(Testimony of Earl Ruby Resumed)
Mr. Griffin.
Are there any changes or corrections that you think ought to be made in that?
Mr. Ruby.
Well, here in the first paragraph it says, "In 1946 his brothers Jack Ruby" I think, I am not sure of the date, I think it was 1947, and Jack didn't change his name when we did. He changed it later in Dallas.
Mr. Griffin.
All right. Let's read into the record the part you are talking about. In the second paragraph you are talking about the sentence which reads, "He said that in 1946 his brothers Jack Ruby and Sam Ruby along with himself legally changed their names from Rubenstein to Ruby for business purposes." Now the correct date of your changing your name is when?
Mr. Ruby.
I think it was 1947.
Mr. Griffin.
And in any event Jack did not change his name at the same time that you did?
Mr. Ruby.
That is correct.
Mr. Griffin.
Okay. Take your time and refer to them--you have notes, refer to them.
Mr. Ruby.
Down here in the sixth paragraph it says, "following military service Jack returned to Chicago where he resided for several months and was not employed to his, Earl Ruby's knowledge," that is not correct.
When Jack came back from the service we immediately took him in as a partner in Earl Products Co., so that is wrong. And then they said about 1946. I think in 1947 he went to Dallas. However, I am not sure of that. You probably have that date.
I see on this next to the last paragraph where it says Earl Ruby stated he could give no reason why Jack Ruby shot Oswald except Jack is highly--is a highly emotional type and may have thought he was doing everyone a great service, I don't remember that, the exact words. I don't think I would have made that statement completely. I mean----
Mr. Griffin.
Did you have some feeling at the time that Jack may have thought he was doing a service to the country?
Mr. Ruby.
To tell you the truth, I was so upset that I may have made the statement but I am not sure. You know I was--when was this, this was the next day, right, Monday?
Mr. Griffin.
Yes.
Mr. Ruby.
That is it for this one. Some of them are almost exact duplicates.
Mr. Griffin.
I am going to hand you what has been marked as "Washington, D.C., June 3, 1964, deposition of Earl Ruby Exhibit 4." And that purports to be an interview that Mr. Robichau and Mr. Wilson of the FBI had with you on November 25 in Southfield, Mich. It consists of six pages and they are numbered consecutively at the bottom 173 to 178. Have you had a chance to read that over?
Mr. Ruby.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Would you indicate what changes or corrections should be made thereon?
Mr. Ruby.
Well, in the fourth paragraph I am not certain as to whether my father was born in Russia and as to whether my mother was born in Poland. I think my older sisters and brothers know more about that than I do.
Mr. Griffin.
Was the experience of your mother and father in Europe a topic which was discussed very often in the home?
Mr. Ruby.
My father's experiences were, in telling about the hardships of it and the persecutions of the Jews.
I have one other correction here.
Mr. Griffin.
Yes.
Mr. Ruby.
In the fifth paragraph it states here that Jack was employed by Earl Products after he first left the service. He wasn't employed. He was a part owner. It clarifies it in the next sentence, however.
Now, on page 2, the third paragraph this states here that I may have said that A. Weinberg was a fourth removed cousin, but I find that that is not so. She never was a cousin of ours.
And then on page 5 in the first paragraph it states that from 1939 to 1942 1 was
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