Mr. Crull. No; this could have been an alternative, but we did not consider it.
Mr. Hubert. You mentioned that there was some discussion about controlling the situation?
Mr. Crull. We had to get them out of the offices and pushed back out into the corridor so people could work. They flooded into the chief’s office and the surrounding offices too.
Mr. Hubert. They had been in the offices of the various divisions?
Mr. Crull. No; at the end of that particular corridor are the top administrative offices, the office of the chief, the assistant chief, and the deputy chief, the four deputy chiefs, and his clerical help, and that is the office into which they had largely flooded.
Mr. Hubert. Was Oswald in custody on the third floor at that time?
Mr. Crull. He was—this is hearsay—I understand in custody in the homicide bureau at the other end of the hall on the same floor.
Mr. Hubert. Was any consideration given as to the effect of the congregation of the press in that area?
Mr. Crull. The press was not being allowed to go beyond the midpoint in the building.
Mr. Hubert. How was that controlled?