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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 431« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Robert Alan Surrey)

The Chairman.
Do you handle any funds for General Walker?
Mr. Surrey.
Of General Walker's fund?
The Chairman.
Yes.
Mr. Surrey.
No, sir.
The Chairman.
Or any funds----
Mr. Surrey.
Except what----
The Chairman.
Or any funds that come to General Walker?
Mr. Surrey.
No; only that comes to American Eagle Co., which is in fact, I guess, technically his funds.
The Chairman.
Well, what funds do come to American Eagle Co.?
Mr. Surrey.
Funds for purchasing of materials, and some donations. That is it.
The Chairman.
Outside of donations, how do you get your funds for publishing?
Mr. Surrey.
From the sale of materials.
The Chairman.
And the rest of it is all donations?
Mr. Surrey.
Donations are extremely small, as a matter of fact, yes. We operate on the sale of materials.
The Chairman.
How much in the aggregate of donations have you had?
Mr. Surrey.
To American Eagle Publishing Co.?
The Chairman.
Yes.
Mr. Surrey.
I would say a hundred dollars.
The Chairman.
A hundred dollars?
Mr. Surrey.
Over 2 years or 2 1/2 years.
The Chairman.
Where did you get the money to publish your book?
Mr. Surrey.
At the beginning of American Eagle Publishing Co., we started with a backlog of books which had been used in the campaign. This was Mr. Walker's contribution to the American Eagle Publishing Co.
The Chairman.
Did General Walker sell his campaign books?
Mr. Surrey.
I don't know if he did or not.
The Chairman.
Well, you don't pay publishing funds with books, do you?
Mr. Surrey.
From the sale of the books which were turned over to American Eagle Co. at its inception, from the sale of those books, we have accumulated finds to go on with others.
The Chairman.
At its inception, where did you get the money to publish?
Mr. Surrey.
I don't understand your question, sir.
The Chairman.
Well----
Mr. Surrey.
At its inception we didn't have any money.
The Chairman.
When you publish books, you have to have some capital of some kind.
Mr. Surrey.
The capital was raised from the sale of a book called "Walker Speaks Unmuzzled" which sells for 35 cents. We started with that.
The Chairman.
You published that first?
Mr. Surrey.
No, sir.
The Chairman.
Who published that?
Mr. Surrey.
I believe General Walker did.
The Chairman.
And how much money came from the sale of those books?
Mr. Surrey.
I do not know offhand, sir.
The Chairman.
Approximately.
Mr. Surrey.
We are still selling them.
The Chairman.
Beg pardon?
Mr. Surrey.
We are still selling them.
The Chairman.
But you handle the funds, don't you, for the company?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; but I don't know specific items.
The Chairman.
Well, I am not asking you for specific items. But I would like to know approximately how much money.
Let me put it this way: How much money have you handled for that company in the last--since it has been established?
Mr. Surrey.
Oh, as a rough estimate, $10,000 to $15,000.
The Chairman.
And only a hundred dollars of that was contributions from outsiders?
Mr. Surrey.
I would say that would be it.
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