Mr. Specter. Who called you from the Dallas Morning News?
Mr. Wall. I would say right now as far as I can remember it was Hugh Ainsworth because he also knew I was a very good friend of Jack’s.
Mr. Specter. What was the content of the conversation between you and Mr. Ainsworth?
Mr. Wall. The conversation was that Jack had called me and—Hugh and I were good speaking friends. Not close friends, but we had talked a great deal—of course, this being the first person I had talked to that had also known Jack, we were just in a conversation. I told him: “Yes, I had received a call,” you know, I was sort of outspoken in discussing it with Hugh. Joe got kind of angry and said we should not meddle in any way at all and so the Washington Post called after that and we were sort of cool and when Dick Hitt called we said we knew nothing.
Mr. Specter. Did you receive any other telephone calls?
Mr. Wall. No, sir.
Mr. Specter. Did you make any telephone calls on that Sunday?
Mr. Wall. Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter. Whom did you call?
Mr. Wall. I called Nancy Austin, who is a performer in our show, to find out how to get hold of Phil Burleson.