Mr. Wall.

"Well, can you tell me a little about him?" And I was at that time having an argument with Mr. Peterson on what to do, you know, keep your mouth shut, or, you know, say what you had to say.

Mr. Specter.

What was Mr. Peterson's view?

Mr. Wall.

He said to keep my mouth shut, he did not want to get involved in any way, and that the right people would come to us and for us not to say anything so----

Mr. Specter.

What was your view about that subject?

Mr. Wall.

Well, I didn't know. I don't know. I can't remember. I would say mine was the same way. I was kind of scared, to be honest.

Mr. Specter.

Why were you scared?

Mr. Wall.

Just when people start calling you long distance you get scared. You don't want to get involved in anything, particularly if you didn't have anything to do with it. Then the next telephone call we got was from Dick Hitt, who is a man on the a columnist for the Dallas Times Herald who knew I was a very close friend.

Mr. Specter.

Had you known Mr. Hitt before that telephone call?

Mr. Wall.

Oh, yes; ever since I have been in Dallas.

Mr. Specter.

What did Mr. Hitt say to you?

Mr. Wall.

He wanted to know about--he wanted me to talk to his editor or someone about Jack, to find out what kind of a person he was and everything.

Mr. Specter.

Did you talk to his editor?

Mr. Wall.

We did but very coldly. Joe talked to the editor.

Mr. Specter.

Did you talk to him?

Mr. Wall.

I talked to Dick Hitt but whenever they called back the man called back and said: "Dick Hitt said for me to call you." Joe got on the phone and said: "No, I don't know anything." I have a correction to make. The first call ,that we received was from the Dallas Morning News. The second call we got was from the Washington Post and the last call we got was from Dick Hitt.

Mr. Specter.

Who called you from the Dallas Morning News?

Mr. Wall.

I would say right now as far as I can remember it was Hugh Ainsworth because he also knew I was a very good friend of Jack's.

Mr. Specter.

What was the content of the conversation between you and Mr. Ainsworth?

Mr. Wall.

The conversation was that Jack had called me and--Hugh ,and I were good speaking friends. Not close friends, but we had talked a great deal--of course, this being the first person I had talked to that had also known Jack, we were just in a conversation. I told him: "Yes, I had received a call," you know, I was sort of outspoken in discussing it with Hugh. Joe got kind of angry and said we should not meddle in any way at all and so the Washington Post called after that and we were sort of cool and when Dick Hitt called we said we knew nothing.

Mr. Specter.

Did you receive any other telephone calls?

Mr. Wall.

No, sir.

Mr. Specter.

Did you make any telephone calls on that Sunday?

Mr. Wall.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Specter.

Whom did you call?

Mr. Wall.

I called Nancy Austin, who is a performer in our show, to find out how to get hold of Phil Burleson.

Mr. Specter.

Who was Phil Burleson?

Mr. Wall.

He was my attorney.

Mr. Specter.

How long had he been your attorney?

Mr. Wall.

Since I arrived in Dallas.

Mr. Specter.

And what was the purpose of your wanting to get Mr. Burleson's telephone number?

Mr. Wall.

Well, Phil also knew Jack and I wanted to see if he was going to represent Jack or if .he could or wanted to or to see if he could get in to see Jack to see what was going on.

Mr. Specter.

Why did you do that?

Mr. Wall.

Well, as I say, I was in shock. I was upset because I liked Jack very much. He-has been a very good friend of ours even with our ups and