Mrs. Bates.

I just thought maybe they might be able to find him work, or something like that, because he wasn't working. He hadn't gotten a job. And he was real worried about it, because he needed one.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mrs. Bates.

And I just thought maybe that they might be able to help him find a job.

Mr. Jenner.

And they were unable to contact him?

Mrs. Bates.

They couldn't find him. They went out to his brother's home several times--oh, I think, two or three times, she said---one of the reporters did.

Mr. Jenner.

And when was this?

Mrs. Bates.

Oh, it was shortly after I did the work.

Mr. Jenner.

I see. In the summer of 1962?

Mrs. Bates.

Uh-huh; he was still out--I guess he was still out there but there was never anybody at home when they went out there.

Mr. Jenner.

Uh-huh.

Mrs. Bates.

And, actually, I didn't know that Lee was the accused assassin. I didn't see any television, or anything else, the day that the President was killed. I was still under such a shock because I had just seen him go down the street in front of my building and I could have shaken hands with him--and it was a terrible shock--until Caroline called me.

Mr. Jenner.

Uh-huh; that day?

Mrs. Bates.

That night of the assassination.
And wondered, she said--I was out at my club---and she said, "Have you seen any television or listened to any radios?
And I said, "No."
She said, "Well, have you got a television there?"
And I said, "Yes."
She said, "Turn it on--and then call me back."
So, I did. And there he was.

Mr. Jenner.

And the person you saw on television--this would be the night of the assassination?

Mrs. Bates.

Uh-huh.

Mr. Jenner.

You recognized as being the same person who you knew as Lee Oswald----

Mrs. Bates.

Lee Oswald.

Mr. Jenner.

And whose notes you typed on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of June?

Mrs. Bates.

1962.

Mr. Jenner.

1962?

Mrs. Bates.

Uh-huh.

Mr. Jenner.

And you were firm in your recognition of that person?

Mrs. Bates.

Oh, yes. There was no doubt about it. His eyes alone would--you could recognize. And when I also heard him talk, I knew that's who it was.
That's all there is [referring to newspaper that Mr. Jenner was perusing again].

Mr. Jenner.

These first two pages?

Mrs. Bates.

Yes

Mr. Jenner.

When Miss Hamilton called you, I take it she came over and talked with you?

Mrs. Bates.

Not until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Mr. Jenner.

Oh, it was delayed for awhile. Let's see Thanksgiving was the following week?

Mrs. Bates.

Uh-huh.
Caroline said, "Well, do you want to do something about it?"
I said, "No; not now. Wait until I gather my thoughts and see if I'm advised what to do. I don't want to do anything that I shouldn't do."

Mr. Jenner.

Uh-huh.

Mrs. Bates.

Because he hadn't been--he had not been--uh--charged then even with the assassination. He'd just been picked up.

Mr. Jenner.

Uh-huh.