Mr. Jenner.

I am Albert E. Jenner, Jr., one of the counsel on the legal staff of the Commission, and Mr. Robert Davis is here, who is a special assistant attorney general of the State of Texas, and is cooperating with us and we with him and the attorney general, in the investigation that the State of Texas is carrying on. Now, you appear voluntarily?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And the Commission, as you know, from these papers enclosed is investigating the tragedy of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and many people have had some contact with various circumstances and incidents involving persons who may or could have been involved in turn in that assassination, and we have information that you had some contact with a man known as Lee Harvey Oswald, and we would like to inquire of you about that contact. You live in Fort Worth- how long have you resided in Fort Worth?

Mr. Bargas.

I have lived in Fort Worth all my life.

Mr. Jenner.

All of your life?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

You are a native Texan?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And born and reared in Texas?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And did you, during his lifetime, come. to know a man by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Bargas.

I only knew him when he went to work for Louv-R-Pak Weather Co.

Mr. Jenner.

But you did have a contact--you came to know him?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes; I did.

Mr. Jenner.

At some contact you came to know him, whatever the case might be?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

How long have you been employed by Leslie Welding Co.?

Mr. Bargas.

I been employed with them ever since 1962.

Mr. Jenner.

And does that include the year 1962?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

By whom were you employed during the year prior thereto?

Mr. Bargas.

Louv-R-Pak.

Mr. Jenner.

L-o-u-v-R-P-a-k [spelling]. I take it, then, that somewhere along the line a company known as Louv-R-Pak merged into or associated with Leslie Welding Co.?

Mr. Bargas.

That's right.

Mr. Jenner.

And you, as an employee of Louv-R-Pak then became automatically an employee of Leslie Welding Co.?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Is Louv-R-Pak a division of the Leslie Welding Co.?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And tell us, at least in general, what is the business of Leslie Welding Co.?

Mr. Bargas.

Leslie Welding Co. manufactures louvers and ventilators for attics, houses-commercial and residential.

Mr. Jenner.

What was the business of Louv-R-Pak?

Mr. Bargas.

Louv-R-Pak is the same line.

Mr. Jenner.

It was the same line?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

I use the present tense when I refer to Leslie Welding Co., that is, what is its business--was that that you have described its business in 1962?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And thereafter as well, to the present time?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, tell me, if you will, your particular connection with first--Louv-R-Pak and then Leslie Welding Co.?

Mr. Bargas.

Well, I was at Louv-R-Pak just a regular employee, and then in Leslie Welding, after it was purchased by Leslie Welding Co.--Louv-R-Pak was--then, after a short time I became foreman down there.