Mrs. Grant. This was Friday. Well, no, I got to thinking that (pause), I had said this to him. “It could be a gentile with a name just like that,” and didn’t think anything of it.
Mr. Griffin. Why did you suggest to him that it might be a gentile?
Mrs. Grant. I said in words that it might be a gentile, with a name like that.
Mr. Griffin. What made you think that?
Mrs. Grant. Because I know a lot of Swedes, like the name Swanson, or Peter. I know a lot of Jewish people named Miller.
Mr. Griffin. What gave you the idea that the Weissman ad was put in by a gentile?
Mrs. Grant. Nothing any more than I was just trying to cover—not cover up—maybe in my subconscious mind I didn’t want a Jew to be connected with it either.
Mr. Griffin. Did Jack suggest that to you, or you to him, first?
Mrs. Grant. This is it. We both feel—we don’t have the feeling that anyone would be such a low life.
Mr. Griffin. Do you understand my question?