I went to work for Sam in 1942 and I had worked for him quite some time. Maybe he had been there before, I don’t know but I don’t remember him being there.
At least I had never been introduced to him.
Mr. Griffin. What part of 1943?
Mr. Fehrenbach. It must have been in the summertime, it would have had to have been in the summertime, I believe.
Mr. Griffin. How do you place it then?
Mr. Fehrenbach. By the way they were dressed because I remember when they first introduced me he looked so out of place because he had a very nice looking suit. We had—he had one of the loudest sports shirts I had ever seen in my life and I remember when he took his coat off it was a short-sleeved shirt and if I remember correctly it was a real bright red, and I know it was a very loud sport shirt and it just looked completely out of place with the suit he had on.
And that is why, was the only reason why I connect it with being in the summertime. I don’t recall them having topcoats or anything.
Mr. Griffin. Is what makes you remember this fellow; his clothing, his card tricks, his girl friend, or what?
Mr. Fehrenbach. Well, I think just his; like I said he was a real character, and he was always very, very friendly. Offered to take me out to lunch whenever he was there, and in fact I did go to lunch with him one time, in fact, we went, now this is what Max Pritcher was doing, Max had the restaurant on Main Street, and I was just going out to lunch on the second time that Jack was there, and we had been up there talking and this is the time we was talking that, about me going to Chicago, and Jack said, “Fine,” he said, “you can come up to my place, for an evening, you can come up there and really have a good time.”
And I was——