Mr. Cunningham.

Thank you, sir.

The Chairman.

Gentlemen, if there are no further witnesses today, we will adjourn for the day, and we will meet tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock for the purpose of taking further testimony.
(Whereupon, at 12:45 p.m., the President's Commission recessed.)

The Chairman.

Thursday, March 12, 1964

Testimony of William Wayne Whaley

Testimony of

Testimony of William Wayne Whaley

The Chairman.

The President's Commission met at 9:20 a.m. on March 12, 1964, 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C.
Present were Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chairman; Senator John Cooper and Representative Gerald R. Ford, members.
Also present were J. Lee Rankin, general counsel; Joseph A. Ball, assistant counsel; David W. Belin, assistant counsel; Melvin Aron Eisenberg, assistant counsel; Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and Charles Murray, observers.
William Wayne Whaley
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM WAYNE WHALEY

The Chairman.

Mr. Whaley, the purpose of our meeting today is to take some further testimony concerning the events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, and we understand you have some facts that will bear on it in a way and we would like to ask you questions concerning it.
Will you rise, please, raise your right hand to be sworn?
Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. Whaley.

I do, sir.

The Chairman.

Will you be seated, please? Mr. Ball will conduct the examination.

Mr. Ball.

Mr. Whaley, what is your business?

Mr. Whaley.

I am a taxi driver, sir.

Mr. Ball.

How long have you been a taxi driver?

Mr. Whaley.

37 years.

Mr. Ball.

You worked all that time in Dallas?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

What is your residence?

Mr. Whaley.

619 Pine Street, Route 2, Louisville, Tex., 26 miles north of Dallas.

Mr. Ball.

But you drive a taxicab in Dallas?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Whom do you work for?

Mr. Whaley.

City Transportation Company.

Mr. Ball.

You are an employee of theirs, are you?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes.

Mr. Ball.

You don't own your own cab?

Mr. Whaley.

No, sir; they don't allow that in that city.

Mr. Ball.

How long have you worked for that company?

Mr. Whaley.

37 years. Not for that company, sir, but for the original owners, it started out. I have been in with that original company but all banded together in one cab company.

Mr. Ball.

Were you on duty on the 22d of November 1963?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

What were your hours that day at work?

Mr. Whaley.

Well, my hours run from 6 to 4, sir; 6 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon.