Mr. Eisenberg. Mr. Weissman, could you tell us how this advertisement came to be composed?
Mr. Weissman. It is rather simple. A group of individuals in Dallas, friends of mine, got together and decided to express our feeling about the domestic and foreign policy of the Kennedy administration, and we felt that picketing, anything of the nature of picketing, and so forth, wouldn't go, since the Stevenson incident. We decided that the best way to get our point across would be to run an ad.
Mr. Eisenberg. When was this decision made?
Mr. Weissman. The decision was made approximately a week or so before Kennedy's arrival in Dallas.
Mr. Eisenberg. That would be approximately November 15, 1963?
Mr. Weissman. Approximately; a few days more, a few days less, in there.
Mr. Eisenberg. Who were the individuals who participated in this decision?
Mr. Weissman. Larry Schmidt, Bill Burley, myself, and one or two other individuals who I would rather not mention.
Mr. Eisenberg. Can you state the reasons why you don't want to mention these individuals, Mr. Weissman?
Mr. Weissman. Yes. As a matter of fact, it is not that I doubt your sincerity, personally, it is just that I doubt that—or it is my feeling that there are several members of the Commission that might use, if I implicate any individuals or organizations other than the ones I have mentioned, that this may be used as a political weapon later this year and the coming years, and I feel that what with very comprehensive FBI reports and the report I have given to the FBI myself, and the Secret Service, that any loose parts that are left out right now can be pieced together if you desire to do it, from their reports, very simply and very easily.