Mr. Belin.

5-day week?

Mr. Truly.

Yes

Mr. Belie.

Did he miss many days of work?

Mr. Truly.

We had no record of him missing any days.

Mr. Belin.

By the way, was your company open on Armistice Day, November 11th, or not? If you know.

Mr. Truly.

We usually are closed on that day.
Now, I just cannot remember whether we were closed that day or not.

Mr. Belin.

I hand you what has been marked Commission Exhibit No. 496, which appears to be a photostatic copy of a document, and I ask you to state if you know what that is.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 496 for identification.)

Mr. Truly.

This is a copy of the application blank that Oswald filled out. I am not familiar with his handwriting, because he didn't do anything that we have records of. All the work that he ever did was put his number or something.
Mr. BELIN, Well, my first question is this: Is this particular form a form of your company?

Mr. Truly.

That is one form; yes. We changed it a little bit, and this might have been just one that I pulled out. I can't recall whether it is the one we use now or the one we did use.

Mr. Belin.

Well, was this a form that you were using at about the time he came for employment?

Mr. Truly.

Yes.
(At this point, Representative Ford entered the hearing room.)

Mr. Belin.

Did you see him fill this out? Was it in your office or not?

Mr. Truly.

Yes. He was sitting opposite me, and he filled it out on my desk.

Mr. Belin.

He filled this Exhibit 496 out on your desk?

Mr. Truly.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

At this time we offer in evidence Exhibit 496.
495 as yet has not been offered. And I don't know if 494 has been offered or not.
But, in the event it has not, we offer that in evidence.

Mr. Mccloy.

It may be admitted.
(The documents heretofore marked for identification as Commission Exhibits Nos. 494, 495, and 496 were received in evidence.)

Mr. Belin.

Mr. Truly, are there any other observations you can give about Lee Harvey Oswald as an employee during the month of October 1963, or during the month of November, prior to November 22, 1963?

Mr. Truly.

Nothing that I can recall.
I would speak to him in the morning when I would come through, and I would say, "Good morning, Lee," and he would say, "Good morning, sir."
I would ask him how he was. Occasionally I would ask about his baby, and he would usually smile a big smile when I asked him how his new baby was. And that was just about the extent of my conversation that I can remember with the boy.
But I usually saw him every morning as I would come through. He would be working around the front part of the Scott, Foresman bins and shelf space.

Mr. Belin.

Did you ever see whether or not he seemed to strike up any friendship or acquaintanceship with the other employees?

Mr. Truly.

No; I never noticed that anywheres. In fact, I would be inclined--well--I never saw him with anyone else, except occasionally talking, maybe asking where books were or something.
I don't know what he would say. But very little conversation he had with anyone.
And he worked by himself. His job was something that he needed no help with, other than to ask occasionally for stock. It wasn't a teamwork job at all.
Consequently, he didn't have much occasion to talk with the other boys.
I thought it was a pretty good trait at the time, because occasionally you