Mr. SENATOR. I didn’t see his sister.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I suggest again that if Jack had told you that he actually
got into the police station and distributed those sandwiches to
policemen in the police station, it would have occurred to you to ask,
well, you know, what was going on in the investigation.
Mr. SENATOR. I didn’t ask him what was going on. As a matter of fact,
I don’t even know what part of the police station he was in, or any
locale of the police station he was in.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he tell you anything about seeing anybody?
Mr. SENATOR. He mentioned that he had gone to the police station and
gave out sandwiches. That is all I knew about it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he mention seeing anybody else except policemen at the
police station?
Mr. SENATOR. I think he had a glance at Oswald in one of the rooms, or
something like that, as he was going by or something of that nature. I
am not sure of this.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But you don’t know whether you knew that on the 24th or
not, do you, or whether this is something you read later on?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember. I just don’t remember. I can’t say “Yes”
or say “No,” or what rooms he was in. I don’t know just where he went
at the police station.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Whatever happened to all those sandwiches? Did you eat
them up?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, if I didn’t eat but one or two I would be a fool,
wouldn’t I? I mean look, I like corn beef and pastrami. I mean the
windup was when he got around to home, he didn’t have that many left
already.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How many did you see in those paper bags? You said you saw
8 or 10 in the paper bags.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; but I can’t eat 8 or 10 sandwiches.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let’s take a break.
(Short recess taken.)
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me now state for the record that we had a short break
here for refreshments, and Mr. Senator has had an opportunity to read a
document which is known as Exhibit 5402, which I had previously marked,
and in reviewing the documents which I have marked today, I find that
I have dated them April 23, 1964, when a look at the calendar tells me
that the correct date is April 22, 1964, and I have inked over the date
so that it now reads April 22, 1964, on Exhibits 5400, 5401, 5402, and
I have marked a further “Exhibit 5403,” which exhibit is a copy of an
FBI report prepared by Mr. Rawlings and Mr. Glonek, of an interview
that they had with Mr. Senator on December 19, 1963.
Now Mr. Senator, you have had an opportunity in this break period to
read over Exhibit 5402, which is a copy of a report prepared by Secret
Service Agent Elmer W. Moore which he had with you on December 3, 1963.
Have you had an opportunity to read that exhibit through?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I ask you as we did with the previous exhibit to indicate
if there are any changes or corrections or clarifications that you
would want to make in Mr. Moore’s report, and I specifically point
out again that what I am directing my attention to here is whether
Mr. Moore’s report is an accurate report of what you told him on that
day. I might also reiterate as we have at the beginning of every
session which has been resumed here that, of course, we are taking this
under the same procedures and formalities that we have had since the
beginning here, and that the oath which you took on Tuesday morning is
still in effect.
Mr. SENATOR. Now on this here, of course, this goes back many, many
years. This is just the location that is a location and not a name of a
person.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Point out what it is.
Mr. SENATOR. “About 1934 he returned to Gloversville and left there
with neighbors, the Sebring family to go to Florida.” Now, Sebring, it
is a city, not people.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You didn’t leave with the Sebring family?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You left to go to Sebring, Fla.?
Mr. SENATOR. Went to Sebring, Fla.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who did you go to Sebring, Fla. with?
Mr. SENATOR. The name was Eggens.
Mr. GRIFFIN. They were neighbors from Gloversville?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; they were neighbors from Gloversville. They lived for
many, many years in Lake Placid, N.Y., and I went with them and, of
course, today their whereabouts—I know the mother is deceased—and where
they are I don’t know. I haven’t seen them in a zillion years.
“On August 21, 1941, he entered the Army Air Force and was assigned
serial number 12006042.” I probably should comment is off there. It
doesn’t really make any difference. “He served mainly as an aerial
armorer with the Fifth Bomber Command 33d Group in Australia and
Pacific Theater during World War Second.”
There is a correction on that. I was with the 22d Bomber Group 33d Bomb
Squadron. That is the only correction on that, if you want that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; that is fine because we are happy to have that. In
fact why don’t you take your pen and make that correction right on the
piece of paper?
Mr. SENATOR. How can I get it on there, they are so close together.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Cross out something and write it in.
Mr. SENATOR. To go through this whole thing I would have to say I was
with the Fifth Air Force, Fifth Bomber Command. Well, the Fifth Bomber
Command is there. Do you want Fifth Air Force?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is there something that is inaccurate in there?
Mr. SENATOR. The only thing is I was with the 22d Bomb Group, 33d Bomb
Squadron.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So what you want to do is write out in the margin.
Mr. SENATOR. Do you want me to cross this out?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why don’t you just change the 33d Group to 33d Squadron.
Change group to squadron, and then add what the bomber group was.
Mr. SENATOR. 22d Bomber Group.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; with a little caret or asterisk being there to
indicate where you want it to go.
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t know how important it is, if you want the Fifth
Air Force before or we can eliminate it.