The Chairman. Did you ever ascertain who put that out?
Mr. Hosty. No, sir; I never did.
The Chairman. Did you ever investigate it?
Mr. Hosty. I didn't.
The Chairman. Do you know whether your office did?
Mr. Hosty. I am not sure; no, sir.
Mr. Stern. What next occurred on the 22d, Mr. Hosty?
Mr. Hosty. All right. After the conference that lasted until about 9 a.m., I then left the office and joined an Army Intelligence agent, and an agent of the Alcohol Tax Unit of the Treasury Department. We had a conference concerning a case not related to Lee Oswald. This conference lasted most of the morning until about 11:45. At 11:45 the Army Intelligence agent and myself left, and walked over towards Main Street. The motorcade was scheduled to pass down Main Street near our office at approximately noon. I was now on my lunch hour, so I stood and watched the motorcade go by at the corner of Field and Main Street in Dallas.
After the President passed by, I then went across the street, started eating lunch. While I was eating my lunch, the waitress came up and told me she had just heard a radio report that the President and the Vice President had both been shot. I immediately stopped my lunch.
Mr. Stern. The President and the Vice President?