The testimony of Frankie Kaiser was taken at 2:30 p.m., on April 8,
1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building,
Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Joseph A. Ball, assistant
counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. BALL. Will you hold up your right hand and be sworn, please?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give before
the Commission shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
Mr. KAISER. I do.
Mr. BALL. Will you give me your name, please?
Mr. KAISER. Frankie Kaiser.
Mr. BALL. What is your address?
Mr. KAISER. 5230 West Ledbetter in Duncanville.
Mr. BALL. What is your occupation?
Mr. KAISER. Warehouse workman at the Texas School Book Depository.
Mr. BALL. How long have you worked for that company?
Mr. KAISER. Oh, just about 2 years.
Mr. BALL. What time do you go to work down there?
Mr. KAISER. Eight o'clock in the morning.
Mr. BALL. What date did you go to work for them?
Mr. KAISER. It was August 24, 1962.
Mr. BALL. Where did you go to school?
Mr. KAISER. Texas--Texarkana, Ark.
Mr. BALL. Were you born there?
Mr. KAISER. No, sir; I was born in Omaha, Nebr.
Mr. BALL. And then you went to school in Texarkana, did you?
Mr. KAISER. Right.
Mr. BALL. And what did you do after you got out of school?
Mr. KAISER. I never finished.
Mr. BALL. How far did you go?
Mr. KAISER. I went to the tenth grade and quit and went in the service
and went in for 6 months in the National Guards and come out and then
came to Dallas and started to work and I worked for Morrises.
Mr. BALL. You worked for whom?
Mr. KAISER. Morris Warehouse.
Mr. BALL. Then what did you do after that?
Mr. KAISER. I worked there for about 3 years and then I started to work
over there.
Mr. BALL. You started to work over at the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. KAISER. Yes--then I got married.
Mr. BALL. You did--what kind of work do you do at the Texas School Book
Depository?
Mr. KAISER. Drive a truck--fill orders--just about anything that needs
to be done.
Mr. BALL. Did you ever know a fellow by the name of Lee Oswald that
worked there?
Mr. KAISER. Not personally--I would know him when I would see him.
Mr. BALL. Did you work in the same building with him?
Mr. KAISER. Same building.
Mr. BALL. Where were you when the President's parade went by?
Mr. KAISER. At the Baylor Dental College.
Mr. BALL. Where?
Mr. KAISER. At the Baylor Dental College.
Mr. BALL. Sir, you weren't anywhere near the School Book Depository?
Mr. KAISER. No, sir; I was off Thursday and Friday with abscessed
tooth. I was sitting in the chair and when I got off, we was out in the
lobby watching it on TV down at the dental college there.
Mr. BALL. When did you go back to work?
Mr. KAISER. It was the following Monday.
Mr. BALL. That would be the 25th, wouldn't it?
Mr. KAISER. Yes, sir; I believe so--the 25th.
Mr. BALL. Now, one day you found a clipboard, didn't you?
Mr. KAISER. Yes; it was about a week later. I went upstairs, you see,
the corner I found it in--we keep a certain teacher's edition of
Catholic handbooks.
Mr. BALL. I didn't quite hear that--Catholic what?
Mr. KAISER. We keep our teacher's edition of Catholic "Think and Do"
books.
Mr. BALL. I didn't quite hear that--Catholic what?
Mr. KAISER. We keep our teacher's edition of Catholic books--separated.
Mr. BALL. You do?
Mr. KAISER. Yes, sir; and I went up there to get a teacher's edition.
Mr. BALL. On what floor?
Mr. KAISER. On the sixth floor.
Mr. BALL. Now, what part of the sixth floor is this Catholic edition
located?
Mr. KAISER. It was in that corner.
Mr. BALL. And in what corner is that?