monday through Saturday?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Saturday.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where were you on November 22, the day the President was
shot?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I happened to be in Chicago. I was at the Harry
Eichenbaum’s store, Merrill Manufacturing Co.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When were you there, at what time of the day?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. At the moment when the President got assassinated. When
the people heard it on the radio, I didn’t believe it, nobody believed
it. Who could believe a thing like that? And then all of a sudden
everything seemed to quiet down, the whole area, and then it finally
leaked out that it was the truth. My God, you could know it is like an
atomic bomb hit you. It is just one of those things. We all loved this
guy. He was a real guy. He was a friend of our people, too, by the way,
which is important to us in America.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What happened, what did you do after you learned the
President was shot?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. What was there to be done, nothing. Nobody could work.
Everything seemed to stand still. I finished my business, what I had to
do, I picked up some stuff downtown, I think--yes, I remember, I went
out to the Flavor Candy Co. and picked up a couple of cases of candy
because the girl told me about it the other day, she said, “Remember
you were here on that Friday, November 22.” She knew all about the
family. She knows the family, and I says, “Was I here that day?” She
says, “Yes. That is the last time we saw you.” I didn’t even remember
where I was that day. I mean the thing hits you like a shock. It just
isn’t right, it isn’t normal.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember what you did after that?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I probably went home. I probably did. I don’t know,
because I was home that Friday night.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who is living with you at your house?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Marion Carroll, my sister, and Ann Volpert.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Marion and Ann normally work on Fridays? Were they
both employed?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So there would be nobody home during the day.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You have another sister, is that right, Eileen?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Eileen is married and lives about 2 miles west from
where we do.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Does she work?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No; she has two little girls she has to take care of.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember what happened when you got home?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Friday?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who you talked to and so forth?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
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