Charles Hall Steele, Jr., 1488 Madrid Street, New Orleans, La., after first being duly sworn, testified as follows:
Mr. Jenner. You are Charles Hall Steele, Jr., is that right?
Mr. Steele. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. And your address is 1488 Madrid Street here in New Orleans?
Mr. Steele. That's right.
Mr. Jenner. And is that spelled S-T-E-E-L-E?
Mr. Steele. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. I am Albert E. Jenner, Jr., attorney on the legal staff on the President's Commission, investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the assassination last November of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Did you receive a letter from Mr. Rankin, general counsel for the Commission?
Mr. Steele. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. And enclosed with that letter were Senate Joint Resolution 137, which authorized the creation of the Commission to investigate the assassination of the late President; is that right?