Mr. JENNER. A Ludlow?
Mr. KLAUSE. Possibly. I was getting ready to Varitype. Varitype would
come up close to flushing it.
Mr. JENNER. But Commission Exhibit No. 1053 does not stimulate your
recollection in any respect whatsoever?
Mr. KLAUSE. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. You never heard about that handbill?
Mr. KLAUSE. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Wholly apart from never having seen it?
Mr. KLAUSE. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. My handing it to you a moment ago was the first time you
ever knew of the existence of a handbill of that type?
Mr. KLAUSE. Yes, Sir.
Mr. JENNER. You never heard any discussion of it heretofore?
Mr. KLAUSE. No, Sir.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Chairman, I have covered all of the details with Mr.
Klause. I have no further questions of him.
Mr. DULLES. I have no more questions. We thank you very much, Mr.
Klause, for coming. We appreciate your testimony.
Mr. KLAUSE. I am glad I can do what I can do. I would like to get this
straightened out. I feel real guilty about it.
Mr. JENNER. Is there anything you would like to add, Mr. Klause?
Mr. KLAUSE. No, sir; except that it is a mess, and that I am just a
poor country boy, I guess you would say, that got caught up in the
mess, and I strictly learned my lesson on this.
I have hurt a bunch of people, especially my folks, and I have caused
a lot of trouble. I just feel real bad about it. That is all. If I had
taken time to have read the thing actually I don't think I would ever
have done it.
But like I said, it was late at night, and I was in a hurry, and I
wanted to get it on and off.
Mr. JENNER. And you needed the money.
Mr. KLAUSE. And I needed the money; yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. What did you net on this?
Mr. KLAUSE. $40. Actually, I think the stock was somewhere around $20.
I paid for the stock, and he in turn paid for the stock.
Mr. DULLES. $40 was your profit on this?
Mr. KLAUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. $40 was the full profit to you?
Mr. KLAUSE. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. Have you anything further, Mr. Jenner?
Mr. JENNER. No; I have not.
Mr. DULLES. The Commission will stand adjourned.
(Whereupon, at 4:15 p.m., the President's Commission recessed.)
_Thursday, July 2, 1964_