Chief Justice Warren. No; we have the power to subpena witnesses to Washington if we want to do it, but we have taken the testimony of 200 or 300 people, I would imagine, here in Dallas without going to Washington.
Mr. Ruby. Yes; but those people aren't Jack Ruby.
Chief Justice Warren. No; they weren't.
Mr. Ruby. They weren't.
Chief Justice Warren. Now I want you to feel that we are not here to take any advantage of you, because I know that you are in a delicate position, and unless you had indicated not only through your lawyers but also through your sister, who wrote a letter addressed either to me or to Mr. Rankin saying that you wanted to testify before the Commission, unless she had told us that, I wouldn't have bothered you.
Because I know you do have this case that is not yet finished, and I wouldn't jeopardize your position by trying to insist that you testify.
So I want you to feel that you are free to refrain from testifying any time you wish.
But I will also be frank with you and say that I don't think it would be to your advantage to tell us as much as you have and then to stop and not tell us the rest. I can't see what advantage that would give you.
Mr. Ruby. The thing is this, that with your power that you have, Chief Justice Warren, and all these gentlemen, too much time has gone by for me to give you any benefit of what I may say now.
Chief Justice Warren. No; that isn't a fact, because until we make our findings for the Commission, and until we make our report on the case, it is not too late.