Mr. Hubert. Now, did you have any general system of registration of the press—I’m not speaking now of November 22—but of normal conditions whereby identification cards and so forth would be issued?
Captain King. Yes, sir; we have.
Mr. Hubert. What was that?
Captain King. We have an identification card that we have prepared, the department prepared, and newsmen who are employees of regular news gathering agencies in town, upon identification as such or request of their employer actually, are furnished with the press identification.
Mr. Hubert. I suppose that would be given mostly to local press people, would it not?
Captain King. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Now, on the occasion of the President’s visit, is it fair to state that more outside newsmen sought this accreditation or identification card?
Captain King. Some did seek it—yes. Very little of it actually was done. We received a call from—at least these are the only ones that I can recall, Mr. Hubert, that we gave the identification to—out-of-State or newsmen who did not normally work here—we received a call from channel 4, KRLD-TV and they said they had some people in here from out of the city, of which I recall there were eight of these. They were identified to us by Eddie Barker who is the news director of KRLD, and they were furnished press cards. These are the only ones I recall.
Mr. Hubert. That was prior to the assassination?
Captain King. No, this was subsequent to the assassination. These are the only ones that I can recall that were given for newsmen who came into town to cover this.