president is dead and later, roberts told william manchester, he said, johnson didn't foe what i knew which is that kennedy is dead. the next person who comes in is roy keller man. roy kellerman was in the presidential limousine, he was one of the people who helped lived kennedy's lifeless body from the car on to a stretcher and to bring him into parkland hospital. he says the president's condition is not good. anyone who has seen the president's wounds, that's an understatement. the president's condition is more than not good. the president's condition is fatal. and then a few minutes later, kenny o'donnell comes back and says the president was in a bad way. what i'm struck by is that hall these people, kenny o'donnell was riding in a car 15 feet behind kennedy when he see he is the fatal third shot and he turns to abe powers and says he's dead. so what i'm struck by, the question i'm asking myself is why doesn't anyone state the obvious? why doesn't anyone come to lyndon johnson and say mr. vice-president, the president has suffered a major head wound, even if doctors are able through some miracle, to keep his heart beating, he clearly can no longe