Mr. DULLES. Mrs. Reid, the Chief Justice had to leave a few moments and
he expressed his regret to you.
Mrs. REID. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. So I am presiding over the Commission at the present time.
As you possibly have been informed, the purpose of the testimony this
morning has been to hear the testimony of Officer Baker, yourself,
and certain others who were in the vicinity of the Texas School Book
Depository Building at the time of the assassination of the President,
and we will ask you give testimony in that connection and anything else
you may know.
Would you please rise, Mrs. Reid, and hold up your right hand.
Do you swear the testimony you will give before this Commission is the
truth, the whole truth, so help you God, and nothing but the truth?
Mrs. REID. I do.
Mr. DULLES. Mr. Belin will carry forward the interrogation.
Mr. BELIN. We met in Dallas on Friday, March 20.
Mrs. REID. That is right.
Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Reid, could you state your name for the Commission,
please?
Mrs. REID. Mrs. Robert A. Reid.
Mr. BELIN. That is R-e-i-d?
Mrs. REID. R-e-i-d, that is right.
Mr. BELIN. Where do you live, Mrs. Reid?
Mrs. REID. 1914 Elmwood Boulevard, Dallas, Tex.
Mr. BELIN. And are you originally from Dallas?
Mrs. REID. Well, I have been for quite a number of years. I was born
out in a little town out from Dallas, Cereal, Tex.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you go to school in Dallas? Did you go through
high school?
Mrs. REID. I completed high school there and I married and went to
Waxahachie and lived there about 15 years and moved back to Dallas then.
Mr. BELIN. Do you have any family, Mrs. Reid?
Mrs. REID. You mean like sisters or my children?
Mr. BELIN. Well, children.
Mrs. REID. Both, I have six sisters and I have two children and a
grandchild.
Mr. BELIN. You have a grandchild?
Mrs. REID. And a husband, and a family.
Mr. BELIN. What is your occupation, Mrs. Reid?
Mrs. REID. I am a clerical supervisor.
Mr. BELIN. For what company?
Mrs. REID. Texas School Book Depository.
Mr. BELIN. How long have you worked for the Texas School Book
Depository?
Mrs. REID. I have been 7 years.
Mr. BELIN. Have you been a clerical supervisor all the time?
Mrs. REID. No; I started out in the department on what they call their
postage desk and I was appointed to a clerical supervisor.
Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Reid, I am taking you to November 22, 1963.
Mrs. REID. All right.
Mr. BELIN. Where were you on that day commencing with, say, around noon
or so?
Mrs. REID. Well, at 12 I went to lunch, and I had my lunch rather
hurriedly so that I might go downstairs and watch the parade.
Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Reid, you say you ate your lunch?
Mrs. REID. Yes; I did.
Mr. BELIN. Where did you eat your lunch?
Mrs. REID. In our lunchroom, in the lunchroom.
Mr. BELIN. Where is that?