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- * C could have affected tiswi Ould have been had he c@..: seming and treaded water so that his feet might have reached the tidal current. But treading water is just as fatiguing as swimming, and there was no mention of it, anyway. The classical weaeuver tired swimmers resort to in order to rest is floating, which the Senator did mention in his response footnoted 12, page lt. Kennedy@ the ineluctable question arises: was the Ie was not. airs of Senato swim gecessary? Mr. Grant, the ferry owner, had more to say.2t/ Q: Were you available for calls if someone wanted the ferry - that night? . A: Iwas. Year round, we are on cal] 24 hour Q: .And is there a public telephone that you a -also on Chappaquiddick? : A: Yes. Q: When do you normally close down? : Usually, we close down at 12:00 (midnight) s a dzy. re aware of Q: And if someone wanted you after 12, where would they : My house. Q: If I am at Chappaquiddick and I want the f erry and you are not at the landing...If I use the telephone, where does this call get me, to your home? A: Yes...there is a regular dial system and my nuaer is posted. Now then, if that trio didn't know the telephone wes there, Sith the number plainly marked, what view should we take of the "private" phone call to tine Senator's dear old friend, warke Mar- shall, the next morning from Chappaquiddick? (See Anomaly S.} "It is the duty of the Court to seek out and receive any and all information and testimony which is releva nt, pertinent — -and material to the question as to whether criminal comduct "caused or contributed to the death..." f Yes, Judge, thank you. You told us that in your egening re~- marks (page 1). And so now perhaps we should revert to the skepticism about the swim and see what we Can see. “Well, it is certain that the Senator did NOT ferry. And if he didn't swim....? Well, stili ano cross on the ther report that did not find its way into the inquest was that a notorboat perhaps a little more than fifteen feet in length with three per- Sons aboard was sighted in the Edgartown harbor about a half-hour later than the alleged swim. It was approaching a mocred sailboat when, just aftey having been spotted, its lights and mstor were suddenly cut .22 This proves nothing, of course, not even with an- ny Toid. De 83. W2/ Teddy Sare, p. 82-€3.