Table of Contents, Appendix I, Appendix III
The White House
The President today announced that he is appointing a Special Commission to
study and report upon all facts and circumstances relating to the assassination
of the late President, John F. Kennedy, and the subsequent violent death of the
man charged with the assassination.
The President stated that the Majority
and Minority Leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives have been
consulted with respect to the proposed Special Commission.
The member of the Special Commission are:
Chief Justice Earl Warren,
Chairman
Senator Richard Russell (Georgia)
Senator John Sherman Cooper
(Kentucky)
Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana)
Congressman Gerald Ford
(Michigan)
The Hon. Allen W. Dulles of Washington
The Hon. John J. McCloy
of New York
The President stated that the Special Commission is to be instructed to evaluate all available information concerning the subject of the inquiry. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, pursuant to an earlier directive of the President, is making complete investigation of the facts. An inquiry is also scheduled by a Texas Court of Inquiry convened by the Attorney General of Texas under Texas law.
The Special Commission will have before it all evidence uncovered by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and all information available to any agency of
the Federal Government. The Attorney General of Texas has also offered his
cooperation. All Federal agencies and offices are being directed to furnish
services and cooperation to the Special commission. The Commission will also be
empowered to conduct any further investigation that it deems desirable.
The
President is instructing the Special Commission to satisfy itself that the truth
is known as far as it can be discovered, and to report its finding s and
conclusions to him, to the American people, and to the world.