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
Captain KING. No; I have not. I left the department in, I think it was
1950, and was gone approximately 11 months, and returned in 1951; and I
have been with the department continuously since that date.
Mr. HUBERT. Was that a resignation from the department?
Captain KING. It was a resignation from the department and I entered
into private business.
Mr. HUBERT. It was voluntary?
Captain KING. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And did you start at the bottom, as it were?
Captain KING. Yes; as a patrolman.
Mr. HUBERT. I notice that in the report of the proceedings at which you
made a speech, I think, in Washington, there was a description of you
and your career given and I am going to read it into the record here
and ask you if it is correct.
You were introduced as follows: That you are an administrative
assistant to Chief Curry and that you are a former newspaperman,
that you were a police reporter on the Dallas Morning News when you
joined the police department in 1948; that you have served in every
division of the department until you have risen to the position you
now hold; that you had studied journalism in college at the University
of Texas and SMU; that you have attended a number of police institutes
and lectured at some of them; that you have written in the field of
political science and that you are the author of two books and numerous
magazine articles; is that all correct, sir?
Captain KING. Sir, this is correct.
Mr. HUBERT. What was your specific assignment on November 22 and for
some months or weeks or whatever it was prior to that date, the year
being 1963?
Captain KING. As the administrative assistant to the chief, one of my
primary responsibilities is press relations and public relations also.
On the date of November 22 I was asked to remain in the administrative
offices while other members of the administrative staff were going
to be absent on their assignments, and I was asked to stay in the
administrative offices.
Mr. HUBERT. I would like for you to describe for the record just
under normal circumstances just what the functions and duties and
responsibilities of your position are.
Captain KING. There are, of course, a lot of rather dissimilar or
separated functions of the office.
Mr. HUBERT. I am particularly interested in the ones dealing with press
relations and public relations.
Captain KING. As I say, the office--our office is the unit of the
department that is charged with the efforts of the department for
public relations and it is the office to which the local newsmen know
they can come to receive any assistance that they need in their work.
It is one in which they can register complaints against the department
and procedures of the department and the treatment that they receive,
or it is one to which they can come to secure information on things
they are investigating.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, there is a setup--a central spot--where
every newsman can get the information and information will be gotten
for him?
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