Mr. Hosty. No, sir; I knew of the building in the outskirts of the downtown area. That is about all. I looked up the address, and I recognized the address, but it meant nothing to me.
Mr. Stern. Is there anything else at all that you can recall being said on November 1?
Mr. Hosty. As I said earlier, I think I should bring this in, that Mrs. Paine was a little bit reluctant to give me his place of employment at first. She said that Lee Oswald had alleged that the FBI had had him fired from every job he ever had. I told her this was not true, that I had never had anyone fired from any job nor did I know of any other FBI agents that had ever done this.
I reassured her that I wanted to know his place of employment for the purpose of determining whether or not he was employed in a sensitive industry, and when I found out that he was working in a warehouse as a laborer, I realized this was not a sensitive industry.
Mr. Stern. You were acting for the New Orleans office at this time?
Mr. Hosty. At this time; yes, sir.
Mr. Stern. In trying to locate him?
Mr. Hosty. Right.
Mr. Stern. Had they asked you to try to determine what kind of work he was doing and whether he might be in a sensitive position?
Mr. Hosty. Well, this is automatically considered; yes. They didn't have to ask me. I knew I was to do that.