Mr. Bargas.

I believe it was up until September, if I'm not mistaken, somewhere fight along in there.

Mr. Jenner.

Would this serve to refresh your recollection, that he worked until on or about October 8th, 1962?

Mr. Bargas.

No; I don't remember.

Mr. Jenner.

Could he have worked until October 8th?

Mr. Bargas.

It is possible.

Mr. Jenner.

But your present recollection is more like sometime in the course of September when his employment was terminated?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

What were the circumstances respecting the termination of his employment?

Mr. Bargas.

Well, what happened is--he went home one day, not during working hours, but it was fight after the regular working hours.

Mr. Jenner.

After the regular quitting time?

Mr. Bargas.

After quitting time at 4:30, and he went home and he didn't give any indication of whether he was going to quit or he was going to leave or anything like that.

Mr. Jenner.

You expected him back the next day?

Mr. Bargas.

I expected him back the next morning and if I'm not mistaken, it was Friday, and Monday he didn't show up, I believe it was; if I'm not mistaken--I can't place it, and so he didn't call in and he didn't have a phone, as far as I can remember, so I never tried to get in contact with him or anything like that, and I figured he may have someone to call in or something like that, so I Just let it ride, and then he didn't show up the second day after that, so all I said then was, "Well, I imagine he quit because a line of guys had done the same thing."
In other words, a lot of them just never did show up and that's all that happened. They would come back on the following Friday or something like that and say, "I 'quit, I've got another job." That's what the other guys would say.
Well, he was different--when he left the only thing he done was he wrote in to the plant and told us where to send his check to. He said he was up there in Irving somewhere I---don't remember the address or exactly what place it was, but as far as I know that was it. I never had seen him since then and the last time I heard of him was when his name sounded off on the radio.

Mr. Jenner.

Where Were you then?

Mr. Bargas.

I was there at the plant.

Mr. Jenner.

This was in the afternoon of November 22d?

Mr. Bargas.

Right.

Mr. Jenner.

Of 1963?

Mr. Bargas.

Right.

Mr. Jenner.

And you heard his name broadcast on the radio?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And that awakened your memory?

Mr. Bargas.

Well, it come to me---in other words--the name right there, it rang a bell--in other words, because I remember some of the names--in other words, when they say them, I can more or less remember them, and then I even said to myself, well, I wasn't too sure of it then, you know, because there are so many Oswalds, so when I got home that afternoon, I was watching the television and there they came with a flash picture of him and I remembered him.

Mr. Jenner.

On the television?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And the flash picture you saw was Lee Harvey Oswald who had been an employee under your supervision and direction?

Mr. Bargas.

Yes--he was the one that had been employed there.

Mr. Jenner.

You recognized him?

Mr. Bargas.

I recognized him.

Mr. Jenner.

And, did that. excite you to look at other television showings to confirm your recollection that the man under arrest by the Dallas City Police was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former employee of Leslie Welding Company?

Mr. Bargas.

Well, I followed the whole thing pretty well. I mean--it wasn't that I was interested in knowing whether I knew the man, because it didn't impress