JFK Assassination System Date: 10/6/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: HSCA RECORD NUMBER: _ 180-10106-10002 RECORD SERIES: NUMBERED FILES AGENCY FILENUMBER: 014129 Document Information ORIGINATOR: BARBEE, EMMETT "CHARLES" FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: 02/14/1978 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : OSWALD, LEE, POST RUSSIAN PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENT TYPE: SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Open in Full CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 08/08/1993 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 251. vol 1 MW 35923 Dooid:32261433 Page i
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. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS NAME Emmett "Charles" Barbee -Date 2/14/78 ‘Time 6:45 p.m. Address 3417 Lyndel Drive . Place .| Residence Charmant, La. Interview: Emmett C. Barbee was LHO's immediate supervisor | while LHO was employed at the Reily Coffee Company in New . Orleans, La. | a | - . | On February 14, 1978 at about 6:45 p.m. at his residence, 3417 Lyndel Drive, Charmant, La., (504) 279-3715, Mr. Emmett Barbee was interviewed and states that he was employed asa mechanic by the Reily Coffee Company in March, 1959, promoted in 1962 to Maintenance Supervisor and that LHO was hired by Al Claude, Plant Manager while he © (Barbee) was on leave; that LHO was surly, immature, spoke “little and was a poor worker, that when Al Claude left the Reily Company and John Clark became V.P. in charge of produc- tion, he (Barbee) was criticized because the machines were not properly maintained, that he constantly urged LHO to properly service the machines. After - repeated urging, he fired LHO, which was not unusual in that the job helper was a low skill job and as a result. of same, they (Reily Company) had a large turnover of employees. Interviewer (Signature) ~_ William Brown (Typed) a, Date Transcribed (3/2/78 - - mcp BW, 55923,--Docld: 32261433. . RAGS. Fen 2. nee me ee ee eee
~ . EMMETT "Charles" BARBEE INTERVIEW Page 2 Mr. Barbee further states that he did not end his employment at the Reily Company until 1966, that he never left to go to the NASA Base,as most of the younger men did because he was of the opinion that the job would only last about five years, and he wanted some- thing that he knew to be steady. a "Upon being fired, LHO had a day or two's pay going and gave him (Barbee) an- address to mail the check to which was the same Post Office Box that was used to order the rifle alleged to be the weapon used in the assassination." | FOOTNOTE -- "Barbee further offered that one "William Monahan" V.P. of Finance - Reilly Coffee Company, " ex-FBI agent,notified the FBI that LHO was employed at the Reily Coffee Company prior to the assassination. NW 35923 Doocid:32261433 Page 4