Representative FORD. Mr. Murray? Mr. MURRAY. May I suggest this, Mr. Chairman? Since the print on the bag may become obliterated, and since members of the Commission have already seen it, it might be advisable to put on the record that they have seen it, because in time to come it may not be visible to anybody. Representative FORD. Well, I for one would be willing to state that I have personally seen that fingerprint through a glass on the bag--both the finger and the palm. Mr. DULLES. I would be glad to concur that I also have seen the fingerprint and the palmprint to which Congressman Ford refers. Mr. EISENBERG. In that general connection, Mr. Latona, do you commonly make your fingerprint identifications on the basis of the object on which the latent print appears, or on the basis of a photograph of that object? Mr. LATONA. Normally it is made on the basis of photographs. We work more or less like an assembly-line basis, and we do not have the time or the opportunity to work from the originals, as was done in this case--this being quite an exceptional case. So the usual identification would be made--this was made on the basis of the bag itself, rather than to wait and get finished photographs from our photographic laboratory. If I recall correctly, this was on a Saturday--the 23d? Mr. EISENBERG. Yes; it was. Mr. LATONA. We did not have our full staff there. We were called in to handle this case specially. There were no photographers available at that time for that particular purpose. Frankly, under the circumstances it would not have made any difference whether they were available or not. This had a priority over everything we were working on and naturally we had to proceed as fast as we could, in a sense, to render conclusions and opinions at that time. Accordingly, the original comparisons were made directly from the wrapper, rather than a photograph, which was prepared subsequently to this. Representative FORD. The suggestion has been made, Mr. Murray, that perhaps you would like to look at that palmprint and the fingerprint on the wrapping, and you might make a statement the same as Mr. Dulles and I have made. Mr. EISENBERG. Could you point out to Mr. Murray, Mr. Latona, the two prints? Mr. LATONA. Yes, sir. "A" is the fingerprint. Mr. DULLES. And the witness certifies that these are true photographs of the fingerprint and the palmprint that you have exhibited? Mr. LATONA. Yes, sir. Mr. MURRAY. May I say for the record, Mr. Chairman, that I definitely and clearly saw what appeared to me to be a palmprint in the part of Exhibit 142 which was designated with a "B," and less clearly, but nevertheless I did see, the fingerprint on the other portion of the bag. Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Latona---- Mr. LATONA. "B" is the finger, and "A" is the palm. Mr. MURRAY. Yes; that's correct. And the palm "A"--there I definitely saw what appeared to be a palmprint, and more faintly I saw a fingerprint in the portion marked "B."