(Testimony of Troy Eugene West)
Mr. Belin.
When did you quit for lunch that day?
Mr. West.
Well, we always quit at 12 o'clock in the day.
Mr. Belin.
Is that when you quit on November 22d?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. WEST. Well, I went in and washed my hands and face and then got ready to put my coffee on. I always make coffee at 12. Make it in the morning, and then I make it about 12, between 12 and 12:30.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do? Did you put your coffee on?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
In the west part of the first floor where you generally work?
Mr. West.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. West.
Well, I went to get my lunch to eat a bite.
Mr. Belin.
Where did you get your lunch?
Mr. WEST. Well, I always kept my lunch right there close by my machine, by my wrapping machine that I use all the time, that I always kept my lunch. I have a little place underneath and I keep it there all the time.
Mr. BELIN. Are you the only one that wraps the books for mailing, or wraps them up for mailing?
Mr. WEST. Well, no, sir; I am not the only one, but mine is that way just every day.
Mr. Belin.
You do it all the time?
Mr. West.
Yes; I .do that.
Mr. Belin.
Are you the only one that does it an the time?
Mr. WEST. I am the only one that is steady, wraps mail all the time, although I have help, you know, when it gets stacked.
Mr. Belin.
Did Lee Harvey Oswald ever help you wrap mail?
Mr. West.
No, sir; he never did.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know whether or not he ever borrowed or used any wrapping paper for himself?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I don't.
Mr. Belin.
You don't know?
Mr. West.
No; I don't.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever see him around these wrapper rolls or wrapper roll machines, or not?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I never noticed him being around.
Mr. Belin.
Are they paper machines with the rolls of wrapping paper? You have some gum there too, for taping it? When you wrap it, would you tape it with some tape ?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I never seen him.
Mr. Belin.
Did you do that? Did you put tape on the wrapping paper when it was being shipped? When you wrap the books up with wrapping paper, did you have any gum tape that you put on it?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I had a machine that I placed it on the machine and tied it with, and the machine tied it with a string.
Mr. BELIN. With string?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Didn't you have any gummed tape by your machine?
Mr. West.
Sir?
Mr. Belin.
Did you have any kind of a tape, sticky tape that you would put on the paper to keep it together, or was that somewhere else?
Mr. West.
Oh, yes, sir; I used some of that wide tape.
Mr. Belin.
Is that sticky tape?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
To seal the package with?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir; that's right.
And then I tie it, put it on the machine and then tie it.
Mr. Belin.
Is yours the only place that they have the sticky tape ?
Mr. West.
Well, that is the only place that is supposed to be, you know.
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