(Marked Dobbs' Exhibit No. 10.)
Mr. Rankin. Mr. Dobbs, do you have some occupation at the present time?
Mr. Dobbs. I am secretary of the Socialist Workers Party.
Mr. Rankin. Have you been in that position for some time?
Mr. Dobbs. Since 1953.
Mr. Rankin. Did you have some correspondence with Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. Dobbs. We have nothing in our files other than what we have turned over to you. I might add that I feel certain that we would have responded to his—the coupon that he sent indicating a desire to join the party. It's not surprising we wouldn't have kept a file copy, because our interest in cases of this kind is an established thing. It is our policy not to take anybody into membership in the party unless we have a branch of the party in the area where they are resident. In such case we would—we would have replied to him to that effect. We would have suggested to him that he interest himself in the circulation of The Militant and Socialist literature and would have expressed a desire for continued fraternal contact with him on that basis.
Mr. Rankin. Do you recall having seen Dobbs' No. 1 at some time?
Mr. Dobbs. I recall that only in the sense that I assisted in the search of the files after November 22 to find everything we could.
Mr. Rankin. Will you describe to the Commission what happened at that time, what you did? Did you do something to try to find out if there was any contact or communication between your organization and Lee Harvey Oswald?