Mr. Liebeler. What else did you talk to Garrett about?
Mr. Vinson. Well, as far as the school is concerned, I don't remember offhand. I think it was Ridglea West. Garrett told me that he had known Oswald in the fifth and sixth grades, or I believe that is what he says in here. I believe he told me specifically the sixth, and then he said that he saw him again in high school when Oswald came to high school at Arlington Heights High School. And he said he approached him, that Oswald approached Garrett something to the effect that, asked him if he remembered him from grade school, and I believe Garrett said that he didn't at first, but after awhile, he finally thought back and remembered who he was. And he told me that Oswald mentioned something about communism to him somehow. He was trying to sell Garrett on the idea of communism.
Mr. Liebeler. That was while Oswald was in the Arlington High School?
Mr. Vinson. That was what Garrett said, and Garrett said he went to the principal about this, and he said that a few days later he did not see Oswald any more, and he didn't know if he had been withdrawn or expelled or what the situation was.
Mr. Liebeler. He never associated with Oswald to any particular degree at this point?
Mr. Vinson. Not at this point. He said he "shied away from him after he gave me this communism pitch."
Mr. Liebeler. Did Garrett tell you when this was? What grade in high school he was in?
Mr. Vinson. If he did, I don't recall. I think it was the sophomore year in high school, the 10th grade. It says in this article, but if this has got to come from my recollection, I would think it was the 10th grade.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Garrett tell you anything else?
Mr. Vinson. That is all. I just let him go because he couldn't help me much. Somebody else was already doing the story on him and what he remembered about him, and I was just trying to pin down what school Oswald went to in the second grade, at that time.