Mr. Kaufman. No. All that this conversation was directed to was at Bernard Weissman, and the closing up of his club and the refusal of his competitors to close up, and the attitude of the Dallas Morning News.
Mr. Hubert. Did he associate Oswald in anyway with any kind of a group, be it leftist, rightist, middle, or any kind of “ism”?
Mr. Kaufman. Jack had never mentioned the name Oswald at that time, and I’ll say this, without in any way I think violating any client or attorney relationship, the three times that I saw Jack he never mentioned the name Oswald. He referred to him but never referred to him by name. He called him “the deceased” when I talked to him in his cell. I say “cell,” but I’ve never been in his cell. I saw him in a little visitation or conference room, but he didn’t even mention him by “deceased” when I talked to him. I mean, of course, he wasn’t deceased at that time—when we talked on the phone—the name “Oswald” was never used by Jack.
Mr. Hubert. Did he seem to think that the Weissman ad and its possible relationship to the assassination would hurt the Jewish community or the Jewish people?
Mr. Kaufman. No, sir. No; this wasn’t even discussed. There was no mention even of whether this Weissman may or may not have been Jewish. We didn’t even discuss this. Actually, the Jewish subject did not come up at any time in our conversation.
Mr. Hubert. In any aspect?
Mr. Kaufman. No, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Did he indicate that he was concerned about the death of the President, because of the effect it might have on business in general in Dallas and in particular with reference to his operations?
Mr. Kaufman. No; this wasn’t discussed. Incidentally, I forgot one thing that he did also point out and that was that he had taken some pictures of this sign “Impeach Earl Warren.” He also mentioned that.
Mr. Hubert. Did he say what he proposed to do with those pictures?