Mr. Dobbs. Yes. I received a telephone call from one of the newspaper reporters asking me if Oswald had ever been a subscribed to The Militant. I told him not to my knowledge. I then, however, went and checked the files, discovered he had been, and with that I decided to check every file that I could, and find whatever information was in the files, and get it together.
Mr. Rankin. About when did you do that?
Mr. Dobbs. This would have been done, I believe, about Monday following the assassination. I think it was on Monday morning I received the call.
Mr. Rankin. What kind of a search was made at that time; can you describe that for the Commission, please?
Mr. Dobbs. Yes. We went through all the files that we had, and, well, I guess that is about all I can say.
Mr. Rankin. Who do you mean by "we."
Mr. Dobbs. Myself and members of the organization who work as my voluntary office assistants, and I cooperated with the people in charge of The Militant business office, and the Pioneer Publishing business office.
Mr. Rankin. And how complete was that search?
Mr. Dobbs. We made it as thorough as we could, to our best knowledge. We have given you everything we had in the files.
Mr. Rankin. As a result of that search, you discovered Dobbs' No. 1, did you?