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. The whole book. Do you want the whole book, you can
have it. Mail the book. I have nothing to hide in there. A couple of
telephone numbers, call them and say I said hello.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you do on Sunday, do you recall getting up on
Sunday the 24th?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I had breakfast and went out for the newspapers and I
came back and all of a sudden there was--was there anybody in the house
at that particular time--oh, that was a black Sunday. Eileen called,
screaming. Eva called, screaming, and they hung up. All we could get
was “Jack Ruby, Dallas,” you know.
I turned on the television, turned on the television and they showed
the event of everything, you know, the recording of what took place. We
couldn’t believe it. I still don’t believe it. I still don’t believe it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you first learn of what Jack had done from your
sisters?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes. They called.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You, I take it, were not watching television or listening
to the radio?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No. I didn’t think I was. Because I was walking through
the hallway when the phone rang and I forget whether I picked up the
phone or Mary picked up the phone. You see Ann doesn’t answer the phone
because she doesn’t get many calls. Her son is on the west coast, so
we, Mary and I, pick up the phone. It was like an atomic bomb hitting
the top of the house and everything caved in on you, like a disaster.
It is just unbelievable. If a family has incorrigibles where they get
into trouble and you get them out of jail, and the family is used to
it, you know, you feel OK. But we never had anything like that in our
lives, nothing. We are not accustomed to such things. We all work for a
living, some of us work very hard. We are not the notorious type, we
don’t care for no publicity. We all have pretty good personalities. My
customers still laugh at my corny stories I tell them the year before.
I don’t have to impress anybody. We don’t go for none of that big shot
stuff.
So, when this thing hit us, you people can’t imagine, and then the
phone started to ring. It kept ringing from that Sunday morning from
reporters, and newspaper people from all over the country, and it just
didn’t stop. We didn’t know what to say. It was just sickening. We had
no answer for them.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have occasion to go to Dallas at any time in the
fall of--before the President was assassinated?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you go to Dallas afterward?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you go?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Just before Christmas, let’s say December 23, 24, and
25. No; on Christmas day I was on the road so I probably was there for
2 or 3 days around that period.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, did you know any of Jack’s friends in Dallas?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No; because I wasn’t familiar with Dallas.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you know Ralph Paul?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I met him later.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Had you known him before then?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Never even heard of the name.
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