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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 66« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Charles Steele, Jr. Hall)

Mr. Jenner.
The Orleans parish school board?
Mr. Steele.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you return there and pick her up?
Mr. Steele.
I returned there, but I didn't pick her up. I don't know what happened, but I missed her somehow.
Mr. Jenner.
You say Lee Oswald told you it would take 15 or 20 minutes to pass out these leaflets. What time did you get back to pass them out after you had taken your girl friend to the school board building?
Mr. Steele.
I don't know what time it was, but I figure I was in front of the Trade Mart Building about 15 minutes--12 or 15 minutes; I think it was about 25 after 12, maybe 20 minutes after, when I got there. It only takes a few minutes to get from the school board building down to the Trade Mart.
I had to be to work for 2 o'clock.
Mr. Jenner.
You had to go to work that afternoon, that this happened?
Mr. Steele.
Yes; I had to be at work at 2 o'clock that afternoon. Later on that night she called me and told me that my picture was on television.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you see her before she came to see you about your picture being on television?
Mr. Steele.
No; I saw her later.
Mr. Jenner.
You saw her later that night?
Mr. Steele.
I don't think any more that night; I think it was the next day.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you have a conversation with her about passing out these leaflets.
Mr. Steele.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
What did you say to her and what did she say to you?
Mr. Steele.
She told me that I was in trouble, that there was some kind of a deal on television about passing out these leaflets or something, and from what she had read before, it sounded like communism, or something. Now, I had taken a course in high school on that, so I knew a little bit about that, so I thought I had better tell my boss about it, which I did.
Mr. Jenner.
You told your boss about it?
Mr. Steele.
Yes; after I had that talk with her, when she told me I was in trouble.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you remember what time it was she called you and told you about this being on television?
Mr. Steele.
Well, I know it was after 6 o'clock.
Mr. Jenner.
That same day, when this occurred?
Mr. Steele.
Yes; it was that same night.
Mr. Jenner.
And then you told your boss about it?
Mr. Steele.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
That same night?
Mr. Steele.
That same night.
Mr. Jenner.
Who was your boss?
Mr. Steele.
Henry Muller.
Mr. Jenner.
Henry Muller?
Mr. Steele.
Well, I think it was Alfred Muller.
Mr. Jenner.
Alfred Muller?
Mr. Steele.
Yes, I think that's Henry's brother.
Mr. Jenner.
What did your girl friend say when you had this discussion with her, to the effect that this literature might be communistic, or whatever it was she said? Was she alarmed?
Mr. Steele.
Yes, she was pretty excited, but we never really discussed it. I just told her I didn't know a thing about it, that I just made $2 by passing these leaflets out, but I didn't know what it was all about.
Mr. Jenner.
But she did think you were in trouble?
Mr. Steele.
Well, from what she saw on television, she thought I was.
Mr. Jenner.
What was your reaction?
Mr. Steele.
I got a little scared and worried, and so 1 called the FBI and told them about it.
Mr. Jenner.
You called the FBI right away?
Mr. Steele.
Yes.
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