Mr. Griffin.

and report back to President Johnson on all the facts surrounding the assassination of the President and the murder of Lee Oswald.
Now, that includes going into the background of Oswald and Ruby, their associations and their motives anything that you can think of about them. have no authority to send anybody to jail, except for perjury. We are not like the grand jury, in the sense if we find a crime, and we are not conducting this examination with the thought that anybody else is going to use this information to prosecute for crimes of anybody except for perjury.
The most important motivating force, I think, in this investigation is one of national security, not only from the standpoint of finding out as much as we can so that we can learn how to prevent all of the occurrences that have taken place in the last four months from ever happening again, but also, so we can determine if there is any possibility that there was more than one person involved with either one of these two men.
Now, we have asked you to appear .here primarily to develop facts in connection with the murder of Oswald, but if you have any sort of information that would be relevant to the entire scope of our investigation, we would like to have it.
Now, in particular you have been asked to appear here by virtue of a general request which was made by the General Counsel of the Commission, Mr. J. Lee Rankin, to Chief Curry, a letter was sent to Chief Curry and a whole list of' names was on that letter, and we indicated that we were going to examine these people. Under the rules of the Commission, you are entitled to receive 3-day written notice personally from the Commission, and that hasn't been sent to you. However, you may waive that notice, and some people insist on it and others don't. It doesn't make any difference to us, but I would ask you now whether you would like us to give you the written notice or whether you are willing to waive the written notice?

Mr. Newman.

No; I will be willing to waive it.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, I notice that you don't have an attorney here, and that you are also permitted to have an attorney in any appearance before us, and if you have any thought that this would be something that you think would be desirable, don't hesitate to say so, because, again, many people have had attorneys here, even down here in Dallas, and we would be happy to go home and go to bed tonight and take up at a more convenient time. Do you want an attorney?

Mr. Newman.

No.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, I am going to ask you to raise your right hand and be sworn.
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ?

Mr. Newman.

I do.

Mr. Griffin.

Will you state your full name, please?

Mr. Newman.

William J. Newman.

Mr. Griffin.

And when were you born, Mr. Newman ?

Mr. Newman.

January 31, 1937.

Mr. Griffin.

Where do you live?

Mr. Newman.

My street address?

Mr. Griffin.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Newman.

10923 Cotillion.

Mr. Griffin.

Cotillion?

Mr. Newman.

[Nods head.]

Mr. Griffin.

Is that in Dallas?

Mr. Newman.

That's right.

Mr. Griffin.

And what's your occupation?

Mr. Newman.

I am a mechanical engineer.

Mr. Griffin.

Where are you employed?

Mr. Newman.

Ling-Temco-Vought.

Mr. Griffin.

Ling-Temco---L-i-n--[spelling]?

Mr. Newman.

L-i-n-g T-e-m-c-o V-o-u-g-h-t [spelling]. Three words.

Mr. Griffin.

How long have you been employed there?