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} C cONFNENTIAL CG 176-31 “™ od speakers Said that the radicals had been beaten the previous day by the police and now the "liberals" had taken over and there were no more beatings. ENDICOTT PEABODY, a former governor of Massachusetts, Spoke to the crowd about working within the political framework. for peaceful changes. Some of the crowd booed PEABODY's speech, DICK GREGORY then took the microphone and defended PEABODY's right to speak. GREGORY then made the Same speech he made the previous day and it contained nothing inflammatory. In fact, GREGORY also seemed to him to be advocating a peace- ful approach and always tried to persuade people against the use of any violence. Senator MC CARTHY, who was protected by several] Secret Service Agents, then spoke to the crowd and was well received. He spoke of being "in exile” and said that he intended to work within the present system to support a number of candidates he favored for Senate seats but that he would not support Vice-President HUMPHRBY. DICK GREGORY then announced that he would lead a march south and the crowd of about 1,000 to 1,500 people walked to about 14th or 15th Street, where they were stopped by the National Guard. The crowd then returned to Grant Park to the General LOGAN Monument. More people made speeches. He remembers that JEAN GENET spoke only about one sentence in French and saluted the crowd and said he was glad to be there with them. DICK GREGORY then spoke again and said that he intended to go to his house and he was inviting the crowd to go with him. At this point, about 7:15 pm. , GEM sac he had to leave the area because he had a dinner appointment later that evening so he did not go on the march that GREGORY led. It was his feeling that GREGORY's remark about inviting the crowd to his house was asubterfuge Since everyone could see that a d or more people could not visit GREGORY'‘s house. wie.:: that he believed that the actual objective of GREG 8 remark was to get the crowd somewhere closer to the site of the DNC. Again he said he never felt that anyone had the idea of actually trying to get into the Amphitheatre and it was his feeling that the crowd wanted simply to march somewhere near the convention and peacefully ‘2 CONFIDATIAL