Mr. Weissman.

(At this point, Senator Cooper entered the hearing room.)

Mr. Jenner.

Now, are you acquainted with a gentleman by the name of Larrie Schmidt?

Mr. Weissman.

Yes; I am.

Mr. Jenner.

When did you first meet him?

Mr. Weissman.

In Munich, Germany, about July or August of 1962.

Mr. Jenner.

His middle name is Henry. Are you aware of that?

Mr. Weissman.

No; I am not aware of that.

Mr. Jenner.

Where does he reside?

Mr. Weissman.

Well, he was in Dallas. I understand he has dropped from sight. I don't know where he is now.

Mr. Jenner.

Was he residing in Dallas in the fall of 1963 when you were there?

Mr. Weissman.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

When did you arrive in Dallas?

Mr. Weissman.

In Dallas, on the 4th of November 1963.

Mr. Jenner.

And was Mr. Schmidt aware that you were about to come to Dallas?

Mr. Weissman.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And what was the purpose of your coming to Dallas?

Mr. Weissman.

I will be as brief as possible. It was simply to follow through on plans that we had made in Germany, in order to develop a conservative organization in Dallas, under our leadership.

Mr. Jenner.

Did that conservative organization, or your purpose in going to Dallas, as well, have any business context in addition to politics?

Mr. Weissman.

I would say 50 percent of the purpose was business and the other 50 percent politics. We figured that only rich men can indulge full time in politics, so first we had to make some money before we could devote ourselves to the political end completely.

Mr. Jenner.

In short compass; would you tell the Commission your background up to the time that you entered military service, and give us the date of the entry of military service?

Mr. Weissman.

Do you mean as far as my schooling and where I lived before then? Before I went into the service?

Mr. Jenner.

Let's take it from high school.

Mr. Weissman.

I graduated from Edison Technical High School in Mount Vernon in June of 1956, went to work for the Nuclear Development Corp. as an experimental machinist in July of that year and left them in August of 1957. I then went on the road with my brother, Joe, and his wife, working as demonstrators or pitchmen, you might say, in department stores, selling some patent medicines and the like. Did this for about---oh, that was from the 18th of November 1957 up until about April or May of 1958.

Mr. Jenner.

Your brother Joe is a little bit older than you?

Mr. Weissman.

He is 20 months older, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And his given name is Joe, and not Joseph?

Mr. Weissman.

Joseph. Then--let's see--I went to work for the American Schools of Music, which my brother rounded in Jersey.

Mr. Jenner.

Which brother?

Mr. Weissman.

My brother Joe in New Jersey. And I stayed with him as his sales manager for a little over a year.
Then I went to work for Encyclopedia Americana, Harvard Classics Division, as a district sales manager. I was with them about a year--until 19---I believe it was September of 1960.
I was starving, so I went to work for Underwood Olivetti, in Newark, N.J., and I sold typewriters and calculators up until May of 1961, at which time I quit, tried to go into business for myself in costume jewelry, formed a corporation known as Jane Williams Co., Inc., and in August of 1961, I was drafted into the Army. That was on August 5, 1961.

Mr. Jenner.

You were honorably discharged from the Army in August 1963?

Mr. Weissman.

August 5; yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

What has been your father's occupation?

Mr. Weissman.

Well, for about 20 years he was plant superintendent for University Loudspeakers in White Plains, N.Y. They moved to some place out