You know, when a person reads a paper you don’t always pay attention. It was addressed not to the President of the United States. I understand the ad was addressed to Mr. Kennedy with grievances, signed by the committee. With a post office and box number in Dallas, with a black border around a full-page ad. When Jack was changing the ad of his closing dates of the club the minute the President got shot in the newspapers, he got ahold of someone in the newspaper office, as I understand it, and that man will have to testify, and Jack said to him, “Do you have to accept an ad like this? Is business that bad? The other newspapers in town didn’t take it.” Then he went over Saturday morning to the post office and got ahold of one of the clerks and he says, “Can you tell me who belongs to this post office box number,” and the clerk says, “We can’t tell you that.”
Mr. Griffin. Hyman, what do you think is the significance of Jack’s concern with the ad and with the “Impeach Earl Warren” sign?
Mr. Rubenstein. And the ad calling Mr. Kennedy instead of “Mr. President,” with the grievance committee to——
Mr. Griffin. What do you think that signifies about Jack’s concern?
Mr. Rubenstein. He didn’t like the signature for one which was a Jewish name. And he thought it was another organization disgracing the Jews.
Mr. Griffin. How do you get that impression that that was his—how do you get that impression?
Mr. Rubenstein. That is the way it would hit me. Why would an organization like this put down the name Weissman and put down all these grievances in the newspapers with a black border around it and then—oh, when he couldn’t find—when Jack couldn’t find—the name of the owner of the post office box so he asked the clerk, “Does this ad belong to Oswald,” and the clerk says, “I can’t answer you that, either.” He thought there was a connection between this and Oswald, and Oswald was using a phoney name in the ad.
Mr. Griffin. Has Jack told you any of that?
Mr. Rubenstein. Eva, because Eva spoke to Jack about it, and Jack told Eva that.
Mr. Griffin. So it is your understanding that Eva learned this from Jack?