June 8, 1968

move against speculation seen in Fed Reserve Bd imposition of higher margin and credit requirements for stock buying; Haack calls move constructive

Enemy continues shelling Saigon; at least 1 civilian killed, 5 wounded; several exchs of gunfire break out in recent pre-dawn shelling in which 25 civilians were killed, 46 wounded; fighting in city appears to have diminished considerably despite shelling; fighting in other areas reptd; Gen Westmoreland condemns shelling by enemy; senior Amer mil officers near buffer zone believe they are now fighting conventional war with enemy for 1st time since start of war; link fighting with Paris talks; map

Sirhan indicted by Los Angeles County grand jury on 1st-degree murder charge; arraigned at unusual hearing in county jail chapel and held without bail; also indicted on 5 counts of assault with intent to kill 5 other persons wounded in fusilade of bullets; K Fulmer appears voluntarily at sheriff's office in belief she might be 'woman in polka dot dress' sought by police; says she screamed that Kennedy had been shot, not 'we shot him'; released; Sirhan's counsel asks for delay for psychiatric exam; arraignment continued to June 28; ACLU aide A L Wirin asks for conf of all parties concerned on designation of counsel for Sirhan; Judge Alarcon indicates approval of ACLU plan to have Superior Ct's presiding judge, with defendant's approval, select atty from list drawn up by bar assns and legal officials; Wirin says ct has fully observed Sirhan's const rights; was asked by Alarcon to attend indictment as 'official observer'; grand jury hears testimony that Sirhan loitered in Ambassador Hotel corridor at least 1/2 hr before Kennedy was shot; hotel worker J Perez tells newsmen Sirhan asked him if Kennedy would go through corridor; says he was shaking hands with Kennedy when he was shot; witness H Carreon says he met Sirhan at shooting range day before shooting; says he was firing .22-caliber revolver; Arab linguist W J Wood tells investigators of overhearing talk among 3 men who seemed to be Arabs on June 2 at Kennedy Los Angeles hq; police find Sirhan's auto near hotel

Humphrey withdraws from NYS primary as part of gen suspension of activity during Kennedy mourning period; confs with McCarthy in his Washington office and says he is canceling activity in all states for next few wks; McCarthy asked meeting to discuss what kind of campaigns they should conduct that would be appropriate in light of assassination; Repr C D Long urges Humphrey to invite E M Kennedy to be his running mate

Itkin testifies that he has been unpaid FBI informer for past 6 yrs; says he and Marcus took thousands in kickbacks on deals with Consol Edison, DeSapio and Broadway Maintenance Co execs; says Fried bragged of having Albano and DeSapio on his 'payroll'; admits he reptd many of dealings to FBI only months afterward, kept his share of money; says he gave FBI money wrappers from $12,500 DeSapio gave him last Nov-Dec for Consol Edison deal; claims innocence in present case as Govt agent; describes uncompleted deal with Broadway Maintenance execs M and S Lipkins, who allegedly sought increase in city contract and paid him about $25,000 which he shared with Motto and Marcus; also links ex-Assemblyman Roman and Rappaport; mentions clash with Govt over his demand for protection f his stepchildren and threat to return to Cosa Nostra; other testimony detailed