Mr. Senator.

I mentioned there that I possibly could have forgotten, too. There was no particular reason for it. There was nothing that I was trying to cover up or hide because I got nothing to hide.

Mr. Griffin.

I am not suggesting that in any sort of invidious sense.

Mr. Senator.

It is just a shakeup of a fast brain, that is all, at the moment, when all these things were happening.

Mr. Griffin.

Let me hand you what I have marked as "Washington, D.C., April 23, 1964, George Senator Deposition, Exhibit 5400," and I will sign my name to it. This is a copy of an affidavit which appears to bear your signature which was sworn to before William F. Alexander on November 24, 1963.

Mr. Senator.

Is that the man who had me? I don't remember who it was.

Mr. Griffin.

This is apparently the man who is a notary public who took this statement. Look it over. Read it if you would. I hand it to you now. Tell me if you remember signing that and if that is true.

Mr. Senator.

That is, that is my signature.

Mr. Griffin.

Read it through to make sure as best you can remember that that is a true copy of what you signed. It that a true copy of the statement you signed?

Mr. Senator.

To the best of my knowledge.

Mr. Griffin.

I wonder then if you would sign that under my name. I hand you that pen back. As I understand it, then, immediately after you signed this statement before Mr. Alexander, you were then interviewed by an agent of the FBI.

Mr. Senator.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, were you shaken up in dealing with the FBI agent?

Mr. Senator.

Sure.

Mr. Griffin.

In this same, or rather in this interview with the FBI, the FBI reports you as telling them during that interview that you learned of Oswald's being shot just as you walked in the door of the Eatwell Restaurant.

Mr. Senator.

Just as I walked in? No.

Mr. Griffin.

Do you recall that?

Mr. Senator.

No; I was sitting. I was sitting. I wasn't walking in the door. I was down on the seat and already had my first cup of coffee.

Mr. Griffin.

Also, one gets the impression from the FBI interview it was your recollection on November 24 that you called Jim Martin after you learned that Jack Ruby had shot Oswald.

Mr. Senator.

No; before.

Mr. Griffin.

It was before you learned that?

Mr. Senator.

Right. I called him--wait, wait. No; that is right. I did. But I wasn't home. That was it. I called him and spoke to his daughter, one of his little girls.

Mr. Griffin.

And that was before you learned that Ruby----

Mr. Senator.

Yes. When I heard that Oswald was shot, but nothing mentioned. There was no name or no club mentioned, Oswald was shot--that is when I called him.

Mr. Griffin.

Directing your attention to the FBI's report on November 24, that you said you learned that Oswald was shot just as you walked in the door.

Mr. Senator.

No.

Mr. Griffin.

What makes you now remember that you were seated and had a cup of coffee whereas apparently you didn't remember that on November 24?

Mr. Senator.

Because the waitress who waited on me was the one who said it.

Mr. Griffin.

Did she say it to you?

Mr. Senator.

No. She was behind the counter. Not specifically to me. It was pretty loud.

Mr. Griffin.

Did they have a TV set on?

Mr. Senator.

No; I don't think so. I don't know. She got her information through either the phone, or they may have had a little radio. I don't remember just what it was, because I wasn't looking directly where she was walking around, or what she was doing, but she was behind the counter, and I was sitting.