Mr. Curry. We waited there until the casket bearing the President, and then the cars bearing Mrs. Kennedy arrived, and it was, I would judge an hour perhaps.
Mr. Rankin. Then what did you do?
Mr. Curry. I returned to my office at city hall.
Mr. Rankin. Did you do anything about Lee Harvey Oswald at that time?
Mr. Curry. No. As I went into the city hall it was overrun with the news media.
Mr. Rankin. What did you do about that?
Mr. Curry. I didn't do anything. They were jammed into the north hall of the third floor, which are the offices of the criminal investigation division. The television trucks, there were several of them around the city hall. I went into my administrative offices, I saw cables coming through the administrative assistant office and through the deputy chief of traffic through his office, and running through the hall they had a live TV set up on the third floor, and it was a bedlam of confusion.
Mr. Rankin. Did anyone of the police department give them permission to do this?
Mr. Curry. I noticed—well, I don't know who gave them permission because I wasn't there. When I returned they were up there.
Mr. Rankin. Did you inquire about whether permission had been given?