(Testimony of Mark Resumed In Open Session Lane)
Mr. Lane.
Yes.
Mr. Rankin.
Is there anything you would care to present to the Commission?
Mr. Lane.
Yes. I have been informed--and this is the source I will have to check with again in order to secure his testimony--
Mr. Rankin.
You will advise us if you are permitted to.
Mr. Lane.
Yes. But I can tell you the substance that a meeting took place on November 14, 1963, in the Carousel Club between Officer Tippit and Bernard Weissman, Mr. Weissman being the gentleman who placed a full-page advertisement in the Dallas Morning News which was printed on November 22, asking a series of questions of President Kennedy. It was addressed "Welcome to Dallas, President Kennedy. Why have you traded the Monroe Doctrine for spirit of Moscow. Why has Gus Hall and the Communist Party endorsed your 1964 election" and such matter. I think these two give a rather clear indication of the kind of advertisement that it was. And I have been informed that Mr. Weissman and Officer Tippit and a third person were present there. I have been given the name of the third person. But for matters which I will make plain to the Commission, I will be pleased to give you the name of the third person as given to me, but not in the presence of the press. I would rather do that in executive session--that one piece of testimony.
The Chairman.
That is satisfactory to do that, if you wish.
Mr. Lane.
Thank you, sir.
Mr. Rankin.
Is there anything else about that incident that you know and want to tell the Commission at this time?
Mr. Lane.
No.
The Chairman.
That is the entire story, is it?
Mr. Lane.
That they were there for more than 2 hours conferring--these three persons.
The Chairman.
Your information does not--is not to the effect as to what they were conferring on.
Mr. Lane.
No; they did not hear that.
Mr. Rankin.
I am not suggesting, Mr. Lane, that you have been selective about what you have told the Commission and what you have not told, but I do wish to make the inquiry as to whether there is any information you might have that the Commission should be informed of as to other people that you might have interviewed in regard to this matter.
Mr. Lane.
I have given the Commission at this time everything that I know.
Mr. Rankin.
Is there anything about the palm prints that you can tell us in addition to what you have given
Mr. Lane.
Not in addition to what I have said.
Mr. Rankin.
Well, I will ask you generally--is there anything in addition to what you have said that you would like to tell the Commission at this time that has any bearing upon this investigation?
Mr. Lane.
All I can say in reference to that, Mr. Rankin, is that I am practically engaged in this project by myself, which means I am extremely limited. This is not my profession--investigator. I am an attorney. And there are many leads which I have followed, which have led me nowhere at all, obviously. Before finding Mrs. Markham or before finding Mrs. Hill, there were many other persons I talked to who were not even present, who I have heard were present But there are still large numbers, probably at this point hundreds of leads which I have heard of, and which I have not yet been able to trace or to check through. I do not think it would be constructive just to tell you all of the things I have heard, because most of them are patently untrue, and they just require a great deal of work. But I will continue to do that, and should I come across any material which might in any way interest you, I will certainly either write to you for the purpose of presenting it to you
through the mail in affidavit form, if you prefer, or indicate that I will be available to come and testify again if you prefer that.
The Chairman.
Mr. Lane, your client, Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, when she was testifying before us, told us that she had sold some pictures to the press and she wanted the originals of all the pictures that she presented to us, because she said they were of great financial value to her. Do you know what sales she has made concerning pictures such as you have shown us?
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