Kennedy NOS Garrison ‐ 26V INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY HEARINGS 1965 Complete Set Warren Commission Signed Letter by Jim Garrison Ephemera US History

Title: Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. HEARINGS Before the President′s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Author: Warren Commission ‐ The President′s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson through Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963 to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963. The U.S. Congress passed Senate Joint Resolution 137 authorizing the Presidential appointed Commission to report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, mandating the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Its 888‐page final report was presented to President Johnson on September 24, 1964 and made public three days later. It concluded that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald acted entirely alone. It also concluded that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later. The Commission′s findings have proven controversial and have been both challenged and supported by later studies.

The Commission took its unofficial name—the Warren Commission—from its chairman, Chief Justice Earl Warren. According to published transcripts of Johnson′s presidential phone conversations, some major officials were opposed to forming such a commission and several commission members took part only reluctantly. One of their chief reservations was that a commission would ultimately create more controversy than consensus.
Publisher: United States Government Printing Office
City: Washington, D. C.
Year: 1964
Binding Style: Hardcover
Number of Volumes: 26 Full Set: Yes
Width: 6.5″ Height: 9.5″
Book Details: This complete set is bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spines and the Great Seal of the United States on the front covers. Includes a signed letter from Jim Garrison, the lead investigator into the Kennedy Assassination, who was portrayed by Kevin Costner in the film ″JFK″. Also laid in is ephemera relating to the shipment of this set; the buyer′s first order was apparently lost in transit.

″On November 29, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order No. 11130, creating a Commission to report on facts relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Commission secured sworn testimony from witnesses, under authority of Senate Joint Resolution 137 (88th Cong., 1st sess.), enacted December 13, 1963. Beginning with its first witness on February 3, 1964, the Commission received testimony from approximately 550 witnesses, and received more than 3,100 exhibits into evidence. The testimony and exhibits are published in 26 volumes.″ [Courtesy Government Publishing Office]
Condition / Notes: This set is new old stock, brand new, in original publisher′s shipping cartons, and has never been read.

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