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THE MOBS: A NEW LOOK 2 - Power and Politics • Series by Anthony Scaduto • Page 49 NEW YORK POST (C)1968 New York Post Corporation Vol. 167 No. 169 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1968 10 Cents 15c Beyond 50 mile Zone WEATHER Mostly Sunny, 80. Tomorrow: Sunny, 80-85. SUNSET: 6:22 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:26 AM LATE CITY Over the Counter Stocks ANDY WARHOL FIGHTS FOR LIFE Marcus Taking Stand By MARVIN SMILON and BARRY CUNNINGHAM Ex-Water Commissioner James Marcus was expected to be the government's first witness today in the bribery conspiracy trial that has wrecked his career and saddled the Lindsay Administration with its only major scandal. His opening testimony follows a dramatic scene in U.S. District Court yesterday when Marcus, 37, changed his plea to guilty in a surprise switch which visibly jolted four to f the five other defendants in the alleged $40,000 kickback plot. The dapper former aide and confidante of the Mayor said he was in no way coerced or promised anything to change his original plea of Continued on Page 2 [[image]] Pop artist-film maker Any Warhol makes the scene at a recent Long Island discotheque party. Valeria Solanis, who surrendered to police after he was shot and critically wound, is shown as she was booked last night. BY JOSEPH MANCINI with JOSEPH FEUREY and JAY LEVIN Pop artist Andy Warhol fought for his life today, after being gunned down in his own studio by a woman who had acted in one of his underground films The artist-sculptor-filmmaker underwent 5 1/2 hours of surgery performed by a four-man team of doctors at Columbus Hospital late last [Andy Warhol: Life and Times. By Jerry Tallmer, Page 3.] night and was given a "50-50 chance to live." He remained in critical condition today and his chances for life had not improved. At 7:30 last night, just three hours and 10 minutes after the shooting, Valeria Solanis, 28, a would-be writer-actress, walked up to a rookie policeman directing traffic in Times Sq. and surrendered. She reached into her trench coat and handed Patrolman William Schmalix, 22, a .32 automatic and a .22 revolver. The .32 had been fired recently, police Continued on Page 3