(Testimony of Buell Wesley Frazier)
Mr. Ball.
When you came in that morning to go to work where did you go first?
Mr. Frazier.
I went like I did every morning, I went down in the basement
there and hung up my coat and put up my lunch.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see Oswald down there?
Mr. Frazier.
No; I didn't.
Mr. Ball.
Then you went to work?
Mr. Frazier.
Right.
Mr. Ball.
How did you get to the basement?
Mr. Frazier.
Went down through the, now over there where they have--are you familiar with the Depository Building?
Mr. Ball.
Only through the map.
Mr. Frazier.
We have the
Mr. Ball.
There is the map of the first floor. Does it show the steps leading down to the basement?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir. You see the one there where you have the arrow that is one entrance to the basement and that is the entrance I used the biggest part of the time, that is the one I go down.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see Oswald there?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. Ball.
During the morning you say you saw Oswald around filling orders?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Ball.
Were you on the sixth floor any that morning?
Mr. Frazier.
One time just a few seconds. I said to Mr. Shelley we had some book returns. They had sent back and he told me to count the books and make sure they were all there and put them in the space and so I took the elevator and loaded them on with a two-wheeler and so I know where they went, and I went to the shelf off the elevator and put them on the shelf and turned around and went right on down.
Mr. Ball.
Were they doing some work there that day?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; they were.
Representative Ford.
What time was that?
Mr. Frazier.
When I went to put up the stock?
Representative Ford.
Yes. On the sixth floor.
Mr. Frazier.
That was sometime between 8 and 10 o'clock. I say it was the early part of the morning.
Mr. Ball.
What kind of work did you notice they were doing up there?
Mr. Frazier.
As well as I remember they were moving stock, I believe putting up some stock, straightening up the stock.
Mr. Ball.
Any work done on the floor?
Mr. Frazier.
I don't remember if they were working on the floor or not. They may have because upon the fifth floor I know we have done the fifth floor.
Mr. Ball.
Do you remember the names of any workmen you saw on the sixth floor that morning you were there?
Mr. Frazier.
I believe Billy was up there, Billy Lovelady, but so far as I can say I went and put books on the shelf and turned around and walked back and glanced up when I was coming back, I didn't stay any length of time because when we are pretty busy, some fill out orders and some doing something else and if you have a lot of orders to fill you haven't got a lot of time to sit around and be talking.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see Oswald on the sixth floor any time that morning?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir. I didn't because like I say that was the only time I went up there at all that day and I was just up there for a few seconds.
Mr. Ball.
Did you talk to him any that morning?
Mr. Frazier.
I don't believe I did much unless he asked me something about a book like I told you, and I was always willing to help anybody I can.
Mr. Ball.
Now, you knew that the President was going to pass that building sometime that morning, didn't you?
Mr. Frazier.
Well, I heard he would.
Mr. Ball.
Did you talk to some of the men around there about it?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever talk to Oswald about that?
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