Representative Boggs.

Where did these boxes come from?

Mr. Eisenberg.

These boxes were located in front of the window from which the assassin apparently fired. There were three boxes stacked immediately in front of the window, of which this Exhibit No. 641 was the topmost box, and these were apparently used as a rest by the assassin for positioning his rifle.
As you can see, there are several other boxes in the room which will be introduced shortly.

Mr. Dulles.

I may say that there was testimony, I don't recall whether you were here at the time, about some boxes called Rolling Reader, Hale. Do you recall the testimony on the Rolling Reader?

Representative Boggs.

No.

Mr. Dulles.

These boxes were moved from a place on the sixth floor room where a great many Rolling Reader boxes were placed, and they were put near the window, and a Rolling Reader--apparently these are cubes, and they are for small children and they roll them out on the floor and they learn how to read the letters of the alphabet and other things from these Rolling Readers.
These boxes, because of their nature do you know what the blocks are made of?

Mr. Eisenberg.

No; I don't.

Mr. Dulles.

They weren't solid wood but they were light cubes and therefore presumably these boxes were moved because they were a good deal lighter and easier to handle than other boxes. Is that consistent with the testimony as you recall it?

Mr. Eisenberg.

Yes.

Representative Boggs.

Were they full when you got them?

Mr. Eisenberg.

You will have to ask Mr. Latona.

Mr. Latona.

They were empty. They had been opened and the books removed or the contents, whatever it was.

Mr. Dulles.

The contents were apparently these cubes, as we were told, and small children use them and roll them on the floor and then they got the A's and the B's and the C's.

Representative Boggs.

In the opening process, this would not have any effect on the fingerprints or the palmprints?

Mr. Latona.

It could. I mean in the sense that somebody else's prints, the people opening them if they didn't take the time and effort to protect themselves, they could have left their prints there. I don't know how that was done.

Mr. Dulles.

Do you recall whether the testimony shows whether the boxes were presumably filled when they were originally moved from their normal place in the Book Depository to the window?

Mr. Eisenberg.

I think they were, although I haven't read the testimony.

Mr. Dulles.

I am not sure there is testimony on that point but I think that is the general assumption.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Based on reproduction photographs we have seen.

Mr. Latona.

That is the understanding that we have, that this was the depository for new material. I think there was new material in these boxes. They were simply stored there.

Representative Boggs.

They wouldn't have acted as a very good rest had they been empty.
(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

Back on the record.
Mr. Chairman, may I have this photograph of the latent palmprint admitted as 643?

Mr. Dulles.

It shall be admitted.
(The photograph referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 643, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you show us where on the box, the box 641, this latent palmprint appears?

Mr. Latona.

The latent palmprint appears on box A, Commission's Exhibit 641. It has been indicated by a red arrow.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you mark that arrow with an "A"?

Mr. Latona.

The red arrow is being marked "A."