Thank you, Mr Nickerson! 
Now!
Let's ask the obvious questions!
1. Why were these items tested for fingerprints (if indeed the dark smudges on each of them are indeed from fingerprint testing)?
2. Were any of them tested for fingerprints 8 days before being found?
The answer to 1 is pretty straightforward: to a) verify that Mr Oswald had handled them (lest he claim that they were planted) and/or b) determine whether they might bear prints belonging to known subversives or possible confederates of Mr (and possibly even Mrs Marina?) Oswald. (This is what Mr Latona means by "... which in themselves bear Oswald's prints, which they should because they belong to him"-------i.e. no significant fingerprints found!)
The answer to 2 is very straightforward: no!
Now!
Two new questions!
1. Why would 2 curtain rods found in the Paine garage be tested for Mr Oswald's fingerprints?
2. Were any of these curtain rods submitted for testing for Mr Oswald's fingerprints 8 days before 2 curtain rods were taken from the Paine garage?
The answer to 1 is: still no logical reason known to man!
The answer to 2 is: yes indeed---------both of them!
One final question!
Of the following haul from the on-the-record WC visit to Ms Paine's Irving home on 23 March 1964-----------
------------how many were submitted by Agent Howlett to Lieutenant Day for fingerprinting?
If the answer to 1 is pretty straightforward then why the need for two options?
The wallet contained items such as a Library card, his Selective Service card, his Certificate of Service in the Armed Forces card, and his Social Security card. Lest he claim that they were planted? I'm trying to understand that one and am not having any success thus far.
You skirted around the question of why other personal possessions of Oswald's were checked for fingerprints.
Here are
some of the items that were removed from the Paine Residence and from 1026 North Beckley and which were
examined by the Latent Fingerprint Section , Identification Division, FBI in January of 1964:
- One box "Marcal Kitchen Charm" wax paper
- One box of four bottles and one box of three bottles of"Squibbs" Pentids"400"
- One bar pink "Lux" soap
- One small plastic box containing three lima bean shaped "Squibbs" tablets and piece of cotton
- One single blade brown pocketknife
- One two-blade pockertknife, plastic handle, with corkscrew
- Plastic box containing tweezers and two pieces of cotton
- Small plastic box, empty
- Mirror in green folding case
- One can "Tidy" deodorant powder
- One "Gillette" adjustable razor with blade
- One tube of "Colgate" dentalcream, partially empty
- One plastic bottle "Mum" mist spray deodorant
- Yellow toothbrush, "Colgate" brand
- Small green plastic hand brush
- Green and brown BB automatic ball-point pen
- Small pair scissors bearing letters "USA"
- Package containing 14 "Gillette" thin blades and one sample "Gillette Super Blue Blade"
- Pair black-rimmed green lens sunglasses
- "Farmers Electric Co-Op, Inc."(advertisement) ball-point pen
- Nail clipper with chain, "Gem" brand
- Nail clipper, "Trim" brand
- White plastic cup
- Partial tube "Foille"
- Small bottle iodine, "Layman's" brand
- Two small brown unlabeled bottles with liquid
- Small bottle of clear liquid bearing labels with Cyrillic printing
- Four unused airmail envelopes
- One unused U.S Post Office Change of Address card
- Four onionskin blank sheets of paper
- One small soft plastic open container
- One "Venus Forum" pencil
- One yellow 'Yellowstone" pencil
- One brown 'E-Z Note" pencil
- One black,small crayon pencil
- Two large paper clips
- One 10 cent box of "Steel City Gem" small #3 paper clips
- One cardboard box with 18 brass-colored thumbtacks
- One brush with hollow tin handle
- Label with "King Oscar Kipper" recipes
- Box, yellow top, black bottom, bearing name "Ektachrome" torn
- One silver=colored men's cuff link
- Alphabetical index guidecards labeled A through Z - unmarked
- Steel index cardbox, "Weis, Monroe, Michigan" brand
- 31 6 x 4 lined index card, blank
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Why would those items be tested for fingerprints?
