Mr. Eisenberg.

So that you can touch a carton at one point and leave a print, and at another point not, is that right?

Mr. Latona.

Very definitely, that is true.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And when you say he doesn't have any material, how would that come about? Will he have used his material up, or not produced material with the particular finger?

Mr. Latona.

He could have used it up and failed to produce it fast enough to have left anything at the time he touched that.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Is it uncommon or common for you to find an object which a person has touched more than once but only left one identifiable print?

Mr. Latona.

It is very common.

Mr. Eisenberg.

It is common?

Mr. Latona.

Especially in, for example, the reading of a letter, a long letter where the person would run his finger and index finger down the edges. You might find prints at the top and then you don't find any at the bottom.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Of course, I am not asking you to draw an inference whether or not Oswald touched the box in more than one place, but I just want to explore whether he could have touched the box in more than one place----

Mr. Latona.

Yes; he could.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And not left a second imprint?

Mr. Latona.

He very definitely could have and not left one.

Mr. Dulles.

May I add for the record, Commission Exhibit 648 apparently contained books of Scott Foresman and Co., from Scott, Foresman & Co., "Building for Today, Pioneering for Tomorrow."

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Latona, did you take a photograph of the lift, or the print rather, which we see in 649?

Mr. Latona.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And this is an accurate photograph?

Mr. Latona.

It is, it is a true reproduction of the print which appears on Commission Exhibit 649 and it is enlarged about a time and a half.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may I have this admitted as 650?

Mr. Dulles.

It will be admitted.
(The photograph referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 650, for identification and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you take a photograph of the known palmprint and make a red circle around it, as you had in previous cases?

Mr. Latona.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

To show what portion of the palm of Oswald that was?

Mr. Latona.

Showing a portion of the right palm.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may I have that admitted?

Mr. Dulles.

It will be admitted as 651.
(The photograph referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 651, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

By the way, Mr. Latona, on 649 there seems to be a scotch tape or cellophane tape over the fingerprint, is that right?

Mr. Latona.

That is right.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, apparently there was no attempt at a lift being made here?

Mr. Latona.

No. This evidently was a print which was developed directly on the paper itself. The employing of that adhesive material like scotch tape was to protect the print itself.
Had they tried to lift that up I am afraid they would have spoiled that because they would have lifted the fibers of the cardboard along with it.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Is that why, you think, they didn't lift it?

Mr. Latona.

Yes; very definitely.

Mr. Eisenberg.

By the way, did the Dallas police take photographs of the lift which we had earlier, the lift which was apparently taken from Exhibit 139, or to put the question--actually I am not interested in whether they took photographs of the lift; do you know whether they took photographs of the print?

Mr. Latona.

I don't know.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Is it normal to take a photograph of a print before it is lifted?

Mr. Latona.

If it is fairly visible; yes.