Mr. Eisenberg.

Any further questions on this application?

Representative Ford.

No questions.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Cole, I now hand you an item consisting of a change-of-address card addressed to the "Postmaster, Dallas, Texas," dated May 12, 1963, relating to Post Office Box 2915 in Dallas, Tex:, setting forth a new address at Magazine Street, New Orleans, and signed "Lee H. Oswald," and I ask you if you have examined that change-of-address card?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, I have.

Mr. Eisenberg.

May this be admitted as 793, Mr. Chairman?

Representative Ford.

It may be admitted.
(Commission Exhibit No. 793 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

Have you compared that change-of-address card, 793, with the standards in this case?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir; I have.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What is your conclusion?

Mr. Cole.

It is my conclusion that the author of the writing on Exhibit 793 is the same person who executed the standard writings.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you prepare a photograph of 793?

Mr. Cole.

I did.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you produce that?
Is this an accurate photograph, an accurate reproduction, of 793, prepared by you or under your supervision?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, it is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may this be admitted as 794?

Representative Ford.

It may be admitted.
(Commission Exhibit No. 794 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

By reference to the photograph 794 and reference to your charts 784 A, B, and C, could you discuss the reasons which led you to your conclusion concerning this change-of-address card?

Mr. Cole.

Handwriting habits shown by this exhibit, and I am looking now at the photograph 794, have been mentioned heretofore. If it is agreeable, I will simply review these in a body before proceeding to the standard writing.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, is that agreeable?

Representative Ford.

You may proceed.

Mr. Cole.

On line 1, shown by the photograph 794, the use of a lower case "1" and "d" in combination with capital letters, the compound curve across the base of the "L" in "Lee," the exaggerated length of the comma between the two names; below, in the word "BOX," the somewhat larger upper lobe of the capital "B" excuse me, the somewhat smaller upper lobe of the capital "B" as contrasted with the larger lobe of that letter; in the "0" of "BOX" the connection or the closing of the "O" fairly high on the left side instead of towards the center or the right side, the same habit being also illustrated in the "O" in the combination "P.O."; the form of the "2" with the rather prominent base loop; the exaggerated length of the cap of the figure "5"; in the word "Dallas," the compound curve across the base of the "L"s; the circumstance that the "A" begins with a down stroke which is almost exactly retraced; the circumstance that the word "Texas" includes a lower case "e"; the use of the small letter "i" in combination with capital letters in the word "Magazine"; and similar features to those just described in the word "New Orleans."
Now, all of these things on the charts Exhibit A, B, and C----

Mr. Eisenberg.

I don't think you need to point to them in detail, since you have already pointed to those items.

Mr. Cole.

Yes.
I also find a subsantial agreement in details of the signature, "Lee H. Oswald," as shown by the photograph 794, and signatures shown in the standard writing, with particular regard to the signature of chart C, item 6, next to the last line.
This constitutes my reasons for believing that the writing on Commission Exhibit 793 is in the hand of the person who made the standard writing.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Cole, there seems to be a double line in several of these letters on the reverse side of this change- of-address card, such as the "D" in "DALLAS," the "e" in "Texas" and so forth. Can you give any explanation for that?