798 382 799 384 800 384 801 384 802 385 803 386 804 386 805 387 806 389 807 389 808 389 809 390 810 390 811 391 812 391 813 394 814 395 815 395 816 396 817 397 818 398 819 398 820 399 820-A 401 821 409 822 413 823 419 824 429 826 439 827 439 828 440 829 445 830 458 831 469 832 469 Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy _Thursday, April 2, 1964_ TESTIMONY OF SEBASTIAN F. LATONA AND ARTHUR MANDELLA The President's Commission met at 9 a.m. on April 2, 1964, at 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C. Present were Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chairman; Representative Hale Boggs, Representative Gerald R. Ford, and Mr. Allen W. Dulles, members. Also present were Melvin Aron Eisenberg, assistant counsel; Norman Redlich, assistant counsel; Samuel A. Stern, assistant counsel; and Charles Murray and Charles Rhyne, observers. TESTIMONY OF SEBASTIAN F. LATONA The CHAIRMAN. The Commission will be in order. Mr. Latona, the purpose of today's hearing is to take your testimony and that of Arthur Mandella. Mr. Mandella is a fingerprint expert from the New York City Police Department. We are asking both of you to give technical information to the Commission. Will you raise your right hand and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. LATONA. I do. The CHAIRMAN. You may be seated. Mr. Eisenberg will conduct the examination. Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Latona, could you state your full name and give us your position? Mr. LATONA. My full name is Sebastian Francis Latona. I am the supervisor of the latent fingerprint section of the identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. EISENBERG. What is your education, Mr. Latona? Mr. LATONA. I attended Columbia University School of Law, where I received degrees of LL.B., LL.M., M.P.L. Mr. EISENBERG. And could you briefly outline your qualifications as a fingerprint expert? Mr. LATONA. Well, I have been with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a little more than 32 years. I started in the identification division as a student fingerprint classifier, and since that time I have worked myself up into where I am now supervisor of the latent fingerprint section.