Mr. Ruby. Yes; and my answer is “No—no collaborating.”
Mr. Specter. I don’t think it is necessary to elaborate on that.
Mr. Ruby. No.
Mr. Herndon. All right, in addition to those questions, I’m going to ask you a relatively simple question as this, that you should be able to answer “Yes” or “No.” “Were you born in the United States?”
Mr. Ruby. Yes.
Mr. Herndon. “Were you born in Chicago?”
Mr. Ruby. Yes.
Mr. Herndon. Now, this next question I’m going to ask you, you don’t have to answer it now. You can discuss it with me later or you can wait and decide what you want to answer to it. “Did you ever make a false official statement?”
Now, that’s a general question and I realize that, Mr. Ruby, and when I ask that question, obviously your mind probably went back to many things. We make a lot of official statements. Now, I’m asking that question in its broadest terms. In other words, to your recollection, have you ever made a false official statement?
Mr. Ruby. When you say “official”—for instance, in order to have a job years ago—I want to explain this to you. In order to work in a department store, I had to use another name because this other person would be the right age that I could work, but outside of that, officials—to any authorities—I haven’t.