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cirin talented ee Ee Oe ee CO Oe Pee ey Pe OU a 7 OE ee a eee ee “ i names =~ a ne Fale a Wits Shai ee enn Aner oneceee ne eee ee ee en ee ae - oe But the inmel Mery preceding was not Bore more point" Mr. Kennedy had in mind. Ever the cavalier, and reputed even to have been eager for the inquest from the beginning (and the four- month postponement as well?), the conscientious senator made the . following statement, which concluded his overt participation in ~ the inquest. ° ; 7 MR, KENNEDY: Since the alcoholic intake is relevant, there |. is one further question, your Honor, and although I haven't &. - been asked it, I feel that in all frankness and for a complete record that it should be included as a part of the complete proceedings, and that is that during the course of the race that afternoon that there were two other members of my crew C: and I shared what would be two beers between us at different : points in the race, and one other occasicna in which there was some modest intake of alcohol would be after the race at the . Slip in which Ross Richards' boat was attached, moored, that I shared a beer with Mr. John Driscoll. The sum and substance of that beer would be, I think, less than a quarter of one, but I felt that for the complete record that at ieast the Court should at least be aware of these instances as well. THE COURT: Anything more? ° MR. KENNEDY: There is nothing further. THE COURT: Anything further, Mr. Dinis? MR. DINIS: No, your Honor. THE COURT: All right, you are excused, subject to further recall. 7 (Discussion off the record.) Cc _ * * “But Mr. Kennedy was not recalled ("An inquest is not a trial of anyone."). He went back to his seat in the Senate, where his colleague, the gentleman from Montana, the Honorable Mike Mansfield (Senate Majority Leader), welcomed him and told him thr~ that was where he "belonged." At any rate, that is where a who, ping majority of the voting citizens of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts returned him in the general elections the following No- vember and it is where he is now, in early 1972. Now, for a better and more compleat understanding of the foregoing testimony, it is respectfully suggested that the reader . review same and then carefully peruse that which follows. , ~