Mr. SENATOR. As a matter of fact, I would think he would want them to
close.
Mr. HUBERT. Why?
Mr. SENATOR. And I assumed that the way he put that ad in there. He
thought everybody should observe something, such as what happened.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you aware that he had told Larry Crafard not to put a
little sign that was posted in front of the Carousel, not to tack it
up announcing the closing of the Carousel until after the time for the
opening of the other competitors?
Mr. SENATOR. No; because I never saw him that day.
Mr. HUBERT. But he didn’t indicate to you as a matter of fact that he
would like to see them open while he was closed?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. In grief over the President?
Mr. SENATOR. I was sort of inclined with my own thoughts in mind that
he would probably want to see them closed. This was my own thought of
mind.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Jack give you any of his reflections on how this
tragedy of the death of the President would affect the community of
Dallas?
Mr. SENATOR. No; not that I can recall.
Mr. HUBERT. I am talking about either Friday night or Saturday or at
any other time.
Mr. SENATOR. You are referring to the individuals in the city of
Dallas, right, the people of the city of Dallas?
Mr. HUBERT. The business principally.
Mr. SENATOR. No; I don’t think so.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall his making any comment to the effect that
this tragedy would hurt the convention business of Dallas?
Mr. SENATOR. If he said it I just don’t remember.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he make any comment to you that you recall or heard to
the effect that the tragedy and the hurting of the convention business
would hurt his own Carousel and Vegas business?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember.
Mr. HUBERT. He did not comment upon that at all?
Mr. SENATOR. If he did, I just don’t remember. I really don’t.
Mr. HUBERT. What was his general condition on Saturday morning during
the hour or 2 hours that you had occasion to observe him as opposed to
the condition that you have already described on Friday night?
Mr. SENATOR. He still had that hurt feeling within him of what
happened, and apparently this had never left his mind.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he talk about the poster and the pictures he had
obtained of it, or the Bernard Weissman ad?
Mr. SENATOR. He was now referring to the tragedy of the President, and
of the family, what would happen to the family.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, on Saturday morning the events of earlier
that morning, that is his agitation over the poster and his agitation
over the advertisement seemed to have passed away?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t know if it did or not.
Mr. HUBERT. But he didn’t comment on it?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember him commenting on it.
Mr. HUBERT. And his attitude at least was different in that regard than
what it was the night before?
Mr. SENATOR. What he thought I still don’t know about that.
Mr. HUBERT. You have given us a description of what his reaction was to
the poster and to the ad.