Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Weissman, could you state your full name?

Mr. Weissman.

Bernard Weissman.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And your address?

Mr. Weissman.

439 South Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, N.Y.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Weissman, did you receive a copy of the rules governing this deposition?

Mr. Weissman.

I did.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Have you had an opportunity to study them?

Mr. Weissman.

I have had an opportunity to study them.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What is your occupation, Mr. Weissman?

Mr. Weissman.

Salesman.

Mr. Eisenberg.

How long have you lived at your present address?

Mr. Weissman.

Presently or totally?

Mr. Eisenberg.

Presently.

Mr. Weissman.

About 1 year.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Weissman, I now hand you an advertisement beginning "Welcome, Mr. Kennedy," from the Dallas Morning News, Friday, November 22, 1963, which I will mark Weissman Exhibit No. 1.
(Excerpt from Dallas Morning News, Friday, November 22, 1963, marked Weissman Exhibit No. 1.)

Mr. Weissman.

Might I interject at this point that since I don't have the advice of counsel, that I reserve the right to refuse to answer any question that I feel may not be in my best interests at the moment?

Mr. Eisenberg.

Certainly. Now, under the rules, of course, you are entitled to counsel, and if you wish we can adjourn this deposition so that you can get counsel.

Mr. Weissman.

Well, I have tried to get counsel, and I frankly can't afford it, and the counsel I could afford wouldn't take the case.

Mr. Eisenberg.

I see. Well, would you wish us to try to make arrangements for a court-appointed counsel?

Mr. Weissman.

This would be entirely up to you. I should think possibly that if I can see my way clear to answer your more pertinent questions--in other words, to your satisfaction--it might not be necessary. Otherwise, we can do this some other time.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Well, it is entirely up to you. Now, we can adjourn if you want or we can continue and see whether the questions are pertinent in your mind or not.

Mr. Weissman.

I would rather continue and to avoid repeating this again, taking time out.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Weissman, I hand you this advertisement which I have labeled Weissman Exhibit No. 1, and ask you whether you are familiar with this advertisement?

Mr. Weissman.

Yes; I am.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Are you the Bernard Weissman whose name appears at the bottom of this advertisement, as chairman?

Mr. Weissman.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Weissman, could you tell us how this advertisement came to be composed?

Mr. Weissman.

It is rather simple. A group of individuals in Dallas, friends of mine, got together and decided to express our feeling about the domestic and foreign policy of the Kennedy administration, and we felt that picketing, anything of the nature of picketing, and so forth, wouldn't go, since the Stevenson incident. We decided that the best way to get our point across would be to run an ad.

Mr. Eisenberg.

When was this decision made?

Mr. Weissman.

The decision was made approximately a week or so before Kennedy's arrival in Dallas.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That would be approximately November 15, 1963?

Mr. Weissman.

Approximately; a few days more, a few days less, in there.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Who were the individuals who participated in this decision?

Mr. Weissman.

Larry Schmidt, Bit Barley, myself, and one or two other individuals who I would rather not mention.