Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. EISENBERG. Could you circle a portion of the lines on 640 and mark
it--I am sorry, that is 142.
Mr. CADIGAN. I have marked it.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Dulles, would you care to look at it?
Mr. DULLES. And--oh, yes--and they go over a good deal further than
your circle?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. They run right across.
Mr. CADIGAN. I might explain that these are made by a wheel in the
paper-tape dispenser. [Referring to an object in the room.] It is
not quite this size, but it is similar to this and it has horizontal
markings running all around the wheel.
As you pull the operating handle that pulls the paper tape from the
roll through the machine and over the wetting brush, the wheel, in the
process leaves these markings on the tape.
Mr. EISENBERG. Excuse me, Mr. Cadigan, would this be in the type
of tape dispenser which is operated not merely by a handle--by a
handpull--to the tape from the dispenser, but is operated--that is
operated by a lever?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes; a lever, a handle.
Mr. EISENBERG. And a given quantity of tape is dispensed, which you can
cut off or not as you choose--if you want to, you can pull some more
tape and cut it off, is that correct?
Mr. CADIGAN. That is correct.
Mr. EISENBERG. And this wheel, as I understand it, when you pull the
lever this wheel forces the paper out?
Mr. CADIGAN. It turns, and it is really pulling the paper from the roll
and pushing it out from the slot.
Mr. EISENBERG. That has a slight knurl which grasps the paper?
Mr. CADIGAN. It has a slight ridge all around it which is the cause of
these marks on the paper tape.
Mr. EISENBERG. Okay.
Mr. DULLES. Is that a defect in the mark or a peculiar----
Mr. CADIGAN. Oh, no; it is designed that way. Those little, you might
say, in effect, teeth, go into the paper and pull it through smoothly.
Mr. EISENBERG. If I went into Woolworths and bought a roll of gummed
tape, would it have those marks on it?
Mr. CADIGAN. No.
Mr. EISENBERG. Because it only gets the marks when you put it in the
dispensing machine that you have in commercial establishments?
Mr. CADIGAN. That is correct.
Mr. EISENBERG. Would it be common to have this type of dispensing
machine in a home, by the way?
Mr. CADIGAN. I doubt very much that you would find it in a home.
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, within a commercial establishment, are there more
than one type of dispensing machines?
Mr. CADIGAN. Oh, yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Are there types that won't produce these lines at all?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes. I might point out, too, that the number of lines
per inch will vary depending on the diameter of that wheel. In this
particular instance I found that there were 24-1/2 spaces, which would
be 25 lines per inch, on both.
Mr. EISENBERG. I believe that is 142, the bag you are handling, and
677, the sample?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes; the markings on the manila tape in both 142 and 677
were the same. Now, at that time I also had----
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