COL. AMEN: Will you say this oath after me: “I swear by God—the Almighty and Omniscient—that I will speak the pure truth—and will withhold and add nothing.”
[The witness repeated the oath.]
THE PRESIDENT: Don’t you think the witness had better sit down?
COL. AMEN: I think he should be allowed to sit down, particularly since he has a heart condition which may be aggravated.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well; you may sit down.
COL. AMEN: Where were you born?
LAHOUSEN: I was born in Vienna.
COL. AMEN: On what date?
LAHOUSEN: On 25 October 1897.
COL. AMEN: What has been your occupation?