Mr. DULLES. Five times, 10 times?
Mrs. REID. I would say five times. At times I would go down to Mr.
Truly's office for some business. I would see him across the floor, but
he paid no attention to you and there were times, the few times, he ate
lunch up there but he never talked to anyone.
Mr. DULLES. Never talked to anyone?
Mrs. REID. And he was usually reading, I noticed that.
Mr. DULLES. Did he seem to repel ordinary conversational attempts or
didn't you try that?
Mrs. REID. I never did try it, I never did.
Mr. DULLES. You never tried it.
Mrs. REID. He seemed to be interested in what he was doing, I would
never see anyone talking to him at all in the lunchroom so far as I can
recall, not any time.
Mr. DULLES. Who in the organization so far as you know would have
handled his paychecks?
Mrs. REID. Mr. Campbell.
Mr. DULLES. Campbell would have handled his paychecks.
Mrs. REID. He makes them out and then he sends them to Mr. Truly and I
am sure he distributes it to his employees.
Mr. BELIN. Two questions, Mrs. Reid.
Mrs. REID. All right.
Mr. BELIN. When we reconstructed your actions on Friday, March 20,
which you said it took about 2 minutes, would you say that this was a
maximum or minimum time?
Mrs. REID. Well, it wasn't any less than that I am sure because 2
minutes time----
Mr. BELIN. Did we kind of run?
Mrs. REID. Yes, we did, three times.
Mr. BELIN. Three times.
Mrs. REID. I remember that.
Mr. BELIN. And we were both huffing and puffing?
Mrs. REID. Yes, we were. I know I was that day, I think.
Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Reid, since the tragedy of November 22, have there been
any discussions that you have heard among any employees which might
relate to the character insofar as the personal habits or what-have-you
of Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mrs. REID. The only thing I have heard anybody say was he never talked
to anybody, he always went about his business, that is the only thing I
heard the employees say.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever hear anyone say that he might have been
friendly with at least one other employee?
Mrs. REID. No; I have not.
Mr. DULLES. Did the employees discuss him at all among themselves?
Mrs. REID. You mean prior to this?
Mr. DULLES. Prior, during the period he was employed there?
Mrs. REID. No.
Mr. DULLES. At the Book Depository?
Mrs. REID. I never heard it.
Mr. DULLES. They did not discuss him in your presence, the office
employees?
Mrs. REID. Well, the office employees and the warehouse employees are
not connected. We talk to them, naturally some of them have been there
a long time.
Mr. DULLES. Was it your usual practice to take lunch in the lunchroom
on the second floor?
Mrs. REID. Yes, it is; every day.
Mr. DULLES. Do you recall whether it was Lee Harvey Oswald's usual
practice or how many times possibly you saw him there at lunch with you
and the others?
Mrs. REID. You mean did he come up every day? No, he did not.
Mr. DULLES. Would you think he came up half the days or could you give
any--half the working days?
Mrs. REID. No; I wouldn't say he came that often. I can't recall seeing
him up there but three times. We have said since then, since he sat
there and didn't say anything and was reading we have often wondered
what we discussed before him because we all have a general conversation
every day at noon but I don't know we would have said anything that
interested him.
But you wondered was he listening to what we were saying, I don't know
whether he heard anything but he may have heard what we were saying.
Mr. DULLES. You, of course, knew that Lee Harvey Oswald was an employee
of the School Book Depository?
Mrs. REID. You mean by name before this happened?
Mr. DULLES. That the individual that you later knew was Oswald was one
of the employees of the school book?
Mrs. REID. Yes, because I had seen him working in the building.
Mr. DULLES. Yes. Attorney General Carr, do you have any questions?
Mr. CARR. Mrs. Reid, have you had occasion to visit with any of
Oswald's relatives, his wife or mother?
Mrs. REID. No.
Mr. CARR. Have they been in there since that date to look over the
premises?
Mrs. REID. His mother has been but I didn't see her. She didn't go any
further than the first floor I understand, but I have never seen her
other than these pictures.
Mr. DULLES. Is it usual for the employees of the depository to have
friends visit them during office hours or would that be an unusual
practice?
Mrs. REID. No; that would not be unusual. Family or somebody wanted to
drop by to see you they never have objected to that.
Mr. BELIN. I think the record should show we are offering in evidence
this morning, Mr. Dulles, Commission Exhibit 507 which is the diagram
of the seventh floor which Officer Baker testified to.
Mr. DULLES. You want that admitted now?
Mr. BELIN. We want that admitted now.
Mr. DULLES. No objection. It will be admitted.
(The diagram referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 507 for
identification and received in evidence.)
Mr. BELIN. I think those are all the questions we have of Mrs. Reid.
We want to thank you very much for your cooperation in coming up here,
Mrs. Reid.
Mrs. REID. Thank you.
Mr. DULLES. Thank you very much, Mrs. Reid.