(Testimony of John Edward Pic)
Mr. Pic.
Only the street sounds familiar.
Mr. Jenner.
805 Greenwood?
Mr. Pic.
No, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
220 North--my pronunciation will be bad--Telemachus.
Mr. Pic.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
123 South Cortez?
Mr. Pic.
No, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
You had to get away yesterday before a letter arrived which is at your base now, from Mr. Rankin; general counsel for the Commission, confirming arrangements for you to appear and have your deposition taken before the Commission, and enclosing with that letter copies of the legislation being Senate Joint Resolution No. 137 authorizing the creation of the Commission, and a copy of President Johnson.'s Executive Orders bringing the Commission into existence No. 11130, and a copy of the rules and regulations of the Commission itself for the taking of depositions.
When you return to Lackland base you will find that letter probably in the possession of your Commanding Officer, and he will deliver it to you.
The Commission was authorized by the resolution I have mentioned and brought into existence by the President to investigate the facts and circumstances involved in and surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, and we have understood from witnesses and other information we have, that you had and still have information bearing upon the facts and circumstances relative to that assassination, and it is this line of questioning that is directed toward that.
We appreciate your appearing voluntarily from Lackland base to appear here today.
That letter, and the enclosures state that you are entitled to counsel if you want counsel present, and if you desire to have counsel present I can suspend this now.
Mr. Pic.
I have nothing to hide, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Go ahead, John.
Mr. Ely.
I just wanted to check on a couple of addresses with you, sir. 914 Hennesey, do you remember that?
Mr. Pic.
No, sir.
Mr. Ely.
What about Taft Place?
Mr. Pic.
No, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
You attended William Frantz Elementary School in Dallas, did you not?
Mr. Pic.
New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner.
With your brother, Robert?
Mr. Pic.
What grade was I in, sir. He was two grades behind me. If I was in the third, he was there. If I wasn't, he wasn't.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, the record shows you enrolled in William Frantz School at 3811 North Galvez on the 16th of September 1936 at which .time you were 4 1/2 years old.
Mr. Pic.
Well, he wouldn't be there.
Mr. Jenner.
Not at that time. He was then 2 1/2.
Do you recall transferring from William Frantz Elementary School to George Washington Elementary School?
Mr. Pic.
Yes, sir; I do.
Mr. Jenner.
Was that some time in late September or in November, perhaps of 1940.
Mr. Pic.
Well, prior to that we went to another place, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Your first elementary school was William Frantz?
Mr. Pic.
That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
And you attended William Frantz until when, to the best of your recollection?
Mr. Pic.
I don't think I attended William Frantz after---
Mr. Jenner.
The death of your stepfather?
Mr. Pic.
Yes, sir; somewhere around there. We went to a boarding school over in Gretna, La. Infant Jesus College was the name of it, I believe, both Robert and I, and we hated the place.
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