Mr. Waldo.

if that's the word, behind me in this jammed, packed mass, "Henry, we can't hear you. We can't hear you. Can't we hold this some place else?"
He then conferred with Captain Fritz and by then Chief Curry had moved in, maybe Chief Curry was there all the time I didn't notice him--but the three conferred and then Chief Curry, who can on occasion speak with considerable force and volume, called out and everybody heard this, "All right, we'll set it up in the Police Assembly Hall in the basement for Mr. Wade to make his announcement, if that's what you want?" Or--approximately those words, and then there was another momentary conference between the district attorney and the two police officials, and Chief Curry added, and I am almost certain that no one requested this--it was a voluntary statement on his part, "And I'll have the prisoner brought down for you, too, if, you like."
So, immediately there was movement, because the TV people had to start getting their equipment down, all of which of course took a considerable time. I might add first that Curry said, "We can do it in about 20 minutes," but while waiting for the TV cameras to be transferred down and set up properly, it took more than an hour.

Mr. Hubert.

What security measures or identification measures were used to start security as to the assembly room, as to who would go in

Mr. Waldo.

None whatever that I observed. I myself walked down the stairs, which faced the elevators on the third floor, to the basement. The basement is also the site of the police booking office. People were being brought in or coming in to inquire about relatives, I presume. That seemed to be the general tenor of it, and were not being kept away, and peering curiously into this police assembly room where everything was being set up.

Mr. Hubert.

There were no guards at the entrance of the assembly room ?

Mr. Waldo.

None that I saw, sir; no.

Mr. Hubert.

So that everybody got into the assembly room who wanted to

get in, and Oswald was brought down shortly thereafter? Mr. WALDO. Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

I understand that the interview was of very short duration

Mr. Waldo.

It was, and it was preceded by a very stern warning from Chief Curry--that any undue movement to crowd in on the prisoner or shove cameras forward or to clamor on furniture, would immediately cause the interview to be cut short and he said, "The prisoner will be taken away and will not be brought back; is that clear?" He said, "I want everybody to stay where he is."
The interview was very brief. The thing that sticks most in my mind, considering the fact that before Oswald was brought down District Attorney Wade had stated in some detail how Oswald was taken before a justice of the peace and formally charged with the assassination of President Kennedy, that when the prisoner in the assembly room was asked, "Why did you kill the President?" He replied, "I haven't killed anyone and no one has even mentioned to me anything about the President except you people."

Mr. Hubert.

Who was it asked him the question, "Why did you kill the President ?"

Mr. Waldo.

Gosh, I couldn't tell you.

Mr. Hubert.

It was some newsman?

Mr. Waldo.

It was a newsman; yes.

Mr. Hubert.

You did not see Ruby in that group?

Mr. Waldo.

I did not see Ruby that evening; no, sir. I do recall, but only because it was called to my attention afterward, that at the tail end of the interview, a man with a loud voice was calling to Wade to come over and say something in a microphone, and I do recall distinctly that this voice cut through the din with remarkable stentorian quality, and of course it has been testified at Jack Ruby's trial that this was he, acting for a friend at a radio station
who wanted to put a statement by Wade on tape for subsequent broadcast-Mr. HUBERT. That was while Oswald was still in the room ?

Mr. Waldo.

No, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

That was after Oswald had left ?

Mr. Waldo.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

What caused the end of the Oswald interview ?

Mr. Waldo.

As I recall it, following what could have been anywhere from