Mr. Rubenstein. I never even knew the incidents about the chair with Roosevelt until this manager of the Zebra, the manager of the Zebra Cafe on 63d Street, I have got to get you his name——
Mr. Griffin. Yes.
Mr. Rubenstein. Told me about it. I never heard of it because he doesn’t talk about those things.
Mr. Griffin. Can you think of anything else that you want to bring to the attention of the Commission?
Mr. Rubenstein. Jack was a loyal 1,000 percent American, served in the Army for 3 years with the best record of our family, of all the boys who were in the service, and by the way, when my father went down with Jack and Earl and Sammy to enlist in the service, my father says to the recruiting officer, “Take me” and he must have been at least 65 years old.
Mr. Griffin. Jack didn’t go into the service until some time in 1943?
Mr. Rubenstein. Right. After I came out he went in.
Mr. Griffin. And Jack applied for deferment initially, didn’t he?
Mr. Rubenstein. Yes; because he was the only one home. We were all in. My mother was alone. Earl was in, Earl was in the Seabees, Sammy was in the Air Corps and I was in the Field Artillery.
Mr. Griffin. There has been a rumor that Jack feigned a hearing disability in order to avoid military service?