Mr. Eisenberg.

and the card is seriously discolored with a dark brown discoloration, and I ask you whether you have examined this card I now hand you?

Mr. Cole.

I have.

Mr. Eisenberg.

May I have that admitted as 820, Mr. Chairman?

Mr. Mccloy.

It may be admitted.
(Commission Exhibit No. 820 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

In your opinion, is 819 a photograph of the card, 820?

Mr. Cole.

Yes; it is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you account in any way for the discoloration of the card 820?

Mr. Cole.

The discoloration is characteristic of that which has previously been observed as resulting from treating a document with a solution of silver nitrate. Such treatment is sometimes done in the hope of developing latent fingerprints, and this treatment could be, and probably is, the explanation for the elimination of a line of writing on the line for signature above the title "Chapter President."

Mr. Eisenberg.

Were you able to make out whether any writing had appeared in the space which is now blank on Exhibit 820, making provision for the----

Mr. Cole.

Yes; it is----

Mr. Eisenberg.

Excuse me, making provision for the chapter president's signature?

Mr. Cole.

Yes; there is barely enough showing to indicate that there was a line of writing there at one time.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you tell whether it was the same as the signature "A. J. Hidell"?

Mr. Cole.

It conforms generally to the signature "A. J. Hidell," that is, the form shown by the photograph, Exhibit 819.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Have you taken a photograph of 819?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir; I am sorry, sir; I do not have that photograph with me.

Mr. Eisenberg.

All right.
Do you want to take a look at this, Mr. McCloy
Did you compare the signatures "Lee Oswald" and "A. J. Hidell" on 819 to determine whether they had been written by the author of the standards?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir; may I look at that photograph? Yes, sir; I did.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What was your conclusion as to the signature of Lee H. Oswald?

Mr. Cole.

It is my opinion that the author of the standard writing is the author of the signature "Lee H. Oswald" on Exhibit 819.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What was your conclusion as to the signature "A. J. Hidell"?

Mr. Cole.

I find no basis in the standard writing for identification of the author of such standard writing as the author of the name "A. J. Hidell" as shown by 819.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Do you think that the author of the standard writing might have produced that signature in a disguised hand?

Mr. Cole.

I think that is highly improbable, because this does not appear to be a disguised hand. It looks like a fairly natural handwriting.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And that is based upon the items which you enumerated earlier which indicated the presence of a natural handwriting, such as speed and so forth?

Mr. Cole.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Do you think that, apart from the naturalness of the writing, the signature "A. J. Hidell" was within Oswald's abilities as a penman?

Mr. Cole.

It appears to be somewhat beyond his ability. I would say taking into account his general level of writing skill as shown by the standards, I would say this represents a somewhat higher writing skill.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

On the record.

Mr. Cole.

I now hand you a yellow sheet of paper, which has already been introduced into evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 110, and for the record I will state that this consists of an interlinear translation from Russian into