Mr. Griffin.

Raise your right hand, please.
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. Kantor.

I do.

Mr. Griffin.

Would you state for the record your full name?

Mr. Kantor.

Yes, my first name is Seth, last name is Kantor.

Mr. Griffin.

Where do you live?

Mr. Kantor.

I live at 4325 Maple Avenue, BetheRda.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, can you give us your birth date, please?

Mr. Kantor.

Yes. January 9, 1926.

Mr. Griffin.

Are you married?

Mr. Kantor.

I am married.

Mr. Griffin.

What is your occupation at present?

Mr. Kantor.

I am a newspaper writer. I am employed by Scripps-Howard Newspapers.

Mr. Griffin.

Any particular paper, or by the chain itself?

Mr. Kantor.

I am correspondent for Texas papers, and write for all of our papers as well.

Mr. Griffin.

How long have you been employed with Scripps-Howard?

Mr. Kantor.

A total of 5 years.

Mr. Griffin.

And what was your employment before that?

Mr. Kantor.

I was on the Dallas Times Herald, in Dallas, Tex., intermittently. I was on the Fort Worth Press, which is a Scripps-Howard paper. And then went to the Dallas Times Herald. And then came here.

Mr. Griffin.

You have been in Washington for 5 years, is that right?

Mr. Kantor.

No. I have been in Washington for 2 years.

Mr. Griffin.

I see. The 5-year period includes some time with the Dallas Times Herald?

Mr. Kantor.

With the Fort Worth Press, and with the Denver Rocky Mountain News, which are both Scripps-Howard papers.

Mr. Griffin.

I see. Now, when did you work for the Dallas Times Herald?

Mr. Kantor.

I worked for the Times Herald from September 1960 until May 1962.

Mr. Griffin.

What did you do before September 1960?

Mr. Kantor.

I was with the Fort Worth Press.

Mr. Griffin.

I take it, then, the 5 years we have covered are the total time you have been in the newspaper business.

Mr. Kantor.

Oh, no. I have been in the newspaper business about 18 years, but in the employ of Scripps- Howard for 5.

Mr. Griffin.

I see. Can you just give us a general idea where you have worked in those 18 years?

Mr. Kantor.

Yes. With the Associated Press in Detroit, and on the Lamar, Colo., Daily News, and the Pueblo, Colo., Chieftain, the Denver Rocky Mountain News. And I spent 5 years as a magazine writer for magazines published in New York.

Mr. Griffin.

And did you live in Dallas at some time? Is that correct?

Mr. Kantor.

For a 2-year period.

Mr. Griffin.

And what was that 2-year period? Can you tell us when it began and when it ended?

Mr. Kantor.

Yes. September 1960 until May 1962.

Mr. Griffin.

During those months, did you have occasion to meet Jack Ruby?

Mr. Kantor.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

Had you met him before September 1960?

Mr. Kantor.

No; I had not.

Mr. Griffin.

When did you first meet Mr. Ruby?

Mr. Kantor.

Well, it was within a very few months after I joined the Times Herald. I was a feature writer for the paper. I think by nature of the stories that I wrote, I sort of attracted Jack Ruby. He came up to my desk one day and introduced himself and said that he owned a club or clubs in town, and that he thought he might have some stories for me from time to time, and he did.
Over the next several months, he provided me with maybe as many as half-a-dozen feature stories, on characters in town.