Mr. Jenner.

Mr. Pizzo, would you stand up and be sworn?

Mr. Pizzo.

All right.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you solemnly swear that in the testimony you are about to give, you will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

Mr. Pizzo.

I do.

Mr. Jenner.

Mr. Pizzo, I am Albert E. Jenner, Jr., a member of the legal staff of the President's Commission. You received a letter from Mr. Rankin, the general counsel, or did you?

Mr. Pizzo.

No, I didn't.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. Then, I'll tell you about it. The Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy was appointed by President Johnson under Executive Order 11130, which in turn was pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 137 of the Congress, and the Commission was authorized and appointed for the purpose of investigating the assassination of the late President, John F. Kennedy, on the 22d of November, 1963, and to report all the facts that are pertinent to that tragic event that we can discover.
We are particularly interested in persons who did or might have had some contact with Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald, and it is our understanding that you may have some information in that area and in the course of conducting your business back in the fall of 1963, and pursuant to my telephone call to you this morning, you have kindly come down here, voluntarily, have you

Mr. Pizzo.

I have.

Mr. Jenner.

You have heretofore been interviewed by the FBI, haven't you?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And, I know you are busy as it is particularly busy at the end of the month in your business, and I'll see if I can't expedite this.

Mr. Jenner.

Are you a native of Dallas?

Mr. Pizzo.

No; I am a native of Providence, R.I.

Mr. Jenner.

How long have you resided in Dallas?

Mr. Pizzo.

Around May 15 in 1963.

Mr. Jenner.

Take me back, say, to 1960--about yourself, or start with 1960; what were you doing then?

Mr. Pizzo.

Well, in 1960, I was in the automobile business in Providence, R.I., with my own company.

Mr. Jenner.

Automobile sales business?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes, used cars--Auto Village, Inc., in Providence, R.I. We came here in, let's see, February of 1963--we came to Lufkin.

Mr. Jenner.

When you say "we," you mean you, your wife, and your family?

Mr. Pizzo.

My wife and my child, a 5-year-old boy. We came to Lufkin, Tex. She is a native of Lufkin, Tex.

Mr. Jenner.

She is a native of Lufkin, Tex.?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes, and we came down here to open up a business, which we did. We opened a business in Lufkin--she opened a beauty shop and I opened a used-car lot, and we were there a couple or 3 months and I came to Dallas to buy cars and I went to McAllister Lincoln-Mercury, who is now my boss, and owns Hamilton Chrysler-Plymouth, and while I was there trying to buy cars, I wound up coming to work for him.

Mr. Jenner.

And the McAllister agency is located in downtown Dallas?

Mr. Pizzo.

It is Downtown Lincoln-Mercury--it used to be McAllister Lincoln-Mercury.

Mr. Jenner.

And now it is called Downtown Lincoln-Mercury?

Mr. Pizzo.

That's correct--Downtown Lincoln-Mercury.

Mr. Jenner.

Has that been a recent change in name?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes, it has.

Mr. Jenner.

I'm just curious, because I tried to find it in the phone book this morning and I couldn't find Downtown Lincoln- Mercury.

Mr. Pizzo.

That's right, it has been--let's see, we changed the name --he name was changed just before the assassination. You see, it's a factory franchise dealership and they changed it to Downtown Lincoln-Mercury.

Mr. Jenner.

I was looking in a May 1963, directory.

Mr. Pizzo.

That's it.

Mr. Jenner.

That would be McAllister Lincoln-Mercury at that time?