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ee gree Pro ns oe. Tot ee ae Me he a? Poded bests . meee. , Mr. BOGGS said that several candidates for nominatiaggs, , 2 CG 176-31 Chr: ad march by demonstrators would unqucstionably jeopardize | : fety of the c=ndidates for the nomination, Secret servige ; further recommended that the City of Chicago should not xe .. waive any law, regulation or injunction currently in force to control marches and demonstrations in the city with one exception which concerned whether a demonstration should be allowed to divide and march at the same time in two or more groups instead of onc. Such division of demonstrators crowds would not be considcred obyectionable by Secret Service, With specific reference to the march led by GREGORY on Auyi st 29, 1965, Grant Park to 18th and Michigan Avenue where the march was halicd by police and the Illinois Nationai Guard, Ar, BOGGS said that those authorities acted with the full support by the Secret Service in halting the march at that point, To have allowed that march, which Obviously contained peuple hostile to Vice President HUBERT YU. HUMPILEY who had the night before been nominated for President by the Democratic Party, would have been a breeth of necessary security precautions, Mr. BOGGS said concerning the march led by GREGORY that he himseli had heard GREGORY speak in Grant Park on August 25, 1968, prior to the beyinnitny of the march, Je heard GREGORY say that he wars vwOing to his home and was inviting, the crowd of demonstrators to accompany him, Jie also heard GREGORY say that when they pot to GHEGORY's housc, thuse in the crowd who wanted to “could yo west" to use GREGORY's words. Mr, BOGGS said tnat west from GREGORY's nouse would obviously have been in the direction of the Amphitheatre where the final session of the DNC was in progress, Such a march to GREGORY ‘s residence or to an area close to the Amphitheatre by the demonstrators could not he allowed for security reasons. The Secret Service was concerned not only with the necessity of protecting the Amphithcatre itself from possibly hostile demonstrators but also was concerned that if the march was admitted near the Amphitheatre, there would be & number of possibly hostile demonstrators in a position to stop the Secret Service motorcade, in which the Vicc President would be traveling. Mr, BOGGS said that even a few. persons could block a motorcade which when halted is, of course, more vulnerable to attack by anyone wanting to do #0. With reference to security arrangements at d Hilton Hotel on Auyust 28, 1968, when dcmonstrat ed in front of the hotel and on other days during, see i Ae oa iam & ’ the Democratic Party were staying at the Conrad Hiltom oa Hotel during the DNC, These candidates included Vice President