Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)

by United States. Warren Commission

Mr. Watherwax. Yes.

Mr. Hubert. Could you tell us about that, sir?

Mr. Watherwax. The best I recall, I think he said that it had been traced back to General Walker, and that it had been placed in there to make the Jews look bad.

Mr. Hubert. In other words, his comment about the Weissman ad was that he knew or thought that it had been traced back to General Walker?

Mr. Watherwax. Yes.

Mr. Hubert. And that the purpose was to make the Jews look bad?

Mr. Watherwax. Yes.

Mr. Hubert. Did he elaborate on his expression of how the Jews would be involved or made to look involved in the matter?

Mr. Watherwax. No; except that he thought that that name Weissman was evidently Jewish, and that he thought it was a plan that would make the Jews look bad, that it would really reflect on the Jews.

Mr. Hubert. From your general knowledge of him, was he sensitive to the fact that he was a Jew?