Mr. Stern. As far as you know is it checked again here?
Mr. Fain. Oh, yes.
Mr. Stern. And by whom or by what kind of official?
Mr. Fain. Well, they have a desk up here that has that function, too, you see. I don't know just, Mr. Belmont can probably answer that better than I can because I am not familiar at all with the workings of it up here. But I know they are rigidly checked and rechecked.
Mr. Stern. Now, at the time you filed this report, in view of the fact that you didn't see, as you testified, any further work to be done at this time——
Mr. Fain. That is right.
Mr. Stern. Could you have put the case in any other status besides "Closed"? Is there any other administrative procedure that might have been available to you under the circumstances where you had nothing further, no further work to recommend at the time?
Mr. Fain. Any other status? I could have put it, of course, in a pending status and set out some leads.
Mr. Stern. No, no; assuming you didn't see any further work to be done, any further leads at that time, under your administrative practices?
Mr. Fain. No; if the work has been completed, we put the recommendation that it be closed and as I say, of course, that is no ironbound thing, to keep it from being reopened. It can be reopened any time, any of these security cases, the very next day, if necessary or the next 5 days or the next month, anything comes in on it or we get any specific reason for reopening it, it certainly is reopened.