(Reporter’s note: 4:45 p.m.)
(The proceedings were in recess at this time from 4:45 p.m. to 6:25 p.m.)
Mr. Specter. May the record now show that it is 6:25 p.m. and that we have adjourned for a period of 1 hour and 40 minutes, during which time Mr. Ruby has had an opportunity to rest. Is that correct, Mr. Ruby?
Mr. Ruby. Yes.
Mr. Specter. Mr. Ruby has just asked me about the presence of reporters downstairs, and would you get this in the record. Miss Oliver. Would you repeat what you just said to me, Mr. Ruby?
Mr. Ruby. Are you going to make any announcement to them?
Mr. Specter. Yes; and you asked me to speak freely about this matter?
Mr. Ruby. Yes.
Mr. Specter. My view is that we should, in view of the circumstances, as I have been told—there are a large number of reporters downstairs, and I’ve discussed this with Mr. Fowler and Mr. Tonahill, and it’s our joint view that there should be an announcement made that you have requested a polygraph examination and that we have conducted one under the auspices of the President’s Commission through the cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that there has been extensive examination and the results, of course, cannot yet be known at this date, but they are to be taken to Washington and studied for future action by the Commission.
Mr. Ruby. Let’s make it clear that Mr. Tonahill don’t represent me. Joe, let’s have that understanding?