(Testimony of Charles Douglas Givens)
Mr. Belin.
Did you ever eat any lunch inside the building?
Mr. Givens.
Yes, sir; I eat inside the building all the time.
Mr. Belin.
On November 22, did you eat inside the building?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Now you said you saw Lee Oswald on the sixth floor around 11:55?
Mr. Givens.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
Did you see Lee Oswald anywhere else in the building between 11:55 and the time you left the building?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
On November 22d?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Did you see him in the domino room at all around anywhere between 11:30 and 12 or 12:30?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Did you see him reading the newspaper?
Mr. GIVENS. No; not that day. I did--he generally sit in there every morning. He would come to work and sit in there and read the paper, the next day paper, like if the day was Tuesday, he would read Monday's paper in the morning when he would come to work, but he didn't that morning because he didn't go in the domino room that morning. I didn't see him in the domino room that morning.
Mr. Belin.
How do you know it was the previous day paper that he read?
Mr. Givens.
Because he would be sitting there and I would look at him, when he got through and got up to go to work, I would get it and look at it.
Mr. Belin.
Would it be a News or Times Herald?
Mr. GIVENS. Well, they bring Dallas Morning News around in the morning. Fellows bring it to work.
Mr. BELIN. You mean he would read someone else's newspaper that somebody else brought to work?
Mr. Givens.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Did you ever know him to buy his own newspaper?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir; I never saw him buy one.
Mr. Belin.
Who generally brought the newspaper there?
Mr. GIVENS. Well, Harold Norman would generally bring one and James Jarman would generally bring one.
Mr. Belin.
Now you say you left the sixth floor. Well, you said you left it first to go---did you go down with the other employees on the elevator?
Mr. Givens.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
About what time was that now?
Mr. Givens.
That was about a quarter-- I said about a quarter to 12.
Mr. Belin.
Who was on that elevator, do you remember?
Mr. GIVENS. That was Bonnie Ray Williams, and Billy Lovelady, and Danny and myself.
Mr. Belin.
That was Danny Arce?
Mr. Givens.
Yes: a Spanish boy.
Mr. Belin.
Then you say you got down there and you say you wanted your cigarettes so you went back up?
Mr. Givens.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
What elevator did you go down on?
Mr. Givens.
I came down on the east elevator.
Mr. Belin.
What elevator did you take back up?
Mr. Givens.
The east elevator.
Mr. BELIN. That day had you eaten any chicken at all, or anything on the sixth floor?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Had you eaten any chicken or left a pep bottle on any previous days on the sixth floor?
Mr. Givens.
No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Did you go immediately to your jacket when you went back up to the sixth floor?
Mr. GIVENS. Yes, sir; I went straight and picked up my jacket.
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