The testimony of Miss Doris Burns was taken at 3:20 p.m., on April 7,
1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building,
Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Messrs. Joseph A. Ball and
Samuel A. Stern, assistant counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. BALL. Please stand up and hold up your right hand and be sworn.
Miss BURNS. (complying).
Mr. BALL. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you give will be the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Miss BURNS. I do.
Mr. BALL. What is your name, please?
Miss BURNS. Doris Burns.
Mr. BALL. What is your address?
Miss BURNS. 2617 Shelby, Dallas.
Mr. BALL. What is your occupation?
Miss BURNS. I am a correspondent for the Macmillan Co.
Mr. BALL. Where is your office?
Miss BURNS. In the Texas School Book Depository Building on the third
floor.
Mr. BALL. Can you tell me something about yourself, where you were born
and what your education is, and what your business occupation has been.
Miss BURNS. Well, I was born in Tyler, Tex., and I graduated from high
school here in Dallas and I worked many years for lawyers here.
Mr. BALL. What kind of work?
Miss BURNS. Well, I was just a legal secretary and worked for Vanette
Hosiery Mills, secretary to the president. They are not here any more,
I don't think. After that I worked for a geologist.
Mr. BALL. Most of your work has been secretarial, has it?
Miss BURNS. Yes, but at Macmillan I mostly compose my own letters.
Mr. BALL. When did you go to work for Macmillan?
Miss BURNS. April 19, 1955. Am I too fast?
Mr. BALL. She can write as fast as you talk.
Miss BURNS. That's wonderful.
Mr. BALL. Go right ahead.
Miss BURNS. Let's see, I've forgotten what else you wanted to know.
Mr. BALL. Well, first of all, you went to work in 1955?
Miss BURNS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Where is the office of the Macmillan Co.?