Mr. Brooks.

I do.

Mr. Jenner.

Mr. Brooks, I am Albert E. Jennet, Jr., a member of the legal staff of the Warren Commission.
The Warren Commission was appointed pursuant to Joint Resolution 137, which authorizes the Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the assassination of our late President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, on November 22 1968, and then President Johnson, pursuant to that resolution and Executive Order 11130, appointed the Commission and outlined its powers and duties and authorities.
We have a legal staff authorized by the Commission to come here, and other places in the nation, and make inquiry of persons who had some direct connection, or indirect, or whatnot, with the events, and also those who did, or might have had, some contact with one Lee Harvey Oswald.

Mr. Brooks.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

In the performance of their official duties or otherwise, which we think might be relevant or pertinent to the inquiry we are making. It is my understanding that you had such a contact. Do you reside here in Dallas?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

What is your address?

Mr. Brooks.

2836 Dyer.

Mr. Jenner.

Are you a native Texan?

Mr. Brooks.

No; I was born in Wichita, Kans.

Mr. Jenner.

You came here when?

Mr. Brooks.

When I was about 4 years old.

Mr. Jenner.

But since, you have been a resident in and about Dallas?

Mr. Brooks.

I have been a resident of Dallas since 1935.

Mr. Jenner.

You are a married man?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes; I am.

Mr. Jenner.

Have a family?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes; I have two children.

Mr. Jenner.

What is your business, occupation, profession, and with whom are you associated?

Mr. Brooks.

Associated with the Texas Employment Commission, and I am an employment counselor.

Mr. Jenner.

Employment counselor?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

How long have you held that position?

Mr. Brooks.

About a year. It will be 2 years in July, actually, in this position.

Mr. Jenner.

So you became one in July of 1962?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

At the Dallas office?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes, sir; I have been in the Dallas office.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you function in any particular division of the Dallas office of the Texas Employment Commission?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes; counseling department in the industrial office.

Mr. Jenner.

In the industrial office?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Now there are counseling departments, are there not, and divisions or offices other than the industrial?

Mr. Brooks.

There are people assigned to be employment counselors in the other office.

Mr. Jenner.

In the course of that employment, did the occasion arise in which you met officially a man by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Brooks.

Yes; he was referred to me by the placement division.

Mr. Jenner.

Now give us the circumstances, first so that someone reading the transcript will be able to comprehend the circumstances under which this young man was referred to you.

Mr. Brooks.

As I remember it, he was referred to me because he had short reluctance to accept employment in the industrial field and therefore, this is one of the reasons they send a man to the counseling division, and this is how he came to me.

Mr. Jenner.

Came to your division?