Mr. Griffin. But what I am trying to get at is was there anybody else to whom you felt equally as close?
Mr. Senator. I had—let me put it this way—I had a lot of good friends. I don’t know how you want to classify what you call close. Many friends I had, good friends.
Mr. Griffin. Apparently of all the people you knew in Dallas, the one that you felt most inclined to call when you heard that Oswald had been shot was Jim Martin.
Mr. Senator. It happened to be I thought of Jim Martin, yes, and I called him.
Mr. Griffin. And if you had reached him at that time, I suppose you would have gone out to his house or you would have carried this on further. You have had some conversation with him about it?
Mr. Senator. Yes; I imagine so. I would imagine so.
Mr. Griffin. What I am getting at is you didn’t really have to convey the news to Jim Martin or anybody else.
Mr. Senator. No; it just happened to be it was local news, you know. It is like probably a thousand other people did, called their friends “Did you hear this, did you hear that.” It could be anywheres in the country.
Mr. Griffin. When the President was shot did you call anybody?
Mr. Senator. No; because I didn’t know. I was told.