Mr. Specter. What were your duties at Parkland Memorial Hospital, if any, on November 22d, 1963?
Dr. Perry. On that day I had come over from the medical school for the usual 1 o'clock rounds with the residents, and Dr. Ronald Jones and I, he being chief surgical resident, were having dinner in the main dining room there in the hospital.
Mr. Specter. Will you describe how you happened to be called in to render assistance to President Kennedy?
Dr. Perry. Somewhere around 12:30, and I cannot give you the time accurately since I did not look at my watch in that particular instant, an emergency page was put in for Dr. Tom Shires, who is chief of the emergency surgical service in Parkland. I knew he was in Galveston attending a meeting and giving a paper, and I asked Dr. Jones to pick up the page to see if he or I could be of assistance.
The Chairman. Doctor, at this time I must leave for a session at the Supreme Court, and the hearing will continue. Congressman Ford, I am going to ask you if you will preside in my absence. If you are obliged to go to the Congress, Commissioner Dulles will preside, and I will be available as soon as the Court session is over to be here with you.
(At this point, Mr. Warren withdrew from the hearing room.)
Representative Ford. Will you proceed, please?
Mr. Specter. What action did you take after learning of the emergency call, Dr. Perry?
Dr. Perry. The emergency room is one flight of stairs down from the main dining cafeteria, so Dr. Jones and I went immediately to the emergency room to render what assistance we could.
Representative Ford. May I ask this: In the confirmation of the page call, was it told to you that the President was the patient involved?